Abalone dot upgrade to my GS-Mini

[Ned Milburn]

Nice work, Fazool!

[fazool]

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

Fazool, you do some amazing work, with your GS-Mini and your other repair endeavors. I like the capo on the 1st fret so you can keep the strings on the tuners. Have you been working on your guitars for long (i.e. years)?

I've been away from it for a while. I used to do minor stuff. I've really been doing this type of work about 1-2 years now.

[joeguam]

Fazool, mind sharing where you got the ebony/abalone pins?

[fazool]

Originally Posted by joeguam

Fazool, mind sharing where you got the ebony/abalone pins?

I can't remember - I think I got them on eBay, but it was from a popular parts eBay store.

[seminex]

I have a spruce/rosewood and T-system pick up not the GO stuff,

I also replaced the dots by abalone dots (much better, looks 500€ more expensive) ,
the nut and saddle by bone (homemade), the tone I think is not brighter but added more sustain and clarity between notes,
the pins by black horn with abalone dot, no difference in tone (that I can hear)
the TRC I made myself from 2.5 mm thick piece of rosewood with a inlay made from white, black MOP and abalone. (hummingbird picking a flower, in the picture the pieces are lying on the original plastic trc, as a dry fit)

replaced the tuners knobs with rosewood ones I found on the bay
but I'm thinking to replace the tuners by "old looking" gold gotoh 510's one day.
further I'm thinking by replacing the pickguard by a rosewood version but don't know yet...

cheers Gilles

[Tony Burns]

Fazool , you did a great job on that GS mini of yours .

[CoolerKing]

Did you switch out the stock tuners and if not would they be a close switch out for gotoh 510s?

What type of bridge plates do GS minis have? Would they be conducive to baggs bridge plate mics or would a k&k mini work better?

[fazool]

revived this thread because someone asked about fret markers and had to fix the broken picture links I used

[GTRGUY005]

Looks great Fazool. Nice work.

For anyone who wants a similar look and doesn't have the courage (like me) to alter their guitar, take a look at this link for inlay stickers. I've used them on a few guitars and they look great, are easy to apply and are very inexpensive, not to mention totally reversible if you don't like them.

https://www.inlaystickers.com/produc...=3424146685978