jb_abides
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That'd be very very cool! :salude
...the issue of stereo to deal with...
I received my ES-Box built by BMF Effects last week.
This is THE solution to the complications of using a stereo guitar with a single input amp. It's as easy as pie to use. You may keep your ES-345s, ES-355s, or any other stereo guitar fully original and use the same amp that you use with your Les Paul, ES-335 etc. In fact, switching from Stereo to mono guitars is effortless.
The box is small, heavy and very sturdy! It has a battery/DC but also works perfectly well passively if you run out of battery power!
I encourage everyone with a stereo Gibson to give this box a whirl! The price is ~$180.
Again, this is THE solution.
Here's the picture of the box and some additional info posted by deytookerjaabs earlier in this same thread.
It was explained to me that it "fools the guitar into thinking the signal is stereo" so you don't get certain bits of frequency summing/cancelling. Scott can explain it better than I if you shoot him an email, nice guy, quick shipping, great service, etc. I've used it again the past few days and oh I'm so glad I bought it, haha. The mono/stereo switch is for if you're plugging in the stereo guitar with TRS cable then if you want to switch to a regular guitar you can.
So, as an experiment, I bought a stereo "Y" cable. I plugged into the two channels of my Deluxe Reverb, and found that the stereo is actually VERY cool. Using the EQ'ing of the separate channels, I can custom tailor each pickup, rather than trying to get a compromised sound from one set of tone controls that are set to try and sound good on both pickups. I'm sold ! I will not be re-wiring this guitar anytime soon.
Beautiful and exciting to see. That guitar wears its age beautifully. I hope you get the fretboard. I am surprised that the shop did not include it automatically. I know there's no law requiring all parts to stay with the original guitar, but that should be the custom, particularly at this level of sale. Congratulations on a really fabulous guitar.
Lays still had the fingerboard, and sent it to me!
Holy crap, JB!! Thanks for finding that! I had googled and come up empty.