So, I have two Diablos, one Cherry, and one is probably Aztec Gold. Neither are in primo condition, but neither is beat to hell either. both need a fret dress, and one might need either helicoils or a new floyd base plate.
But, they are great sounding, great playing, etc etc etc. well, one WAS great sounding but it lost a coil.
The Aztec gold diablo I have had something spilled on it by a previous owner, who knows how long ago. It got onto the neck joint, into the pickup cavities, on and around the floyd, a bit into the tremolo spring cavity, and even some into the control cavity, apparently by way of either the 5 way switch or the pickup routing. This wouldn't be a big issue, except that whatever it was is apparently acidic enough to slow corrode pickup pole pieces. This liquid also got all inside the pickups, and the bridge pickup is now kaput. I checked the wiring, and it's good outside, so the whatever it is has eaten into the coils or something, and it's also rusted it etc.
This dried gunk is also all over the foam that supports the pickups and keeps them nice and stable.
So basically, I need new pickups, and I need new foam underneath said pickups. Does anyone know of a good replacement for the foam under the pickups? Weather stripping doesn't seem to bounce back enough to keep the pickups level (i've tried it before).
Also, what pickups would be recommended? What dimarzio pickups were in the diablo guitars before the switch to SD? I've heard it was a Tone zone and something else. Air Norton maybe? Also, for the bridge pickup I need the F-spaced, but what about the slanted neck humbucker?
you can kinda see the rusted pole piece in this picture. the gunk is also all inside the pickups. I'm going to completely disassembled the floyd and soak it in water to get all the gunk off, then gonna wd 40 it, dry it, and lube it up again.
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So, I have two Diablos, one Cherry, and one is probably Aztec Gold. Neither are in primo condition, but neither is beat to hell either. both need a fret dress, and one might need either helicoils or a new floyd base plate.
But, they are great sounding, great playing, etc etc etc. well, one WAS great sounding but it lost a coil.
The Aztec gold diablo I have had something spilled on it by a previous owner, who knows how long ago. It got onto the neck joint, into the pickup cavities, on and around the floyd, a bit into the tremolo spring cavity, and even some into the control cavity, apparently by way of either the 5 way switch or the pickup routing. This wouldn't be a big issue, except that whatever it was is apparently acidic enough to slow corrode pickup pole pieces. This liquid also got all inside the pickups, and the bridge pickup is now kaput. I checked the wiring, and it's good outside, so the whatever it is has eaten into the coils or something, and it's also rusted it etc.
This dried gunk is also all over the foam that supports the pickups and keeps them nice and stable.
So basically, I need new pickups, and I need new foam underneath said pickups. Does anyone know of a good replacement for the foam under the pickups? Weather stripping doesn't seem to bounce back enough to keep the pickups level (i've tried it before).
Also, what pickups would be recommended? What dimarzio pickups were in the diablo guitars before the switch to SD? I've heard it was a Tone zone and something else. Air Norton maybe? Also, for the bridge pickup I need the F-spaced, but what about the slanted neck humbucker?
you can kinda see the rusted pole piece in this picture. the gunk is also all inside the pickups. I'm going to completely disassembled the floyd and soak it in water to get all the gunk off, then gonna wd 40 it, dry it, and lube it up again.
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