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Yes! about 2 coats over the center and 6-7 over the ends.

@@gregsteffey1266wow! Sunburst out of one can! Looks great

Not familiar with that model but I just checked one out on Reverb. If it is single coils and you have room in the back plate cavity for the coil, I don’t see why not. You would have to measure the pickups output because they do sell them based on output of the pickups.

Thanks! Just finished a TV Yellow paint job with grain filler that I will post soon.

@@gregsteffey1266 thanks! subbed!

Haha. Tremolo’s are fun. It’s more about the paint in this video. Just figured I would include most of the steps it took to get there.

Thank you!

It’s been a while since I did that. I will look into it and get back with you

They were STK P1B and P1N. They are tall so depending on the guitar routing may be required

@@gregsteffey1266 thanks. The height does worry me.

Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thank you

Thank you! It was a learning moment for sure.

Thanks!

Thank you. I have to give Dennis Fano the credit for that. It’s an RB6T body style. I didn’t like there neck and headstock options. At $4K I think you should be able to order a few more options

Yes Quickguards made it. I sent them a drawing of the original. He probably has a template now

Good eye!

Not sure about that. If you’re anywhere close, it’s worth checking out. Also the phone number is on the door in the video and they have a decent web page with inventory pics

Yes the SD are a little Deeper. At that time I had someone else route it but I have since bought a router and have done a few guitar route jobs with it and would just do it myself next time.

Thanks. The extra hand movement might be what I consider kinda ghost notes that are barely coming through in the recording. This was years ago and I am more of an ear player than tab but Adam Levy actually does a great job showing this on UA-cam and the best part is He wrote and played it on the album. If you are looking to get it note for note, he even has a hard time remembering exactly what he played on it.

You played this by ear? Legend!

I believe so. It’s been a while all I see on my description when I sold them is C8 neck, so maybe that neck was a lower or specific wind?

Sorry for the delay. There wasn’t much difference that I can remember. Both are a lot quieter than regular single coil P90s

I don’t, sorry

@@gregsteffey1266 No worries. Thank you for the reply.

Considering I sold it for twice what a new one costs I would say it worked out pretty well!

I liked the guitar but wanted it in gold. The pickup change was more about hum canceling than just to change them. Where I play has bad lightning 60 cycle with single coils so the hum was too much. I enjoy tinkering with guitars.

Cool, That should sound great!

How did it go? I think the overwound would give them a little more life. What was the outcome?

@@gregsteffey1266 the 5% overwound bridge is awesome. I just had my guy swap the neck with a Fralin noiseless alnico rod P90. Should be brighter. You can hear a comparison on YouTune.

Thanks! I got the pickguard from Quick Guards in Deland FL.

@@gregsteffey1266 Thank you very much for the reply! Gonna be tricky to find something similar in Europe, then again, thank you very much and enjoy your beauty!

Me too! Lol. I jumped the gun and pulled them out before recording them. I just couldn’t handle the single coil hum. Maybe in the future when I have time on my hands.

me too, for the reason they're amazing.

Not sure the cost to ship or if it’s worth it. Send me your address. And I will look into it.

Thanks! The Fralins were brighter to me too but I enjoyed the growl of the Duncan’s so they stayed in. Also it’s now routed for the Duncan’s.

@@gregsteffey1266 To replace those Duncans I wound my own set of 'standard' P90s. I did a before/after recording and apart from the noise they sound identical to the STKs. So Fralin must be doing something different with their specs to get that brightness.

@@hotglassbottles yeah I don’t know much about pickup construction but the Fralins look like two Strat Single coils side by side.

@@gregsteffey1266 The SD STK-1 are two coils, one on top of the other. The Fralin site implies they're side-by-side and have 4 output wires. That wouldn't really work with the STKs as the lower coil would be so far away from the strings.

@@hotglassbottles the Fralins I had were 2 wire and the neck was a C8.

Yamaha makes a good guitar and for the price you can’t beat it. Great choice! The stock pickups are fine. I can’t even play a Strat at the church I go to because the hum I get with single any coils.

@@gregsteffey1266 yeah I play mostly with quite a deal of gain so a noise suppressor is mandatory.

@@gregsteffey1266 - sounds like you definitely need a strat pickup upgrade. I recommend dimarzio area 58 / rwrp67 for the neck/mid. They're not really single coils so they won't hum yet their tone is unmatched. Nice work on this revstar upgrade. I'm in the process of upgrading mine. I can never leave a guitar stock it seems.

They initially sounded dark to me compared to other guitars that I have but the biggest issue was where I play the lights create hum with single coil pickups and it’s overwhelming. So if I wanted to play the guitar other then in my office, I had to find hum canceling P90s. I should have did a sound sample of the originals but I had pulled them out before I thought of doing the video. I believe this guitar is just not as bright as some of my other guitars even the way it is now, so I can’t really blame it on the original pups. Thanks for commenting!

@@gregsteffey1266 Hm, interesting. I find the guitar to be quite bright, actually with these pups. I guess it depends on the amp, right? Do you mean bright when compared to e.g. a Strat? I'm sure you know this already, but using that dry switch can brighten up the sound a bit. Yeah, that sucks about the hum, I haven't experienced it luckily with my setup. I can compare the Revstar 502 with a Gretsch G2215 that I own and the Rev is definitely the brighter of the two by quite a bit.

@@Olegstuff21986 Yeah interesting. This one is kinda dark and was not bright even with the original pickups so I guess it’s the wood. I have a few amps and multiple guitars from Telecasters to PRS Custom 24. I am now using a 66 Princeton and Friedman Runt 20 for amps. I run pedals and have to turn up the overdrive tone/treble when I swap to this guitar. There is sound samples in the other video. I would not consider the tone in that video very bright. I am glad though so I have a different sounding guitar. I don’t want them all to sound the same. For now I took out the push pull and added 1 Meg pots. I do like that original mod though.

@@gregsteffey1266 That is strange, maybe something specific to the model you have? Obviously, not all guitars are created equal, even if it's the same guitar range/model. When I watched videos of 502 vs. the Revstar 620, 502 was definitely the brighter of the two, and yet the 620 was brighter than, say, a Les Paul. You certainly did a great job painting it, looks cool. I have that same shop black 502 but I like the colour. As for the original pups, I think they have a focussed sound overall, the neck pickup can get slightly muddy at times but I guess that's what often happens with neck pickups anyway and it can 'neutralised' to a good degree using the dry switch. So the SDs didn't brighten up the sound much, I guess they just made the guitar sound different?

@@Olegstuff21986 yes these SDs are just different and a little clearer/ brighter. But it’s hard to compare single coils to hum canceling. One thing to note is I hear they have 250 pots from the factory. Just going to a 1 Meg volume would brighten up the originals. Maybe help that neck to be less muddy. Also a 500k push pull if the original is really a 250.

More musical? What the hell does that mean?

I am having a few more made this week. Check ebay later in the week.

Greg Steffey sweet! What’s the link to your store?

Are you in the US?

I just listed it on Reverb. Just search for Bank Bar @ Greg's Gear Garage

@@gregsteffey1266 I need one of these for my Timeline but can't find one!

@@nickschillace3172 I only have a grey and a red left. Gdsteffey@yahoo.com is my PP. send your address and let me know which color. It’s 16.00 plus USPS charges $8 in a small fits it ships box if you are in the US. So $24 total

Heyo! Have any more of these?? Exactly what I’m looking for

This set up did not have the S1 switch and I sold this guitar so I am not sure. The S1 switch is really just a switch so you can use it for any mod that works with a switch. It should work the same as it does now if you wire it in the same way. Good luck!

Actually I think I did use an S1 on this guitar but it may have been for a mod that I was trying at the time.

Di Marzio AreaTs are noise canceling so no noise. Way quieter than stock single coils.

Sorry I don’t. It’s been a while and I don’t have the guitar any longer. I would just do a google search. Depends on the switches, pots etc you use.

chaddylive , I am not familiar with those but if you measure the distance between the buttons and if they are the same type of buttons and spacing is the same that Strymon uses, it should work. I have made a couple two button style for a same time switch on/off application. I will not be making any new designs at this point. Thanks