FU-Tone PMS and Reverse Slant Pickup Mod In A Charvel Henrik Danhage So-Cal Relic Guitar Super Strat
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- Part 2. Check out the video for all the details on installing a direct mount pickup system and reverse slanting the neck pickup in a Charvel Henrik Danhage guitar! How it sounds - • King Diamond: "Them" T...
FULL list of what I've done done and modded -
- Aged Seymour Duncan Hot rails neck
- Neck pickup angled on a 10 degree reverse slant
- Aged Bare Knuckle Ragnarok bridge
-Pure Tone output jack
- Custom cut black pickguard
- Copper foil tape installed underneath pickguard
- MG Chemicals Super Shield nickel paint throughout electronics cavities
- Tremol-No bridge locking system
- Floyd Rose 1984 bridge
- Shimmed Floyd saddles for 18” radius
- Floyd rose push-in style trem arm
- Hipshot locking tuners with knurled barrels
- FU Tone - gold titanium bridge posts, 42mm “L” brass sustain block, red heavy duty silent springs, brass spring claw screws, titanium string lock set, titanium nut clamping screws, titanium saddle mounting screws, titanium saddle insert set, PMS direct mount pickup system
- EVH D-Tuna
- String retainer mounted silencer
- Charvel “toothpaste” logo
- 8 degree heal mod
- Widened trem cavity to compensate for larger sustain block
- Releveled, recrowned and polished frets
- Aged/distressed headstock and body and finished with wipe on Poly and Tru-Oil
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Great work. Looks really nice with the black pick-guard and slanted neck pickup.
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Where may I ask did you get your pickgaurd?
Great job man! It's never-ending. Really dig the black pick guard. Thanks for giving your honest opinion on the "little" to no tone difference by direct mounting the humbucker. Good to know. Till next time. Cheers.
Thanks man! Again, that's not scientific, that's just my thoughts. I should have done a A/B comparison, but I'm not set up for that yet (no DAW).
Nice, it's looking great 🔥
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A word: If you paint the backside of the clear guard before doing the shielding tape you can get some neat looks. I know you went with solid black, but black with a thick clear layer also can look slick.
Great looking and further making it “your own” the newest mods.
Thanks man! I actually just completed its final phase. I should have a video of that up in a couple of weeks. 🤘🏻
@@brutesmagootes3996 - rad; looking forward to that! I love modding my stock guitars into something unique!
No doubt! I enjoy that as much as I do playing. lol
There are so many changes to this that I'm tempted to build my own using Warmoth. I ran the numbers. The cost is about the same, probably slightly lower with Warmoth, and their necks have many options, including Gibson scale and stainless frets, if you should so desire.
I would do a Warmoth as well if I knew how their necks feel. This neck on the Henrik is absolutely perfect (for me).
I just got mine delivered today, awesome guitar out of the box, only noticed 2 issues, frets were poorly polished but nicely leveled and crowned, i polished them and their beautiful!. 2nd issue is the JB pickup has a buzz sound like a bad ground, the neck pickup is fine and very quiet. Probably change out the bridge pickup or figure out the noise from it.
Very nice work on your guitar brotha!!!
I’m glad you’re digging yours! They are great guitars. The neck is absolutely perfect (for me). Sorry about your pickup noise. I’d be willing to bet it’s an easy fix. Sounds like it’s the ground like you’re thinking.
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It ended up being a ungrounded outlet my amp was plugged into making the noise, It works fine. 🤘🏼
Awesome! I love an easy fix.
Excellent work Bro…looks killer…and I agree with the direct mount not making a difference in tone…after all the pickup is just a microphone…most of that stuff is just marketing B.S….rock on my man👍
Thanks! 🤘🏻
Best mod on this guitar is that slated neckheel! I once cut out a pickguard from a multi laminated wood plate and that reduced the feedback the pickups had when mounted on the pickguard (wood being softer than plastic). I tend to change frets only after I wear the old ones out, used stainless steel once but my fretjob got especially uneven had to sand down, crown for ages and ended up probably from XL jumbo to just medium jumbo size XD
That's a good tip on the wood pickguard. I bet it looked badass! And yeah, SS frets are a PITA 🤣
Cool axe bro
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you've made that into an even better guitar well done. personally I'm not a fan of the black pick guard. maybe a faded black pearloid guard...
Yeah, that would look cool too! I'm pretty happy with the black, the only thing I don't like about it is that it's shiny, so I might take like 2000 grit or something and knock the shine off of it.
Wow, this is a killer axe!! The mods you did really upgraded this thing to epic status! I love reverse headstock and S-H configuration. I have an Ibanez RG565 and a Chapman ML3 Bea that both have those features. As soon as I saw this model, I fell in love and am now trying to figure a way to sell of some of my other guitars to fund this one. Question: What are the two black "knobs" in the pickup cavity? Thanks for sharing your awesome guitar!!
Thanks man! What do you think of that Chapman you have? And I’m not sure what knobs you are seeing…can you give me a point in the video that you are seeing them?
@@brutesmagootes3996 At 11:54 they are shown. "knobs" probably isn't the best term for them...they are the round black things in the cavity. My Chapman is a great guitar. I got one of the first runs with the padauk neck. The neck is pretty chonky...but feels nice. I gutted the electronics and replaced with Switchcraft and CTS...installed a lil '59 in the neck and JB in the bridge. It is a great rocker! But, that relic job and a standard strat style body has me GAS'ing bad!!!
That Chapman sounds badass! I see what your looking at now. Those are the thumb screws for the tremol-no that lock it into a fixed bridge. When I’m not using them, I screw them into the wood so they don’t get lost.
@@brutesmagootes3996 Ahhhh ok. Those tuner barrel knobs are awesome too...such a great look.
great choice with the black guard! Is it a push pull for pickup selection?
It's a push/push
excellent video ! Love the detail . Where did you end up setting your pickup height to?
Thanks! I ended up at 8.3mm on the bridge and 6.6mm for the neck, measured off of the pickguard. BUT, that's just for my setup and how I like my sound. That will likely be different if you have different pickups, pole screw heights, and how close you like your pickups to the strings as far as tone.
@@brutesmagootes3996 Nice ! Mine are about 8.7. Seems about right for the higher powered humbuckers.
I discovered that about direct mounting as well, no tone difference, hopefully people will discover that too. Now does it stop feedback? There is less feedback on direct mount pickups, as long as they are potted.
I fully agree.
Which Floyd Rose did you get man? It's beautiful. Please send me a link?
It’s a 1984 🤘🏻
@@brutesmagootes3996 are they still available? With the chrome and the brass? It’s a beast of a custom job man. I’m just about to get the Charvel the same in the next few weeks….
You will love that guitar! Yeah, most Floyd retailers should have them. Reverb is usually your best bet as far as price, but sometimes you can get them direct from Floyd for a good price.reverb.com/item/6166063-floyd-rose-1984-original-german-chrome-tremolo-frt1001984
The direct mount humbucker to me makes a difference but not in tone. It changes the liveliness and percussion of the guitar. I can hear my pick attack and hear when I tap the guitar body through the amp way more with the direct mounts. The EQ isn’t really much of a change unless you have a crazy discerning ear. If there’s a difference it would be increased presence (high end).
Thanks for the feedback! 🤘🏻
Eh, concerning tone, I suspect pickups don't know how they are mounted, and you're imaging what you hear. Just saying.
No, I built two incredibly similar guitars myself with indentical wiring etc, the second one had direct mounts and the first did not. Honestly I only hard mounted them because I didnt have springs but the difference was noticeable. @@hootowl6354
If your not a Guitar Tech you should be. Your skill is pretty outstanding. I’m stressing out on just changing out the JB on my Danhenge lol. But I’m going to because that pickup is keeping me from enjoying the guitar. That JB is way too compressed sounds like a cocked wah.
Thanks again.
Thanks man, I appreciate that. What are you swapping the JB out to?
Dude, so many options. Back of mind is the default Pearly Gates. But I’ll start looking for stuff and get a feel. I like vintage. Huge fan of Burstbuckers
Pearly Gates is a good choice. But, it's hard these days with soooo many options.
@@brutesmagootes3996 UPDATE.....Well still in my research but seem to be leaning toward Thornbuckers, Or Bareknuckle Mule.
Those are both great. What did you go with or are you still deciding?
YES remove all paint,,it will look super
That's what I'm thinking 🤘🏻
@@brutesmagootes3996 The Relic was looking cool..but then when you get to see the wood,,and how nice it looks,,then you rethink it,,lol
Yeah, I totally agree. I just don’t know if I’m an all wood guy. I may just remove most of the paint to have some on there, but a mostly wood look. 🤔
oh my god removing the frets what is up with all you refretters ????????????
Idk about anyone else, but I hate playing one a neck w/o stainless frets. So I always refret nickel necks.