I retrofitted a floyd to a 90's Fernandes Dragonfly style hard tail guitar. I had to build the floyd rose nut shelf out of wood because I wanted to do it right. Some people I saw took out part of the fret board to install the nut and then wondered why they had intonation issues. You and I both probably know why they had those issues, messing with a scale length will mess up any guitar. I measured the angle of the head stock put the same angle on the bottom of the wood so it would sit flat on top of an angled head stock (long process). Second things I did was build a complete strat from scratch, tele from scratch and a JPX/EVO/Prince style mixed guitar. The last one was because I wanted the fret access the JPX's body offered and just coupled it with the neck profile an Ibanez neck has. The guitar is probably one of my favorite guitars. I also installed a EVO 2 Pickup (Dimarzio) in the bridge. The guitar looks like a JPX until you hit the head stock which was done in an Ibanez shape. Then I colored it purple (head stock and body) with Prince purple since I finished it right when Prince died and felt it was appropriate to put something into it that shows the musical influence and legacy he left behind. I also added a kill switch which is just fun. I just got really creative and decided to borrow from other guitarists, my next challenge will be creating Vai's guitar.
This was really cool, I'm a big fan of Bellamy's playing so it was really cool to watch you do this mod. Awesome job, keep it up and cheers from Canada
Thats really cool man. I was gonna try and install the midi pad on a tele as a Matt Bellamy type guitar and literally wanted it because I saw it on his guitar and was like wow what an ingenious way to have extra effects. Never saw one on any other guitar, just his. Also a massive Muse fan here too, probably one of the best artists today still putting out music and I am almost convinced that Muse can't actually write a bad song. There are songs that may not be the better than other songs but no bad ones I've found. First song to hook me was Plug in Baby because of its unusual vocals and the guitar riff was cool as hell. After that I went looking through their whole discography, songs like Guiding Light and Aftermath proves to me that Muse was always that epic because both have that really full glorious sound to them. Like a symphony, just big as hell. Closing I'd also say I enjoy watching Matt Bellamy play guitar. Matt Bellamy playing guitar = guitar molestation lmfao. Good job on the mod its was cool to watch and hear.
I loved this video, man. I have been wanting to do this for a long time for here in Perú I can't find anyone who can get the job done! Your video helped me to get a clear idea of what is going on inside the guitar
So late to this video. I can't find another video that talks you through the mod. I've recently bought a Cort licenced Manson mbm2 I would very much like to do this for my guitar. Just never attempted routing cavities.
@@DogsharkGPS that’s great to hear. I’m interested as to whether you’ll do any more mods to this guitar. Maybe fitting a humbucker or something so you get your own mini Matt Bellamy Manson
Nice one Dogshark, I am going to do a similar thing putting a zvex fuzz probe into my squire baritone telecaster. The lower range of the guitar should be monstrous with the fuzz! The metal plate 'probe' part will form part of the pickguard so you can move your hand nearer and further from it to change the sound. Also going to put a DIY sustainer to replace the neck pickup
Routing is the one skill I've never tried...not got a router like you so it's going to be interesting. I need to cut way more chunks out than your project :/
@@jcowe9194 dude that sounds awesome. You should definitely post a vid when your done. BTW I don't have a router just used a large drill bit to drill out most of the material and a chisel to take out the rest. Sprayed it black so it didn't look to bad from a distance but it was pretty rough of you look close enough. Got the job done tho.
Just what I was looking for! Is there anywhere I could find a circuit diagram like this for a Jazzmaster? I'm thinking of replacing the rythm tone circuit with one of these.
There's not much to this really. You just place the fuzz circuit between the volume pot and the output jack so the signal can be either router thru the circuit our direct to the output jack. This way doesn't matter what pickup configuration you have.
Hello sir, can i know a wiring of the fuzz fac on the guitar 😅!?, i have a guitar already Cut and fuzz factory installed but i dont know the wiring, i watch your video like 10 times today 😂😂😂😂 love ur video
Hi Dogshark. I am really into MUSE and want to buy a fuzz factory, but the original is just too expensive. I'm a student. Do you know if Jeds Peds sells a fully assembled one (I can't do electronics for shit haha)? Or maybe other places where I can buy a clone? Thanks mate.
very nice work sir, i'm impressed. by the way, i'm building a superstrat and i wanna install my fuzz factory into it. i wanna ask you something about the mode switch between stab & comp knobs. i need your explanation about it, thank you before. subscribed👍
The mode switch is actually not on the standard Fuzz Factory. Its a feature added to the Fat Fuzz Factory which pushes the oscillations into sub octave frequencies. So you can get super fat nasty sounds.
Hey I know this post is old but I’m doing the same exact mod! Do you happen to have a picture? I would love to see the finished project. Or give me any tips!
@@LucaTolot I followed the wiring diagram shown in the video and it worked for me. I would suggest doing this in a strat, or any other guitar with a lot of internal space; I could keep all 5 knobs because of the extra space, it's an absolute fucking blast to play with. Good luck to you fella, and anyone else doing this mod.
Honestly can’t remember now. What I did do tho is play with the pedal when it was still a pedal to get the right pot positions for what I wanted. Then once I’d removed the pots I wasn’t going to keep I took a measurement of resistance from them when they were set in the right position and then added resistors of that value to the PCB in the place where the pots had been. So it’s really down to personal taste.
Hi man, thank you for this!! I'll do the mod to my most beloved guitar. I'm following your diagram, but I'm confused, you mentioned a DTDP, that's a 3 way right? so would that give me ON to either side and OFF in the center? ... or is it another kind of switch?
There is no middle position on this type of switch. Its on/on in either direction but wired so one position routes the signal to the circuit and back out and the other position is effectively a bypass.
Typically batteries for active guitars should last for dozens of hours playing time. TRS socket means the battery is only connected when the jack is plugged in so as long you remember to unplug the jack after playing should last ages.
Anyone else got any interesting mods they've done to guitars? Always looking for something cool to try.
I have a XY Midi pad in one guitar🤔
in how to create a midi control for the digitech whammy pedal, on the song map of the problematique
I retrofitted a floyd to a 90's Fernandes Dragonfly style hard tail guitar. I had to build the floyd rose nut shelf out of wood because I wanted to do it right. Some people I saw took out part of the fret board to install the nut and then wondered why they had intonation issues. You and I both probably know why they had those issues, messing with a scale length will mess up any guitar. I measured the angle of the head stock put the same angle on the bottom of the wood so it would sit flat on top of an angled head stock (long process).
Second things I did was build a complete strat from scratch, tele from scratch and a JPX/EVO/Prince style mixed guitar. The last one was because I wanted the fret access the JPX's body offered and just coupled it with the neck profile an Ibanez neck has. The guitar is probably one of my favorite guitars. I also installed a EVO 2 Pickup (Dimarzio) in the bridge. The guitar looks like a JPX until you hit the head stock which was done in an Ibanez shape. Then I colored it purple (head stock and body) with Prince purple since I finished it right when Prince died and felt it was appropriate to put something into it that shows the musical influence and legacy he left behind. I also added a kill switch which is just fun.
I just got really creative and decided to borrow from other guitarists, my next challenge will be creating Vai's guitar.
Kaos pad. Matt Bellamy has that as well on his first MB-1
This turned up on the top of my recommended; cool work, cool guitar, cool dude, fuzzy guitar, fuzzy beard.
I love this comment.
At 21:10 I was waiting for Plug in baby to start
This was really cool, I'm a big fan of Bellamy's playing so it was really cool to watch you do this mod. Awesome job, keep it up and cheers from Canada
Cheers pal. Appreciate the compliment. And love Canada too. The Tea Party one of my favorite bands.
I'd be the nerd with 5 extra knobs on his guitar. I do think the magic of that pedal is that all of the controls seem to interact.
Thats really cool man. I was gonna try and install the midi pad on a tele as a Matt Bellamy type guitar and literally wanted it because I saw it on his guitar and was like wow what an ingenious way to have extra effects. Never saw one on any other guitar, just his.
Also a massive Muse fan here too, probably one of the best artists today still putting out music and I am almost convinced that Muse can't actually write a bad song. There are songs that may not be the better than other songs but no bad ones I've found.
First song to hook me was Plug in Baby because of its unusual vocals and the guitar riff was cool as hell. After that I went looking through their whole discography, songs like Guiding Light and Aftermath proves to me that Muse was always that epic because both have that really full glorious sound to them. Like a symphony, just big as hell.
Closing I'd also say I enjoy watching Matt Bellamy play guitar. Matt Bellamy playing guitar = guitar molestation lmfao.
Good job on the mod its was cool to watch and hear.
Cheers pal
I loved this video, man. I have been wanting to do this for a long time for here in Perú I can't find anyone who can get the job done! Your video helped me to get a clear idea of what is going on inside the guitar
Sabía que aquí andabas xD,Impresionante no?
@@cesarellefsonto2087 XDDDDDDDDDD alucinante xd
Thank you so much I've been looking to see how one of these worked👌👌👌👌
Great job
cool as hell
Got myself what it takes to build my own, should arrive by next week, I'm thrilled
Awesome. Good luck with ya build. So much fun to do.
@@DogsharkGPS thanks!
Good luck dude!!
@@cyanthunder6215 thank you mate!
So late to this video. I can't find another video that talks you through the mod. I've recently bought a Cort licenced Manson mbm2 I would very much like to do this for my guitar. Just never attempted routing cavities.
I was surprised after the video that you only had 79 subs! Video quality was great, keep doing these they’re really interesting
Thanks very much. Its fun to do. So I'll keep going. Subs or not.
@@DogsharkGPS that’s great to hear. I’m interested as to whether you’ll do any more mods to this guitar. Maybe fitting a humbucker or something so you get your own mini Matt Bellamy Manson
@@jacc4928 might need a sustainiac.
@@DogsharkGPS I was just gonna suggest that. You could go crazy and stick on a kaoss pad haha
This is cool!
Nice one Dogshark, I am going to do a similar thing putting a zvex fuzz probe into my squire baritone telecaster. The lower range of the guitar should be monstrous with the fuzz! The metal plate 'probe' part will form part of the pickguard so you can move your hand nearer and further from it to change the sound. Also going to put a DIY sustainer to replace the neck pickup
Routing is the one skill I've never tried...not got a router like you so it's going to be interesting. I need to cut way more chunks out than your project :/
@@jcowe9194 dude that sounds awesome. You should definitely post a vid when your done. BTW I don't have a router just used a large drill bit to drill out most of the material and a chisel to take out the rest. Sprayed it black so it didn't look to bad from a distance but it was pretty rough of you look close enough. Got the job done tho.
Just what I was looking for!
Is there anywhere I could find a circuit diagram like this for a Jazzmaster? I'm thinking of replacing the rythm tone circuit with one of these.
There's not much to this really. You just place the fuzz circuit between the volume pot and the output jack so the signal can be either router thru the circuit our direct to the output jack. This way doesn't matter what pickup configuration you have.
Awesome mate!! I’d love to do it by myself but I know I’m going to mess it up somehow hahaha cheers from Chile!
Holly shit! I want your guitar, please, now!!!
Cooool!!!
New sub mate, that's awesome
Thanks for the sub dude.
i want this!
awesome!!!!!
Can you please put a technic description of every dispositive you use? Like a list of ingredients
I will gladly pay you and ship my guitar out for you to fix mine up with this!!
Hi Brendan. Message me via my website so we can discuss details.
Say please what song playing 15:00. Sorry I bad speak English
It’s one of mine pal.
soundcloud.com/dogshark666/pour-a-shot?.variant_1
@@DogsharkGPS it's super song!!! Where I can download or buy song?
@@DogsharkGPS thank you
@@artureiro_only it’s only on Soundcloud at the moment. In the process of recording some more and hope to release something properly later this year.
Hello sir, can i know a wiring of the fuzz fac on the guitar 😅!?, i have a guitar already Cut and fuzz factory installed but i dont know the wiring, i watch your video like 10 times today 😂😂😂😂 love ur video
Yeah I’ve got a diagram for it somewhere. Lemme see if I can find it and post it up somewhere.
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Hi Dogshark. I am really into MUSE and want to buy a fuzz factory, but the original is just too expensive. I'm a student. Do you know if Jeds Peds sells a fully assembled one (I can't do electronics for shit haha)? Or maybe other places where I can buy a clone? Thanks mate.
Jeds do a pre-built option for about the same price you could pick up a used Zvex FF on eBay. Either way you'd be getting an awesome pedal.
very nice work sir, i'm impressed. by the way, i'm building a superstrat and i wanna install my fuzz factory into it. i wanna ask you something about the mode switch between stab & comp knobs. i need your explanation about it, thank you before. subscribed👍
The mode switch is actually not on the standard Fuzz Factory. Its a feature added to the Fat Fuzz Factory which pushes the oscillations into sub octave frequencies. So you can get super fat nasty sounds.
@@DogsharkGPS thank you sir🙏
Hey I know this post is old but I’m doing the same exact mod! Do you happen to have a picture? I would love to see the finished project. Or give me any tips!
@@LucaTolot I followed the wiring diagram shown in the video and it worked for me. I would suggest doing this in a strat, or any other guitar with a lot of internal space; I could keep all 5 knobs because of the extra space, it's an absolute fucking blast to play with. Good luck to you fella, and anyone else doing this mod.
I was looking for shit to do and thought, why the fuck not?
I've been searching for a video like this for fuckin ages and this is the holy grail! What settings did you lock the vol, gate and drive to??
Honestly can’t remember now. What I did do tho is play with the pedal when it was still a pedal to get the right pot positions for what I wanted. Then once I’d removed the pots I wasn’t going to keep I took a measurement of resistance from them when they were set in the right position and then added resistors of that value to the PCB in the place where the pots had been. So it’s really down to personal taste.
@@DogsharkGPS thanks
Hi man, thank you for this!! I'll do the mod to my most beloved guitar. I'm following your diagram, but I'm confused, you mentioned a DTDP, that's a 3 way right? so would that give me ON to either side and OFF in the center? ... or is it another kind of switch?
There is no middle position on this type of switch. Its on/on in either direction but wired so one position routes the signal to the circuit and back out and the other position is effectively a bypass.
@@DogsharkGPS got it, thanks
@@DogsharkGPS hey good sir, did you figure out why the trimpots didn't work? I'm doing it and space is tight...
@@publicnature not for certain but I suspect it was the ribbon cable I used.
Are you interested in doing an install for me? I'm in Bristol UK. Great vid BTW subbed.
Hi pal. Maybe someday but I don't really do commission work. Just doing it for myself for a bit of fun.
How long does the battery last btw?🤔
Typically batteries for active guitars should last for dozens of hours playing time. TRS socket means the battery is only connected when the jack is plugged in so as long you remember to unplug the jack after playing should last ages.
@@DogsharkGPS got it, thanks dude
as an everton fan i really wanted to like this video but the scarf ruined it
Ello Ello.....
Too much talk.
8 minutes just talk. no wonder there are only a few subscribers. little talk much work
I suppose your 1 subscriber would agree with you. Jog on bobby.