Modding Your Guitar

Guitar Workbench Collection: Modding Your Guitar

Sometimes, you find a guitar that’s 100% perfect for you right off the bat, and no changes are necessary beyond a minor setup. When that happens, it’s a truly beautiful thing, but that isn’t always the case. Sometimes you may find yourself wishing your guitar had this or that feature, or had a tonality you just can’t achieve. Some players will purchase a lower-end model for less with the intent to modify it and get that supercharged tone on their own. 

Whatever your situation, with a little DIY handiness, you may be just one pickup swap, wiring change, or hardware tweak away from your dream guitar. To give you a roadmap, we’re showcasing some of our top posts related to modding your guitar to be its best. Check them out:

Pickup Wiring

Experimenting with Pickup Wirings

Learn how to run your pickups in parallel or series configuration, and hear what each sounds like. | READ »

Modifying your Strat to sound like a Telecaster 

How to Make Your Strat Sound Like a Tele

Here are two different mods to give your Stratocaster that signature Tele twang. | READ »

 

How to Install a Pre-Wired Pickguard

Gain a new pickup array, or the tone of your favorite artist, with a full pickguard swap. We’ll show you how. | READ »

How to Block or Deck a Strat Tremolo

 

How to Deck or Block Your Tremolo

Don’t use your trem system? Try blocking it and you may discover some tonal benefits. | READ »

Epiphone Sheraton 

Modded: Epiphone Sheraton II

The story of a beloved Sheraton and its road to become a modded-out tone machine. | READ »

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