Blacked out my ESP Eclipse I

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fretout":3jykq0h5 said:
Terex":3jykq0h5 said:
Bobbanson":3jykq0h5 said:
I'm doing the exact same thing with the exact same guitar. I found this when searching for what exact hardware to use.
Could you please please let me know what exact hardware you used?
There are so many different types and brands.
My esp Eclipse 1 CTM are from late 2004 if that makes a difference.

So damn beautiful, exactly how I imagined.

Thanks man!
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Thanks man!

I used the same Gotoh bridge, and a Schaller tailpiece. The bushings that go into the body are M8 size, not M4. To be super sure I'll measure them tomorrow, I'll let you know ;)

Here's another one just because :thumbsup:

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That looks way better than the way I imagined it would look! Nicely done!

I'm terribly OCD about my gear, so for the guitars I have EMGs in, I did a little mod work and put gold covers on my set of ZW EMGs. The most difficult part was making the pole piece screws out of normal pole pieces.

Do you plan on swapping out the tuners, or you probably could just paint the string peg and call it done, but otherwise I'd say you did a perfect job man! Usually people forget to swap/paint the chrome/gold pickup ring screws, but ypur Eclipse looks amazing man! Great job!!!
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Thanks so much man, appreciate it!

As far as the tuners, I swapped the gold Sperzels with the satin black Sperzels. The thing with the black ones is they have a chrome string peg thingy like you mentioned. With the gold tuners those where gold. Shame they don't make those black as well, but nontheless I like it as is, no need for painting it IMO :)
 
JerEvil":khb08d9v said:
GOD I want a 4 knob old model Eclipse!
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For some reason, the 4 knob Eclipses don't sell as well as the 3 knob versions. Most of mine are 4 knob. I prefer them that way, even though I never use a tone knob. #grandpaguitar
 
Terex":2umpkxv0 said:
I'll try and find the orders of the hardware in my mailbox. As far as the black screws for the pickups and pickup rings, I ordered them through a local Dutch guitar shop, nothing really specific.

The gold tuners that came on my Eclipse, 2004 model, where the Sperzels, so the black ones fitted no problem. :thumbsup:
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You are very helpful! I don't want to mess up my guitar. :)
 
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