Got bored today and decided to restore my old Kaman GTX 23. It's in a really bad shape.
It's even got some psychedelic wallpaper glued on the body as a "finish" But thats a whole other story.

Anyhuu, after i had desoldered the pickups i noticed that the bridge humbucker was actually a DiMarzio DP156 Humbucker from Hell!
Forgot all about even upgrading that old guitar Must have been in 1994 or something.

Going to test that one on my Ibanez instead. It's in desperate need of a better neck pickup.

Not sure why it was in the bridge position.. it's pimarily recommended as a neck pup. No wonder that guitar sounded like a treble-monster.

Excellent find - you must have been pretty pleased

Nice! That is like taking an old coat out of a closet and finding $50 in the pocket!

I'd love to hear that story one day...

I'll see your "hear the story" and raise you "see the pictures."

+1

What do you have to show trond?

About the "finish"...
A friend of me and Trond borrowed that guitar from him,
and when he returned it he had used it as his very own "art project"
He even put on some cotton or wool or something for strings

I believe that was the case anyway.. Looked so bad it was cool
It's been hanging on Tronds wall ever since, hehe..

Great find Trond, hopefully the pickup is in good shape, and you'll be able to use it

I'll put up some pics of it after work

Actually, the neck feels very comfortable so i'm considering buying a new bridge, nut, tuners and some cheap pickups. But thats for another thread

Heheh cool find man, nice pickup for an upgrade!

After hearing Paals description of it I think we rather have before pictures

Audiopaals reply is 100% correct.
A friend borrowed it and had some fun with it, and he wrote "da trout", which i have no clue what means

And here it is! (I've removed the bridge, pickups, knobs and cotton wool string)

Sorry for the bad quality, the cam on my phone is terrible!

I guess it depends what Trout means in your friend's language? I'm thinking fish: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trout ...but that's just what it means in English.

That looks like a fun guitar to play around with, just needs some poly to preserve the artwork!

Yea, i know it's a trout. I just dont know what the meaning behind it was

YEAH TROUT! w0000000t!!!! \m/ \m/

A reference to Walter perhaps???
Great find on the HB from Hell!
I recently found a box of old spares and found an old Mighty Mite Motherbucker!! The Triple coil humbucker!!!!

Nice find! Christmas came early

OMG that guitar is really one-of man

a long shot but not impossible


They inlays are cool though. Question is if the finish isn't for keeps

reminds me of daron malakian from systems guitar

THE HUMBUCKER FROM HELL!! Man, i'd have it just for the name!!