Sort of NGD (newly modded really) Pic Heavy

Jason

I love LP Customs, my first guitars was a Hondo LPC, my first real guitar was an early 70's LPC (which went when I couldn't afford a gas bill) I had a Custom Shop LPC which I bought with my eyes and not my ears, it lasted about six months before I moved it on. For about 8 years I've been playing an Orville LPC which is a great guitar, but I had a hankering for P90's.

I was going to convert, then decided that was a stupid idea, so I managed to buy another Orville cheap (£350) this one is a John Sykes model so unlike most Orvilles comes with an ebony board (plus mirrored pick guard and pick up surrounds).

I took it to Rob Williams and it went from that to this - to say I am very happy with it would be an understatement, it looks great and the pickups go from a nasty snarl to an almost acoustic like chime.

Rob had never worked on an Orville before and couldn't believe how well it was made.

Here are the pics

John Sykes Model

https://i.imgur.com/7IKOf6A.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/dEEdjRD.jpg

Rob doing stuff

https://i.imgur.com/G2Igm7U.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/EjaiN4F.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/H1PLmIT.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/etffofi.jpg

Now

https://i.imgur.com/OzsaFeP.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/FsX5FnT.jpg

Neck pickup is a Lollar and the bridge is a Rob Williams P90 wound to match the neck. Hardware is Gotoh.

stickyfiddle

Crikey! Well done! 

I saw the swimming pool route and started to get worried but then it got better!  

meltedbuzzbox

Great work. A LP that has been converted the right way!!

TheMarlin

So close.  All it needed was a Bigsby for perfection!

Jez6345789

Nice work looks the part.
Did you have the binding aged up or an aged top coat, also just a top refinish or the whole guitar.

a sound clip of the lollar would be nice 

but a great job

p90fool

Lovely job, Rob's worked some real magic on a couple of my guitars too.

builttospill

My word! That’s beautiful 

guitars4you

Good to see the pics from start to finish - As I was scanning down from the top I'm thinking yes, okay, so what - Then when we get to the final result, well that is a different story - Looks very nice - sure it is well worth the effort - Top marks

Jason

Jez6345789 said:

Nice work looks the part.
Did you have the binding aged up or an aged top coat, also just a top refinish or the whole guitar.

a sound clip of the lollar would be nice 

but a great job

Thanks @stickyfiddle @meltedbuzzbox @TheMarlin (I did think about a bigsby!) @Jez6345789 @p90fool @builttospill and @guitars4you ; for the nice comments.

The binding was just left as it was, the guitar is probably over 25 years old, so has aged nicely. It was just the top refinished, the rest of the guitar was left with all its dinks and scratches. Rob replaced the first 3 frets too.

I'll try and do some recording with the Lollar, but it may be a few weeks time.

Do I go for a 3 pickup version for the set...?

meltedbuzzbox

The three pickup black beauty looks awesome but the middle position is meh.
I loved the look of the one I owned but it really didn't need the middle pickup. 

IvisonGuitars

Very nice indeed, that Jason!  

Jason

meltedbuzzbox said:

The three pickup black beauty looks awesome but the middle position is meh.
I loved the look of the one I owned but it really didn't need the middle pickup. 

but looked cool tho'

its taken me nearly 30 years to find the neck pickup, so I doubt I'd ever use a middle one, but as I keep telling my students, the general public listen with their eyes, looking good is essential :-))

Jason

miserneil said:

Very nice indeed, that Jason!  

Thanks Neil

meltedbuzzbox

Jason said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

The three pickup black beauty looks awesome but the middle position is meh.
I loved the look of the one I owned but it really didn't need the middle pickup. 

but looked cool tho'

its taken me nearly 30 years to find the neck pickup, so I doubt I'd ever use a middle one, but as I keep telling my students, the general public listen with their eyes, looking good is essential :-))

They look super cool.

Jason

meltedbuzzbox said:

Jason said:

meltedbuzzbox said:

The three pickup black beauty looks awesome but the middle position is meh.
I loved the look of the one I owned but it really didn't need the middle pickup. 

but looked cool tho'

its taken me nearly 30 years to find the neck pickup, so I doubt I'd ever use a middle one, but as I keep telling my students, the general public listen with their eyes, looking good is essential :-))

They look super cool.

Next years project then, I’d best look out for another Orville bargain

jdgm

Looks wonderful, love a P90 Custom.

sawyer

Looks cool! Good job.