Teslarised Mirage!


Malam tadi berkelapangan untuk memulakan eksperimen projek menukar pikap asal Mirage aku, iaitu *ESP LS-120 (neck, mid) dan LH-150 (bridge) dengan pikap Tesla Plasma-1 (neck), VR-1 (mid) dan VR-Extreme (bridge) secara DIY.

*Info daripada website ESP Guitars dan katalog ESP.

Persediaan awal untuk proses penukaran pikap.

Projek bermula sekitar 8.30 malam, dijangka akan mengambil masa selama 2-3 jam disebabkan skill aku yang amatur. Amatur pun amaturlah, asalkan menjadi dan aku boleh jimatkan RM50-80 untuk upah pemasangan oleh "guitar-tech" yang belum tentu "tech" atau tak.

Aku memang terkejut bila tengok kaviti pikap yang kemas dan bersih ni. Thumbs-up for Indonesian LTD luthiers!

Cuma aku menghadapi masalah dengan pikap VR-1 (mid) sebab saiz tapaknya (base) agak besar dan tak muat dengan kaviti yang ada. Aku terpaksa mengikis tapak pikap VR-1 sedikit demi sedikit dengan pisau sehingga saiznya muat dengan kaviti.

Pikap asal Mirage (LTD M-103FM), ESP LS-120 (neck, mid) dan LH-150 (bridge). Aku rasa aku nak jual pikap-pikap ni satu set, Jo Noobaxe, agak-agak ko berminat tak?

Aik? Rupa-rupanya pikap ESP LH-150 ni buatan G&B Pick Up Company. PRS dan Schecter pun menggunakan pikap G&B ni untuk gitar-gitar murahan ekonomi (low/mid-tier) mereka.

Ruang kaviti belakang, kerja pateri yang agak amatur. Aku cuma ikut konfigurasi asal wayar pikap pada suis lima arah (5-way switch) ni.

Disebabkan aku tidak mempunyai push-pull pot untuk opsyen coil-split atau series/parallel, pikap VR-Extreme (bridge) yang mempunyai empat wayar (4-wire leads) ni aku jadikan sebagai full humbucker saja.

Hasil akhir kerja. Nampak sangat pengaruh blog The Guitar Addict kan? Hehehe... Bro Sub, you're my inspiration.

Projek selesai dalam pukul 11.30 malam tanpa sebarang kesalahan pematerian. Proses memateri tak lama, tapi aku banyak buang masa waktu mengikis tapak VR-1 supaya muat dalam kaviti. Ini merupakan kali ketiga aku memasang pikap secara DIY, selepas projek Plasma-2 gold set dan projek AH-1 active set. Ketiga-tiga projek ni semuanya menggunakan pikap jenama Tesla. Jenama lain aku belum pernah cuba lagi.

Malam tadi aku cuma sempat mencubanya dengan rig ringkas Pandora Mini dan headphone saja sebab dah mengantuk. Full review menyusul kemudian...

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Ada apa: Odometer AADI dah mencecah 40k hits! Walauwei!~

4 komen:

JAIRO said...

mun tajuk entri ni "Duncanised Mirage" lagi best.... aku rasa bro Sub pun setuju dengan aku

Jo @ NoobAxe said...

boleh

Ijau D. Koceng said...

jairo:
klu tajuk "dimarzioed goldie" amacam? hehehe...

jo:
oke, akan dibincangkan dgn lebih lanjut dlm facebook

subversion.sg said...

bro- perasan tak, ER-Extreme ada lebih coil, jadi dimensi pickup tu lebing 'tinggi'...

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