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rockabilly69

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  1. That's what I like most about it, and the first thing that drew my eye to it!
  2. I love it too, as it makes the guitar feel like a living breathing thing. And Dolly hit the nail on the head!
  3. I agree, it's not just the lack of potting, it's also the wind, the materials, and sometimes even the springs that the pickups are mounted with (or without ie P90). And frankly, some pickups have it more than others. My old USA LP Special had it and it followed the pickups (SHED P90s) when I swapped then into an SG! You can hear every time I hit the pickup selector here. And even with the tone knob turned down to 0 during the woman tone sections you can hear it... https://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=8291529
  4. I've experienced it many times with Throbaks, and in their first few runs I saw more more than one that got too microphonic. I actually have fixed a few microphonic issues with Throbaks. I love microphonic pickups. Old timer Gretsch fans used to call that wood in the sound "knock"!
  5. That's not an issue as long as they find a few good examples of PAF tone that's good enough. Most of them from the good years share enough DNA to make the chase worthwhile. And that's why Throbak offers more than one good variant of that tone. And yes, the original bursts and goldtops do have a considerably different wood tone than the newer ones further confusing things.
  6. The exact science is finding great examples from the past, finding out why they sounded so good, and then consistently being able to wind a pickup that gets that solid tone consistently. I know Throbak pickups are expensive, but frankly, I've never heard a bad one. And yes, maybe a pickup is not too complicated of an item, but sourcing the right materials to assemble pickups takes a bit, and I think Throbak not only sourced the right materials, they put the work in to get the details that make the pickup winding right, and they got the winders. The proof is in their track record. They make a consistently good pickup. And they sell for what people will pay for them! And these Gibson pickups? Most people around here know that I'm a Gibson fan, but I don't think they are that consistent in their pickups. They have hit and misses even in the same pickups. I've heard and installed many good and bad examples of Classic 57's, Burstbuckers, and Custombuckers. If I truly thought they had nailed the original PAF tone, I would buck up the money for these limited editions, but I seriously doubt they did,
  7. What do you mean not for profit? The run of 1000 sold out immediately, I bet that was a pretty profit! That said, for the big money (still less than a $1000) I would rather go with Throbak.
  8. I also like some DiMarzio pickups (biased though as I'm endorsed by them for acoustic pickups). I recently put a set of Twang Kings in one of new Tele builds... and I also put a PAF-59 and a Super Distortion in the bridge of my Telecaster Deluxe. As for Duncans I have a set of custom Shop Peter Green pickups in my Tobacco Burst H150... and a Billy Gibbons BG1400 in another one of my Tele builds...
  9. I would like to have the neck shaved on my 1954 Les Paul reissue. And while they're at it, they can strip off the heavy Gibson finish, and replace it with thin non-plasticized nitro. In this one case, if they did that, I would even like a little relic, because I love when Goldtops check and go green, and it would take years for mine to do that, as I only record with it. If I want two P90s live though, I play my USA LP Special or my Historic SG Special. Both of them have great sized necks with the SG being my favorite neck of the three, it's the smallest, but the LP Special and the R4 have bigger tone than the SG. and the USA Special has the biggest neck of any USA Gibson I've played. Not as big as the R4, but still pretty big. The beast... [img]https://i.imgur.com/SkdvUAu.jpg[/img]
  10. Super Eagle with P90s, oh my, be still my heart! And a wraptail H150, oh yeah I'd hit that, but I would put some microphonic PAFs in it first and get my Jeff Beck on! Beautiful guitars there! Holy Moly, get the fire extinguisher, that thing's on fire!
  11. it's a knockoff, Bartlett has been doing burst replicas for awhile. And I think those tight flames look more like Eastern Maple.
  12. Must have read that one while I was falling asleep on the couch after a gig
  13. I really don't like relic'd guitars, but they do seem to have thinner finishes, and many of them that I have pickup up, and played next to their non relic'd counterparts, do seem a little louder acoustically. But I think a lot of the resonance is lost electrically if the pickups are potted, losing their ability to sense the vibration of the wood, and all custom cores have potted pickups. I say if you're buying online, and it's really tough decision, get a good return policy and buy both. Return the one that loses the comparison. Looks like the OP bought himself a Bartlett, which to me, is a guitar that was built by a master builder, and who has a great wood stash. I've never heard a bad Bartlett! There's a guy on the Les Paul Forum that has done some killer demos of Bartletts (I think he's owned three), and all of them sounded very vintage sounding to me in the best way. That said... I still can't get behind relic'ing, I'm just not a fan, no matter who does it! As for the quote "the finish is aged, faded, and checked naturally" in the description of the Bartlett, I don't get that. Because I have a different definition of naturally. To me, that means it was done by actually playing and owning the instrument, and earning those wear marks. It doesn't mean frozen by leaving it outside (or in a freezer) to check, or slicing the finish with a razor blade, Or using acid on the metal parts to get them to discolor of corrode, or tapping little dings into a finish. But to each his own so to say, and if aging makes the guitar feel or play better to the owner that's what really counts. Many players that I respect love aging, and some of them are very close friends of mine.
  14. I think it would be fun to try a Rosewood neck on a guitar like this, but as I said in my description above, I'm reliving the past as I built this guitar to be EXACTLY like the one I played when I was 18 years old in my first real working band. And in this particular guitar maple may be the better choice as the brighter tone of the neck may help with the slightly thicker so unding pickups. Who knows, sometimes it's just a crapshoot! Thanks C!
  15. These tracks recorded entirely with Amplitube...
  16. Me either, the professor positively gushes about The Core :)
  17. these are the others... Guitarfetish Fiesta Red Poplar body, Decoboom pickguard, Fender Roasted Maple neck with Pao Ferro Fingerboard (9.5 radius), DiMarzio Twang King pickups, 4 way reverse switch with series wiring on the 4th position. Fiesta Red Warmorth Poplar Body, Decoboom Pickguard, Wolftone Cub and B*tch pickups, Fender Limited Edition painted headstock flame Maple neck with Ebony fingerboard and locking Fender tuners (9.5 radius), Halon bridge. This one has had two necks. The first one from the factory was warped, but I bought it used so I had to replace it myself. 12 degree radius. The pickups are DiMarzio PAF in the neck and Super Distortion in the bridge (splittable via the volume pot). So this one was more of a factory guitar that I modded than a build. I modded to relive the past as I had one like this when I was 18 years old and it was my first real gigger.
  18. The look of that neck is just.... as Pressure would say.... FAB! You've really gotten heavily into the Tele types lately. What is this, #6? 7? Rich, I built or rebuilt (swapped necks and pickups etc) 7. I currently have 5 Teles that I built, 2 Fiesta Red Teles, Gold Esquire, Brown Tele Deluxe and Purple Tele with humbucker and single coil. I also built an Esquire with a British racing green body, but I tore that one apart, because I wanted the pickup for a different build, and the neck for another one, I gave the green body to a friend. I also have a reverse headstock Tele that a friend gave me and custom shop that I've had for a long time. The reason I'm doing this is because I've always like the idea of Telecasters, but never really bonded with one as a full time guitar. Now though, through my experimentation, the gold Esquire and purple Telecaster have turned out to be monster guitars that I could use as full-time giggers. Two things that I've learned is that I like hot bridge pickups, and 9.5 radius fingerboards with slightly bigger frets, The other Teles are all fine guitars since I've tweaked them but the gold and purple have the magic... This one has American Professional neck with Rosewood fingerboard (9.5 radius), and Fender locking tuners, Guitarfetish Poplar Body, Decoboom pickguard, American Professional bridge, Nocaster Holy Grail Pickup, Eldred Mod wiring This one has Allen Eden Paulownia body, Decoboom pickguard, Ebay seller from China Flame maple neck with rosewood fingerboard (9.5 to 12 compound radius) Fender 52 reissue bridge, Tyson Precious and Grace neck pickup, Billy Gibbons BG1400 bridge pickup,
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