I put a Seymour Duncan Antiquity humbucker in the neck and a TV Jones Magna'Tron set up for a humbucker mount in the bridge. I'm awaiting the arrival of a Bigsby B3C and an aluminum Extreme Low Rider Tru-Arc bridge. I'm also planning to refinish the neck with Tru-Oil or shellac.

And this, kids, is how a 150-dollar guitar turns into a 600-dollar guitar. A 600-dollar guitar that I could maybe sell for 250. But who cares? It's a blast to play. I'd take it over quite a few guitars I've played that cost thousands.

The BadAss-style factory bridge is pretty awful. Much lower quality than the BadAss-style I have on my Les Paul Special. Construction is masonite or similar for the top and back with what appears to be basswood ply utilized for the sides. F-hole is unbound, neck is finished with a matte polyurethane.

And the top features orange-peel out the wazoo.