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The bswkit is kind of tricky installing, and in my case was even harder, because I had to remove the Faber inserts that I installed in the guitar to begin with. And they are much tighter into the body than stock Nashville bushings. If you are considering the bswkit, just have a repairman do it, if not, the standard inserts are fine, and much better than the stock inserts! I think Kuz had the ones in my H525 P90 installed by his tech. As for the Luxe PIO cap being THE TONE CAP, I wouldn't go that far. Remember they started out just putting phony covers over Russian PIO caps so they use just as much hyperbole in their marketing. And then a lot of people on gear forums spread that around. Many of these people have no idea what the cap is doing in the first place. There are a few companies making good PIO caps RS guitarworks that are reasonably priced https://rs-guitarworks.myshopify.com/collections/loose-electronic-parts/products/rs-vintage-guitarcap-paper-in-oil-capacitor

Cool story! Congrats Did you post a pic?

Yes, but those other pickups all sounded different than the Schallers. Are you saying we are all imagining the fact they sound different? I know I wasn't.

Yesterday I attended the Dallas international guitar show. This was my first guitar show, so I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect other than guitars everywhere. I got to meet some great manufacturers and try out a few boutique brands that I had never heard of before who are doing great things, such as Warrior guitars. I also had the pleasure of meeting Mike Ortiz and Peter Farmer while visiting the heritage booth. Great guys. I first was chatting with Mike for a bit and I expressed my zeal for the brand. After a bit, I share with him a picture of my favorite heritage, my H-155. He excitedly yelled for Pete to come over and check it out. When Pete came by I showed it and immediately he smiled and said he remembered building that guitar. Pete told me that he doesn’t know if I realized (I didn’t), but my guitar was built comepletely end to end by himself. Pete spoke about the detail of how my washed blue is different than the washed blue that they now use (which I’ve noticed) and described why it was different (on my guitar he hand sanded the paint to achieve the look). He said that the workers thought it was too difficult and time consuming to go that route for the production. Pete remembered the details such as putting the binding in the single f-hole. I could feel his pride and satisfaction as he spoke out my guitar. What an awesome experience for me! I walked away knowing that my cherished axe was forged by a master, which I already knew by how it played, but now I know that master’s name is Pete Farmer.

Kuz work is immaculate !! My first time taking off the tailpiece stud... it was a tough task.... i ended up slightly lifting up the paint finishes but luckily it didnt tear off.... surprise the H150 finishes is slightly thicker.... contrast to my R8 R9 its thin ....am not sure if its standard for new LP like these, sure they kept the know how on their finishing reciepe... my gassing is they probably gas out as time goes and finishes would thin out flatten and collapse being brittle..... I am not sure on the tone knob... never a tone knob player.... but i guess i probably go with luxe bumble bee as i heard thru the clips these bumble bee oil in paper is indeed the tone cap.... I probably order one soon next month... but if were to choose faber locking bridge vs faber non locking ABRN-1 which is a better win ahead in hearing any difference? I been thinking of bswkit but am a bad wood worker... it needs to drill in a larger hole and screw tap for the bswkit to fit in ? I think more likely the nswkit is more of my thing.....

I have compared my H150 directly with new and older LPs. It didnt really sound like any of them, and to be honest even the LPs didnt sound the same as each other. My H150 also didnt sound like any of the H150s I compared it to although a lemon burst had a similar vibe about it, same tight clear bottom end. Even with different pickups it still didnt sound like anything Ive compared it to. My stock 1978 Ibanez CN100 or 200(?)( I cant remember) sounded more like some of the R8,9s than my H150. The Ibanez had a bolt on neck :0 . If the H150 sounded like any of the LPs I looked at, I doubt I wouldve bought it. I wouldve kept looking for the sound I was looking for in a LP style guitar. Its not that my H150 doesnt have a LP style guitar sound, most LP style guitars do, it just has a "thunk", a tight, deep, clear bottom end and a clarity right through the mids to the top without getting harsh and fizzy but still giving the right amount of "chank" and "ching". Most LP style guitars Ive tried, H150s included, had a "chalkiness " through the whole range of frequencies that annoys me. I think most people actually look for and desire that chalky sound, so I could be describing it wrong. Thunk, chank, ching and chalkiness... I know what I mean.

There's a lot of hocus-pocus in the pickup industry. In reality, Schaller made a LOT of pickups, probably millions of them and virtually all went to OEM's, like Heritage, G&L, and many, many others. They made whatever the OEM wanted to order, underwound, overwound, hex-screw poles, blades, single coil, humbuckers, magnet type, heck, pink polka dots and skull stickers if that's what they guitar maker wanted. Just like DiMarzio and Seymor Duncan offer dozens of variations. The Schaller Golden 50's, their "vintage PAF" flavor, are pretty good actually. Better IMO than Gibson 57 Classics.

Actually just the opposite, the cap plays a bigger part in the sweep but not when it's wide open. The 490R/498T setup is tried and true, but I would use an .015 cap on the 490R for the clarity but more importantly, it's perfect for the woman tone when the tone knob is rolled off! As for the NSWkit I have never used that alone, at first I used Faber inserts which were far better than the stock Gibson and Heritage inserts. Difference very clear here, stock inserts in the left. Faber German steel, Gibson/Heritage pot metal! And than I used the BSW kit in one of my H150s and I heard a difference. Kuz also had the BSW kit installed in my H535 P90 (once again, thank you Kuz!!!) Kuz has extensive experience with Faber you should address some of these questions to him. That way it's more than my opinion

Congrats on the gtr mods Kuz! looks great

Thanks Rockabilly ! Nice Zemaitas ! Well i emailed Larry and he introduced his NSWkit for direct replacement for Nashville style bridge on my H150... Its a simplier installation where it didnt require any drilling opposite to his other kit ..... and your right it would be fitted with their FaberABRN bridge... i wonder if this kit would a big game changer... As for the pickup i would try the gibson 490r/498T.... probably also swap the capacitors to luxe bumble bee 0.022uf but it kinda pull me back as i am not a tone knob player.... and mostly i set it all rolled off as am a rock to metal guy.... do you think even with ya tone knob all rolled off... the cap still plays part in the tone for some reason ?

Nice mod Kuz! You know I love Gotohs (especially the 510), and I think your guitar looks better with nickel. For me it's either Gotoh of Schaller (not Sperzel) I love them both!

Are you saying you're going to put a Nashville Faber on your guitar??? I have never heard a guitar go from an ABR bridge to a Nashville and sound better. And as I've said in many earlier posts, I've worked on 100's of guitars. I love Faber bridges, and as Kuz will tell you, I hipped him to them. I especially like the brass saddle tone lock bridges. I have them on both of my H150s, my H525 P90 (that Kuz sold me), and my Firebird. Every single time they cleaned up the low end and gave me a more balanced tone. On every one of these guitars they replaced a Nashville! Another benefit of the ABR is that could always get the tailpiece into it's sweet spot (low to the body) without having the string hit the back of the bridge. And besides the guitars that I still own. I replaced the Nashvilles on two other Les Paul Specials, an SG Classic, and a Firebird. And all of those sounded better with the Faber ABR. I only ever had one bad experience with Faber with an ABR that sounded dead. But a few weeks after I installed it I got a letter from Larry Corsa and he told me mine came from a bad batch and that he would send me a new one. I never told him about my bad bridge!!! And the new one was great. Now that's customer service! If you want a great set of pickups with the jazz/jb vibe, pair a Wolftone Legend in the neck with a Wolfetone Fenris in the bridge. Same vibe better tone. If your guitar is dark try a 0.15uf cap in the neck, and a .022uf in the bridge. If it's bright, try .022uf caps for both the neck and bridge! 500K pots all the way round! That's the setup in this guitar and it rules, I love having the ballsy bridge pickup...

Am late to the game lol.... any idea do they build any thing alike or in the path of the duncan Jazz/JB ? I just bought a used Gibson 490R/495T after hearing the clips on youtube on these gibson 495T set vs duncan JB.... and the tone on these are great!! Be getting the Faber bridge post soon too hope the Faber bridge for nashville be a contributing factor on the tone being more mids accentuated & louder acoustically when played non plugged in....

I have read so many arguments about wood making a difference, the discussions seem to fall apart into chaos and anger. I’m not sure how anyone could argue with Terry Mcinturff though. I also firmly feel wood plays a huge role in the sound of the guitar and feel of the guitar. It is why I love my 150 so much, it is a joy to play plugged in or not. It is a joy to thump the neck with my finger and hear what it sounds like. When the guitar sounds great unplugged or just tapped on with a finger it will definitely sound great with good hardware, electronics and a great amp. They all come together for a killer sound. I play all my guitars unplugged the majority of the time. When I plug them in they all translate the unplugged sound and feel into the amp. I don’t use pedals and all my amps are fender derived so not super high gain and I think that really allows the guitar to express itself. Each one has its own character but they are all LP derived.

TO ME, the best repro PAF ever made and by far the most consistent from set to set. All my humbucker guitars have them and they are perfect for me. I have tried Lollars, Wolftones, Seth Lovers, Gibson Custombuckers, Peter Florence Voodoo Specials, and MANY more... none (TO ME) were close to Throbaks. Luckily, I bought most of my Throbaks years ago when they were more affordable!

Thanks!! She is a keeper warts and all!!

Throbak sle101s just sound so natural tonally....

Great looking axe with fantastic upgrades! Enjoy!

My 150 Artisian Aged Custom Core has been a labor of love in modifying it to how I wanted it to look and sound. Like the theory behind the 150 CC, I used a '59 LP Burst as my inspiration. -Some of the mods were merely just personal choice; 1) I greatly prefer A2 magnets over A3 magnets so I installed a used set of Throbak SLE 101s pickups with aged covers. 2) I like the look of the Rhythm/Treble "poker chip" pickup selector 3) I replaced the orange drop caps with the same values in repro Bumble Bee paper & oil caps 4) For consistency in pot values and taper I installed RS Guitarworks 500K volume and tone pots -Some of the mods were just necessary functionally; 1) the bridge studs and the stoptail studs were drilled at an angle instead of straight into the top from the factory so the TOM bridge & stoptail wouldn't lower completely. So a Faber locking ABR bridge and Faber locking StopTail studs were used to fix the original off angle bridge & stoptail studs. 2) three of the aged tuners stripped and became useless. I replaced them with CHROME (I couldn't find Nickel ones which I would have preferred) Gotoh tuners that were a direct drop in, lighter, and had improved tuning ratio. .... BUT WAIT, A MAJOR UPDATE ON NEW AGED NICKEL FINISHED GOTOH TUNERS.... SO... the last 150 CC mod/improvement was buying on Ebay some new Antique Nickel Finish Gotoh tuners. To me, the Chrome on the Gotohs tuners was a complete eyesore with the aged finish of the rest of the 150 CC. These new Antique Nickel Finish Gotoh tuners were not cheap ($110 + shipping) but to me they were the final piece in the puzzle to getting my Aged 150 CC to look close to Vintage LP Burst. (I also added some Kluson-like tuner buttons to finish the transformation) BEFORE with the CHROME GOTOH tuners AFTER with the new ANTIQUE NICKEL GOTOH 510 tuners

There was a pretty good jazz guitarist I knew as a kid. He was not finicky about his instruments. I think he used a old beat up ES-175. There was no point talking to him about instruments. I brought my guitars to him a couple of times with some trivial concerns. He'd play them then say stuff like it works don't it? He was a studio musician.

My favorite finish! so nice.

Blame it on Eric clapton the woman tone, Jimmy page and of course Gary moore !! Lol irony is they all use G brand and thats how the R9, R7,R8,R0 was born to capture buyers like us looking for that famous tone, branding and look.... we been pressed by media in our heads, records magazines , posters were mostly famous players holding on to their Geez... inevitably we been suck into this deep dollars trench... yet in my humblest G is something special only on their upper tier their Rs.... their standards ,deluxe, classic has all been rounded up by H150 (standard) thats just my point of view....

Sick!!

Wow this looks fantastic !!! What a piece with white limba !....