npfrs
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So lately I've been thinking of picking-up an Epiphone Black Beauty and making it a versatile/utility guitar. I have settled upon the BB as I hav become slightly obsessed with 3-pickup guitars and this seems like a good starting point. I do not have any humbucker/les paul style guitars at the moment so this would really fill in a lot of gaps for me.
The idea behind this post is to collect as many mods as possible that are available to me regarding this guitar. Wiring, pickups, trem systems, MIDI, etc, etc. I am not concerned with resale value so please that out of any considerations you might have.
So far I have thought about the following options...

The idea behind this post is to collect as many mods as possible that are available to me regarding this guitar. Wiring, pickups, trem systems, MIDI, etc, etc. I am not concerned with resale value so please that out of any considerations you might have.
So far I have thought about the following options...
- White/creme pickup rings/switch ring
- lose the pickguard
- 3 vol/1 master tone for more switching options
- Jimmy Page-style pickup toggles (one for each)
- push/pull for coil-tap and/or series/parallel
- bare knuckle in bridge, tv jones in middle, p90 in neck
- bigsby or kahler/floyd rose/stetsbar
- MIDI pickup (GK or Fishman Triple Play)
- Varitone
- Hipshot guitar xpander
- kaos pad touchpad