Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:02 am
Tue Mar 21, 2017 12:41 pm
Tue Mar 21, 2017 8:30 pm
FZTNT wrote:Why not just buy an ASAT III that already has the S-500 pickups in it? Or, buy an S-500? The only problem with the ASAT III is finding one with a DFV bridge, but not so with the S-500.
Tom
Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:52 pm
Thu Mar 23, 2017 1:23 am
themikeaustin wrote:There are ASAT IIIs for sale on both eBay and Reverb, as well as here. I would never "mutilate" such a rare guitar, but that's just me.
According to this app -
http://www.glguitarsgenerator.com/ASAT_index.html
- you can order an ASAT Special with a DFV. You would probably need to rout out the middle pickup cavity and order a new pickguard, install a 5-way switch and a push-pull pot to add pickup combinations.
I have an ASAT Classic S and I modified the switching to use a S-1 switch and changed the "down" position to add B+M, B+N and M+N pickups in series, in addition to the N+B and all 3 in parallel.
Honestly, though, you should probably just get a S-500. It's essentially what you want in a Legacy body rather than an ASAT body. There would be some tonal differences because of the greater mass of the ASAT body and the saddle-lock bridge, but you would lose the saddle-lock bridge and some of the body mass anyway by putting in the DFV and having to rout out the back to accommodate the DFV springs.
Thu Mar 23, 2017 10:26 am
Sat Mar 25, 2017 12:44 am
DanDoulogos wrote:I seriously just spent half an hour generating a whole bunch of guitars I don't have the money to buy. That's a great little link.