I’m really sorry for not posting much, this is because I have to finish off a lot of stuff for school as it’s just two weeks before my vacation, then I will be posting more again!
Today I finally had time to make some good pictures of my upgraded MIJ Squier telecaster (:
Upgrades:
1979 Dimarzio X2N in the bridge
2 New CTS pots
2 New switches
(to coil-tap/split the X2N and one to flip between the 2 volumes)
Do you like it?
And if you could upgrade your guitar, what would you do with it?
My new 1979 DiMarzio X2N!
The X2N was introduced in 1979 so I have a early X2N, maybe even one of the first shipment of X2N’s to The Netherlands!
I knew there was a difference but I didn’t know it was so big!
Cheap potentiometer on the left and a CTS USA made potentiometer on the right.
What is your favorite potentiometer? CTS, Dimarzio or something else?
Curtis Novak handwinds all his pickups to help you get the exact tone you’re after.
“What I enjoy most is working directly with a you to help you find that elusive tone that is all yours, rather than just selling you a canned “off the shelf” pickup that everyone else is playing.
I prefer to talk to you before you send me anything for repair or send me money (believe it or not!). Since my focus is custom pickups, it is important that I know what you want, or looking for, and that I can fulfill your request.”
As well as pickups he does Custom guitar work, repairs and restoration.
http://curtisnovak.com/
(pictured: wrhb widerange humbucker, jag-v jaguar pick up, MM-dog melody maker p-90 pickup, 60s fender seafoam paint block)