The Streamer Std. Single Buck $ project, or: How to pimp a Streamer Standard
Basic:
Carolena body, Natural Oil finish, Wenge neck, One MEC Vintage Soapbar pickup, Passive tone control.
Pimped:
Carolena body, Natural Oil finish, Wenge neck, One MEC MM-style humbucker pickup, Passive tone bass and tone treble control, White pearl pickguard, White pearl block inlay stickers, Trussrod cover “Streamer $”
Upgrades:
1. Replace the MEC Vintage Soapbar pickup with a MEC MM humbucker pickup
2. Copper foil shielding of pickguard, pickup cavity and control cavity
3. Change saddle to JAN III
4. Add jack socket in the side, barrel type
5. New pot layout: Volume with Push/Pull switch – parallel or series pickup coils, Passive tone treble and tone bass. Using old jack socket hole for the tone bass control.
6. Replace strap pins with Dunlop Straplok flush mount strap
7. Change std. bridge with Warwick Schaller 3D bridge
8. Add a white pearl pickguard of my own design
9. Add white pearl block inlay stickers
10. Replace trussrod cover with a “Streamer $” type (reworked Streamer $$)
From own stock:
Streamer Standard, MEC MM pickup (reworked to 4 conductor), jack socket, knob, Straploks, pickguard material, capacitors and copper foil.
New purchases:
JAN III saddle, pots, Ww Schaller bridge, inlay stickers and trussrod cover.
Reworking the MEC MM 2 conductor pickup in to a 4 conductor type and checking:
Jan III and trussrod cover installed:
Jack “in the side” and Dunlop Straploks installed:
Designing, jig sawing and routing the pickguard and pickup templates, using 12mm MDF plate:
Routing the pickguard:
Before routing the pickup cavity; Removing wood bushings and springs for reuse:
Routing the MM pickup size cavity:
Looks great:
Fits like a glove:
Trying out the pickguard before the copper foil shielding:
Copper foil shielding of the contol cavity and installing the pots:
Wiring diagram:
Reuse of wood bushings, screws and springs for the MM size pickup:
Reinstalling wood bushings, copper foil shielding of the pickup cavity, and mounting of springs and pickup:
Cleaning the neck, mounting inlay stickers and pickguard:
Aligning and mounting the 3D bridge. Stringing. Neck and pickup adjustment. Intonation. Oiling the fretboard:
Completed:
