jwtish's Music Gear Setup
Here is my heavily modified First Act ME1980!! Plays amazing, and sounds great!
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Extreme Modding Machine!
My ME1980 was found at a thrift store, all dusty, only a few strings, and it needed a lot of cleaning. I bought it for only a whopping $20, and invested a little more, into making this thing perfect. First thing I did was paint the pickguard a solid black, to match the body. That helped its looks tremendously! Next thing was throw on a black chrome bridge, a hot rail humbucker, black volume knob, and some Ernie Ball paradigms. Did a little set up on it, and it plays like an absolute DREAM. This guitar itself, without the modifications, if I had just set it up and done some cleaning, it still would've been an amazing guitar! If you get this thing set up properly, this is a very nice-sounding, simple and comfortable guitar for beginners! I use mine as my main guitar, and it has been well worth it since the day I got it!
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THAT is an impressive turnaround. I doff my hat to your good taste.
When I saw the cut-flame pickguard in the OG pic, I was like "oof! I hope it plays well...", but this may be the classiest ME1980 on planet earth.
Thank you so much @pkennethk! Yeah, the flame pickguard was a bit cheesy for my liking, I wanted something to blend in with the finish, yet still stick out as a pickguard. This thing plays great once you get it all set up!