LED Guitar mod by William 'Overdrive Spider' Wood

This is what I like to call an LED pickup backlight mod! For more details go here:
http://guitargeek.com/chat/showthread.php?s=&threadid=86900

The music is by a band called AB Negative, please check them out and buy a cd
www.abnegative.co.uk
www.myspace.com/abnegative

Policy on negative comments;
If its constructive, I'll allow it to be posted, I have no problem with people not liking the mod if its not your thing, but backup your argument.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• orville
• gibson
• led
• guitar
• mod
• lp_man
• william
• Wood
• overdrive
• spider
• les
• paul
• custom
• lp

[JonDeth]

I guarantee those cause a world of hum being right on the pickups like that

[lp888]

@JonDeth They really don't, no matter how loud what intensity of the light - not a sound. I was anticipating a little noise but I haven't noticed anything with this guitar.

[JohnBurninate]

over drive spider xD i love the retarded ass nick names some people give themselves.

[lp888]

@JohnBurninate Whatever you say Burninator :D

[fenderacolyte]

a les paul doesn't need that kind of thing to look great.

[lp888]

@BloodCr0ss

Well that's what happens with 21 year old nitro-cellulose lacquer :)

If I'm being honest, I trust the pros who knew what they were doing when they applied the finish, rather than some guy who has an opinion but no other qualifications. Honestly though, do you really think a tin of black spray paint is going to look better than a professionally applied finish?

IMO, a stripping the nitro lacquer and paint and replacing it with spray paint is the very definition of super ugly :)

[lp888]

@justinrulesass

All the leds run on a 9v battery, with normal usage they can last between 6months and a year!

LEDs come in any colour you'd like :)

[lp888]

@BloodCr0ss I guess it's personal preference, it's an old guitar and it has worn a fair bit. I really like the finish on it but I think I'd prefer the aesthetics and sound if I stripped the paint.

[spinaltap211]

does turning the lights on and off affect the tone at all?

[ncrogdn]

I love how ten million guitarists all over the world are like OMG LES PAUL IS THE BEST THING EVER IT CANNOT BE IMPROVED, as if their opinion is unique. Or as if that comment really had anything to do with the mod.

I'd like to see one of my B.C. Riches set up with some LEDs behind the pickups, I never thought of anything like this. I bet it looks badass on stage with low lighting and smoke... B.C. Riches look badass enough in the dark/with strobe and smoke... some eerie lights might be cool!

[WataboutBob101]

now what would be cool is if you could get it to go to the music youre playing

[daryl152]

Awesome! i plan to do this now with my les paul! how did you get them to blink?

[plpicher]

...it makes his LP different, witch is good since way too much poeple have one