New double-creams and caps for my R9

floyd84 · 05-13-2010, 12:04 PM

Since I had the soldering iron out, to install Jonesy's kit in my Classic, I made a few changes to my R9. Took the Classic 57s and Sprague Orange Drops out and replaced them with a set of Sheptone AB Custom PAFs and Gudeman PIO caps that I got from Jonesy. The Classic 57s were bright and fairly clear, but the Sheptones are much more full and robust sounding. I'm very pleased with them. Here's some pics with and without the pickguard. It's strange, but the flame on the top seems very subdued in sunlight. It's much more pronounced indoors.

floyd84 · 05-13-2010, 12:05 PM

Here's the before and after of the wiring

fatb0t · 05-13-2010, 12:06 PM

Wow, looks gorgeous.

***b-squared*** · 05-13-2010, 12:23 PM

Looks awesome.

I noticed that you don't have a ground between the neck/bridge pots...not unusual, I've seen that before. I suppose you are getting the ground from the braided wires making contact, but I prefer to have a solid link between the tone pots.

I'll bet that thing sounds great.

BB

planks · 05-13-2010, 12:25 PM

Awesome.

JPP373 · 05-13-2010, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by floyd84

Since I had the soldering iron out, to install Jonesy's kit in my Classic, I made a few changes to my R9. Took the Classic 57s and Sprague Orange Drops out and replaced them with a set of Sheptone AB Custom PAFs and Gudeman PIO caps that I got from Jonesy. The Classic 57s were bright and fairly clear, but the Sheptones are much more full and robust sounding. I'm very pleased with them. Here's some pics with and without the pickguard. It's strange, but the flame on the top seems very subdued in sunlight. It's much more pronounced indoors.

Man i love the White PUP's..Too bad Gibson can't produce this. Really is a bummer. Tough choice with or without the Guard. I'd go without

ledlover01 · 05-13-2010, 12:36 PM

wow what a guitar,i like pickguards but yours looks so much better wuthout it

kungpow! · 05-13-2010, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ledlover01

wow what a guitar,i like pickguards but yours looks so much better wuthout it

Agree. For once

. I think its the double whites. What a looker, and I bet sounds even better!

ptgold · 05-13-2010, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by kungpow!

Agree. For once

. I think its the double whites. What a looker, and I bet sounds even better!

Really? i was going to say the exact opposite.....pickguards rule! it looks awesome with doublecreams

floyd84 · 05-13-2010, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by b-squared

Looks awesome.

I noticed that you don't have a ground between the neck/bridge pots...not unusual, I've seen that before. I suppose you are getting the ground from the braided wires making contact, but I prefer to have a solid link between the tone pots.

I'll bet that thing sounds great.

BB

and that explains the slight hum I was hearing in the neck position. I'll break out the soldering iron and some wire

rdr58 · 05-13-2010, 06:16 PM

Very Nice!!!! Double whites all the way!!
no P/G

weirdotis · 05-13-2010, 06:24 PM

I have a Gudeman that I got from Jonesy in the bridge position too. I really like it.

choppedcadillac · 05-14-2010, 03:23 PM

Nice combination. Do you think the exposed screw holes pose any problems? Thats the only thing that bothers me with my guitar w/o the pickguard..thought about a transparent replacent.

floyd84 · 05-14-2010, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by choppedcadillac

Nice combination. Do you think the exposed screw holes pose any problems? Thats the only thing that bothers me with my guitar w/o the pickguard..thought about a transparent replacent.

I kept the pickguard on. Those are your old ones btw

They sound great

floyd84 · 05-16-2010, 01:05 AM

Just noticed I messed up in the OP. I installed Jonesy's kit in my Standard, not my Classic

jonesy · 05-16-2010, 08:10 AM

Wow really Sweet Top on that one, nice pics. I Love my Sheptones, glad you go your mojo working

mightymike · 05-16-2010, 03:35 PM

I dig those doube creams! And please don't hide that lovely top underneath a pickguard

Whatta beauty!

I got an older SD '59 bridge pickup (80's I suppose) in double cream, it used to sit in my LP Special (humbucker edition). Really a shame that only DiMarzio is officially allowed now to produce double creams

choppedcadillac · 05-16-2010, 05:21 PM

I took the nickle covers of a set 57 classics and to my surprise, one was double creme...lucked out

floyd84 · 05-16-2010, 05:41 PM

That is awesome

Great score

floyd84 · 05-16-2010, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by choppedcadillac

I took the nickle covers of a set 57 classics and to my surprise, one was double creme...lucked out

Oh, and I checked under the baseplate screws on the Sheptones in the Classic you sold me, and guess what? Double cream

flameburst · 05-20-2010, 02:25 AM

Superb. A man after my own heart.

thewood1987 · 05-20-2010, 04:18 AM

That thing looks good! I prefer pg on.

floyd84 · 05-20-2010, 10:11 AM

Yup, pickguard is staying on. Here's some pics I was messing with of the Les Pauls standing tall. The brighter one is with a 15 sec exposure. A tad bit overexposed, but I like the colors in it

raul · 05-20-2010, 10:27 AM

Loving those pickups!

jbrookeiv · 05-20-2010, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floyd84

Yup, pickguard is staying on. Here's some pics I was messing with of the Les Pauls standing tall. The brighter one is with a 15 sec exposure. A tad bit overexposed, but I like the colors in it

Sweet collection, my friend.

floyd84 · 05-20-2010, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jbrookeiv

Sweet collection, my friend.

Yeah, I suffer from some serious GAS. There's alot more of them

TexasNate · 06-07-2010, 10:50 PM

ok. so are they CREAMS or WHITES? i am trying to figure out that whole trademark thing

PeteK · 06-08-2010, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by jbrookeiv

Sweet collection, my friend.

+1 That's pretty awesome!

mightymike · 06-08-2010, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by TexasNate

ok. so are they CREAMS or WHITES? i am trying to figure out that whole trademark thing

Quite complicated indeed

These are the classy creams, which are almost white-ish but not totally white (see the picture I have posted before, and have a look at the white paper in the background!). DiMarzio, who has a trademark (or whatsoever) on exposed double cream bobbins, sells only fugly (imo) saturated cream ones.

JimmyAce2006 · 06-08-2010, 09:16 AM

since you replaced the caps, why not go ahead and connect to the lower lug on the tone pots like a real 59?

05-13-2010, 12:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
floyd84 Les Paul Jedi Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ocean County, NJ Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 60 Thanked 148 Times in 39 Posts	New double-creams and caps for my R9 Since I had the soldering iron out, to install Jonesy's kit in my Classic, I made a few changes to my R9. Took the Classic 57s and Sprague Orange Drops out and replaced them with a set of Sheptone AB Custom PAFs and Gudeman PIO caps that I got from Jonesy. The Classic 57s were bright and fairly clear, but the Sheptones are much more full and robust sounding. I'm very pleased with them. Here's some pics with and without the pickguard. It's strange, but the flame on the top seems very subdued in sunlight. It's much more pronounced indoors. __________________ 52 Les Paul 59 Burst Replica 59 Junior 59 Junior TV Yellow 69/59 LP Burst Conversion 69 LP Deluxe CSB 71 LP Deluxe CSB 75 LP Deluxe Goldtop 78 LP Deluxe Pro 81 LP Heritage Elite-80 81 LP Custom TSB 81 LP Custom CSB 89 LP Studio White 98 LP Std CSB 99 R6 Yamano Goldtop 00 R9 Tangerine Burst 01 R8 Lemonburst 02 LP Std Plus Honeyburst 03 LP Classic Lightburst 03 LP Classic 3pickup Honeyburst 07 LP GOTW#25 09 Dark Fire #0004 and others

05-13-2010, 12:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
floyd84 Les Paul Jedi Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ocean County, NJ Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 60 Thanked 148 Times in 39 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 Here's the before and after of the wiring __________________ 52 Les Paul 59 Burst Replica 59 Junior 59 Junior TV Yellow 69/59 LP Burst Conversion 69 LP Deluxe CSB 71 LP Deluxe CSB 75 LP Deluxe Goldtop 78 LP Deluxe Pro 81 LP Heritage Elite-80 81 LP Custom TSB 81 LP Custom CSB 89 LP Studio White 98 LP Std CSB 99 R6 Yamano Goldtop 00 R9 Tangerine Burst 01 R8 Lemonburst 02 LP Std Plus Honeyburst 03 LP Classic Lightburst 03 LP Classic 3pickup Honeyburst 07 LP GOTW#25 09 Dark Fire #0004 and others

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fatb0t Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Eastern Suffolk - Long Island, NY Posts: 1,562 Thanks: 124 Thanked 37 Times in 12 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 Wow, looks gorgeous.

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*b-squared* MLP Pacific NW! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northwest WA Posts: 20,538 Thanks: 626 Thanked 701 Times in 100 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 Looks awesome. I noticed that you don't have a ground between the neck/bridge pots...not unusual, I've seen that before. I suppose you are getting the ground from the braided wires making contact, but I prefer to have a solid link between the tone pots. I'll bet that thing sounds great. BB __________________ Life's too short to deal with bad tone!

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ledlover01 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New York Posts: 3,519 Thanks: 374 Thanked 114 Times in 44 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 wow what a guitar,i like pickguards but yours looks so much better wuthout it __________________ Proud user of: Tone-Mojo Wiring Proud user of: Toms Short Pickups Proud user of Zhang Pickups

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rdr58 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 275 Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 Very Nice!!!! Double whites all the way!! no P/G

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choppedcadillac Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 375 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 Nice combination. Do you think the exposed screw holes pose any problems? Thats the only thing that bothers me with my guitar w/o the pickguard..thought about a transparent replacent.

05-16-2010, 01:05 AM	#15 (permalink)
floyd84 Les Paul Jedi Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ocean County, NJ Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 60 Thanked 148 Times in 39 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 Just noticed I messed up in the OP. I installed Jonesy's kit in my Standard, not my Classic __________________ 52 Les Paul 59 Burst Replica 59 Junior 59 Junior TV Yellow 69/59 LP Burst Conversion 69 LP Deluxe CSB 71 LP Deluxe CSB 75 LP Deluxe Goldtop 78 LP Deluxe Pro 81 LP Heritage Elite-80 81 LP Custom TSB 81 LP Custom CSB 89 LP Studio White 98 LP Std CSB 99 R6 Yamano Goldtop 00 R9 Tangerine Burst 01 R8 Lemonburst 02 LP Std Plus Honeyburst 03 LP Classic Lightburst 03 LP Classic 3pickup Honeyburst 07 LP GOTW#25 09 Dark Fire #0004 and others

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mightymike Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Vienna Posts: 112 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 I dig those doube creams! And please don't hide that lovely top underneath a pickguard Whatta beauty! I got an older SD '59 bridge pickup (80's I suppose) in double cream, it used to sit in my LP Special (humbucker edition). Really a shame that only DiMarzio is officially allowed now to produce double creams __________________ Cheers, Mike The older I get the faster I was...

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choppedcadillac Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 375 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 I took the nickle covers of a set 57 classics and to my surprise, one was double creme...lucked out

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floyd84 Les Paul Jedi Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ocean County, NJ Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 60 Thanked 148 Times in 39 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 That is awesome Great score __________________ 52 Les Paul 59 Burst Replica 59 Junior 59 Junior TV Yellow 69/59 LP Burst Conversion 69 LP Deluxe CSB 71 LP Deluxe CSB 75 LP Deluxe Goldtop 78 LP Deluxe Pro 81 LP Heritage Elite-80 81 LP Custom TSB 81 LP Custom CSB 89 LP Studio White 98 LP Std CSB 99 R6 Yamano Goldtop 00 R9 Tangerine Burst 01 R8 Lemonburst 02 LP Std Plus Honeyburst 03 LP Classic Lightburst 03 LP Classic 3pickup Honeyburst 07 LP GOTW#25 09 Dark Fire #0004 and others

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flameburst Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 799 Thanks: 15 Thanked 29 Times in 7 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 Superb. A man after my own heart.

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thewood1987 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 265 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 That thing looks good! I prefer pg on.

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floyd84 Les Paul Jedi Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ocean County, NJ Posts: 2,344 Thanks: 60 Thanked 148 Times in 39 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 Yup, pickguard is staying on. Here's some pics I was messing with of the Les Pauls standing tall. The brighter one is with a 15 sec exposure. A tad bit overexposed, but I like the colors in it __________________ 52 Les Paul 59 Burst Replica 59 Junior 59 Junior TV Yellow 69/59 LP Burst Conversion 69 LP Deluxe CSB 71 LP Deluxe CSB 75 LP Deluxe Goldtop 78 LP Deluxe Pro 81 LP Heritage Elite-80 81 LP Custom TSB 81 LP Custom CSB 89 LP Studio White 98 LP Std CSB 99 R6 Yamano Goldtop 00 R9 Tangerine Burst 01 R8 Lemonburst 02 LP Std Plus Honeyburst 03 LP Classic Lightburst 03 LP Classic 3pickup Honeyburst 07 LP GOTW#25 09 Dark Fire #0004 and others

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raul Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NM desert Posts: 422 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: New double-creams and caps for my R9 Loving those pickups!

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