So what you’re saying is if you buy a hollow body guitar, make sure you like the pickups first… 😂😂😂 those fralins sound great though! 🍻

@fuzzprobe

Ай бұрын

Just stick with the Telecaster

Who here is in favor of an access cover on the back like an ES335...?😉👍 Thanks Lyle...Your patience is definitely admired😎👍👍 Siunds great😃👍👍

Every time I think about upgrading the pick ups on my hollow body, I then remember the process and decide, no it sounds good the way it is.

@chipsterb4946

Ай бұрын

The only reason I did it was my switch went bad and the luthier I trusted had left town. I came across my cardboard template a month or 2 ago and it took a few minutes to figure out what it was.

I’ve experienced only gratifying results purchasing and using Lindy’s pickups over many years. Great person, great company, great products.

That has to be the most tedious job on a semi-hollow. Of course in this video the wire management looks so damn pretty that now the bar just got raised. Most of the factory work has loose wiring harnesses, maybe a small ziptie here or there but never seen shirk wrap, its all next level here on this channel. thanks

@Relayer6a

Ай бұрын

The difference between a one off and mass production.

@Jim_Cox

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I almost want to pull the wiring back out of my Epiphone ES-355 just to make the wiring look nicer. Almost. ;)

Lyle: Great to see you when I picked up my Ampeg the other day. Thanks for the hang time and advice and letting me play those fantastic amps and guitars. Cheers!

Several years ago, I sent my ES-355 to the Gibson Repair and Restoration facility in Memphis. Their assignment was to instal ALL the innards with new pieces, as someone had cut to smithereenies, everything that was originally in there in an attempt to make some repairs. After quite a while, the guitar came back and sounded fine ... except when I played any c# notes. Took it to work at a music store and asked everybody if they heard it and they said, "Yep. It's there!" Sent it back to Gibson. Of course they DIDN'T hear it! But they said they would change it all out again anyway. They did and that fixed it. Much respect for those people.

You made that look way easier than it is for mere mortals. Really nice work. I still got PTSD when you had all the floss connected to everything and started the install. I've done this 3 times and each time it got harder lol. The last time I decided I would install pickup wire lead extensions from the harness with terminal connections at the ends. Now if I want to swap pickups again I don't have to pull the harness.Honestly wish you'd done this video a year ago as I would have done a few things differently.

So inspiring to watch you work; you make it look so easy! I replaced the wiring harness and pickups on my ES-335 and I thought I was going to have an aneurysm!

Nice work! Sooooo much easier without a center block!!

@mikewithers299

Ай бұрын

My EB2D has a center block. All controls had to come out of the lower F hole. What a PITA!

I'm sorry but when you drug out the dental floss I instantly heard Frank Zappa "Montana" in my brain. I know, I need help. ". . . gonna be a dental floss tycoon"

Exactly why I've put off replacing a noisy switch on my Sheraton. I'll be back; when i build up the nerve!

One of my local guitar sales and techs simply says NO to semi wiring, reckons his life is easier that way… can’t disagree !! Great vid.

I really like the floss going through the jack hole. I don't think I would have though of that...

Nice work! I live a short walk from Fralin - need to visit one day and get some pickups!

Great video! I just put that exact same Fralin pickup combo in a LP Special w/ 50's wiring. I've been really happy with that 5% underwound in the neck.

Lovin' those wipes! Subtle shades of Kurosawa! Shit's gettin' classy around here!

I used floss thru the F hole on my Ibanez AS73L (with center block) at least 3 times. It just never gets easier!

it honestly still amazes me these guitars are mass produced this way and they haven't just started cutting a hole in the back

@pharmerdavid1432

Ай бұрын

Like the ES-333 has? I want to cut holes in mine!

You can use flexible aquarium airline tubing to feed through the holes and slip over the pot shafts.

I just pulled some Seymour Duncan humbucker sized P90s so Phat Cats? Anyway, those are gone from an Epiphone Elitist Japanese made 1963 ES 335 reissue made by the Terada factory in Japan. Waiting on some Lollars, while I play around with an Ovation Viper with that weird 18 volt preamp that has the cocked wah filtering. I have a Preacher that is a passive Viper single cut, but not as much fun. I got my 5 volt 2 amp Triad transformer, so when I get some help I can get that vac-varoorm tubular regulatated PSU working back up at full power (0-600 volts @ 500mA).

Nice work Sir. Thank you for sharing these tips.

I love your attention to detail Lyle

Flossing, flossing, flossing...

@paulwatson8809

2 ай бұрын

Followed by nail polishing, nail polishing nail polishing...

Amazing well done sir .great video 👌👍

Raisin' my lonely dental floss!

Nice wiring. I worked on my Epi ES-355 but didn't change pickups or anything. I just repaired some bad solders from someone who disconnected and removed the variatone switch. I used paracord and just stripped out a single, center core string to tie around the end of the pots (so it would fit through the hole with string tied on) and for the jack just used whole paracord with a loose knot to pull through the jack once in place. I think I might use a combo of the same thing, but with a short chunk of surgical tube just to keep the string centered, next time.

A lot of people get Casino pickups replaced. For me, Epiphone 'P90s' are part of the Casino magic. They're great.

@vayabroder729

2 ай бұрын

I guess it depends on which Epiphone you talk about. Original vintage ones made in the US are definitely good. Of the reissues made by different factories and in other countries throughout the years the quality varies. I have a ‘96 Korean Peerless built and I love the body and neck but I had to replace the electronics. I swapped them way back when; the pickups were hand built and signed by Jason Lollar before he became a celebrity. I had to send him the covers so that he could get the pole spacing right; which is another problem with import reissues.

@PsionicAudio

Ай бұрын

The stock pickups sounded like ass.

@Relayer6a

Ай бұрын

The originals were Gibson P-90s.

@mikewithers299

Ай бұрын

​@@PsionicAudio🤣🤣🤣 probably smelled like it too

Good strategies here. This is a piss in bucket compared to a thin hollow PRS with three circuit boards attatched as well.

Did a Washburn semi with centre block a couple of months ago, took 3 attempts! My idea for the jack was to thread the string with a small nut with enough string to pull backward through the f hole once the jack was seated. I was convinced knotting would either come undone or be too tight not to come undone!

@PsionicAudio

2 ай бұрын

I’ve done nuts and screws that drop back out for jacks before.

Bet that thing would sound great with some 12 or 13 flatwounds!

Why don't 335s have a control cavity plate on the back, kind of like the plate on the back of starts? Replacing controls seems like a totally unnecessary mess.

Based all the work you’ve done the that guitar wouldn’t have better to buy a different one 😂

@PsionicAudio

Ай бұрын

I’ve got about $670 in it. Including the guitar. So, no.

The semi-hollow I have my eye on has a back plate, thank goodness

Awesome video Lyle! I wired two semi hollow Guitars myself never again too cumbersome for my skill level Quick question: if you have experience with them, what do you think of the Revv D20 lunchbox amp? Thanks and take care!

NYXL 10-46. The breakfast of champions! 👍

Now that you've got it all back in the guitar ... I'd really like the pickups to be out-of-phase in the middle switch position ... Sorry.

@BradsGuitarGarage

Ай бұрын

......"okay I've tried them out of phase and don't like it. Can you put it back?"

Unless this is one of those USA casinos, The original pickup Poles were not 50 mm apart... I'm assuming the Fralins are 50 mm, So the strings won't sit quite in the center of the pole pieces... Is that a problem?

@PsionicAudio

Ай бұрын

I put on a US spec bridge. See the other Casino videos.

Nail biter!

Now even me and my monkey can upgrade an import casino! Are you gonna take the finish off next? Thanks!

@PsionicAudio

Ай бұрын

Nah, I always preferred the sunburst. Revolver forever!

Except for me and my Monkey.