Saturday, April 11, 2009

Completed DST-3 Mods

I think I've finally put the finishing touches on the mods to my Floyd Rose DST-3. Here's the run-down and cost of everything I did. Basically, everything connected to the pickguard (including the pickguard itself) was changed. All three pickups are new. A push-pull pot was installed for a neck-on mod. The five-way switch is new too. The only part of the wiring that is stock is the jack and the leads going to it.

Here's the total cost. Applicable taxes and/or shipping costs are included.
$149 Floyd Rose Discovery DST-3
$25.27 for the switch, 500K push-pull pot, knob, and switch tip (all All Parts)
$92.83 for the Seymour Duncan Screamin' Demon
$125.98 for two Dimarzio Area '61s
$11.29 for black pickguard
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$404.37 grand total

Naturally, I did not charge myself for doing all the soldering. I suppose you technically could add another $11.29 because I bought another pickguard that looks just like it, except for two humbuckers, in case I want to do something that way in the future. For the price I figured, why not? I also added Schaller strap locks, but I do that to all of my guitars. I don't remember what I paid for them, but it wasn't much. Not a bad price overall when you consider that the original sale price on these guitars was $399. So basically for $5 more I got a guitar that looks a lot better, is more flexible, and sounds cooler to boot.

Here's a picture:


Here's what it looked like before surgery: