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On 2/2/2024 at 5:42 AM, RJLII said:
I'm hoping they come back stronger than ever. I had one of their OCD pedals. V3 or V4 as I recall. I think Brent still has it. It was a good quality pedal and sounded great. It really chapped my hide when the SJW class decided to assassinate him.
It wasn't just the SJW class that thought he was a dick. He treated many of his customers like absolute sh*t. Do a google search and I'm sure find plenty of people that he severely pissed off! There are so many pedals that are better than his why bother.
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On 9/8/2023 at 6:39 PM, bolero said:
...All part of the fun IMO
or frustration LOL
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On 2/24/2024 at 8:53 AM, pressure said:
Fab with that 3 piece neck.
That's what I like most about it, and the first thing that drew my eye to it!
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5 hours ago, deytookerjaabs said:
Yeah, it's kind of a gnarly thing, pickups/guitars like that are somewhere in between really amazing or cheap sound depending on one's taste for tone. I love it.
What did Dolly Parton say? "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap."
I love it too, as it makes the guitar feel like a living breathing thing. And Dolly hit the nail on the head!
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5 hours ago, deytookerjaabs said:
What I'm talking about isn't just potting.
For instance, I have a strat set right here in a cool replica build, zero potting as requested. Will it squeal? Yeah, I guess if I play with gain. But when you play with the guitar, all the little things like flipping the switch or hitting the body are relatively quiet, barely come through the amp until you really crank it. Yet, the old strat with the grey bottoms, all the extemporaneous noise goes right to the amp and when I moved those pickups around builds? That attribute stayed the same.
My '64 335, same deal. '62 pat sticker pickups and '64 harness. It's all vintage, no potting ever, every part now 60 years old. But it doesn't have the level of microphonic my '68 Riviera has. You flip the switch on the 335, tap the body, etc, barely comes through the amp. It's quiet like that. Yet, The Riv? You hear the toggle clank more, hear the guitar louder through the amp if you just tap on the body at the same volumes, etc.
Who knows, that might mean the pickups are going to short out soon, lol. But, it's definitely a thing and it adds just a little something on the note attack IMO.
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...
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One of my favorites so far! Nice tone!
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47 minutes ago, deytookerjaabs said:
One thing hard to replicate is the microphonic thing.
I'm not taking about sI've experqueal/feedback either. I'm talking about the raw aspect of it. Not all old pickups have that thing either, my '62 pat stickers don't. So that's important to consider. But, for instance, I have some old strat grey bottoms. Upon installing them when I flipped the 5-way switch it came through the amp far louder than the switches on any other guitar. It was like "ooooh, we got a wild one here!".
I've had that same feeling with other vintage guitars regardless of the finer details. You hit the toggle switch and it goes "ker kuh klunk" right through the pickups, like the guitar is humming.
That type of microphonic makes a guitar ring a bit different, subtle and more personal but it's still there. If I had to go off the ledge, I'd say those guitars you hear just a tiny bit more body in the note on that first millisecond of the pick attack. That's not something I've experience with replica pickups/harness as of yet.
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"!
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20 hours ago, rwinking said:
Therein lies the issue....What exactly is the original PAF tone? I mean which PAF tone? I have a friend with a 58 Burst and it is more the guitar than the pick ups. The guitar acoustically is just that much different. He also has a dot neck 335 and the pick ups are different sounding than the burst.
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.
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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,
On 2/29/2024 at 1:36 PM, davesultra said:Yup, I find it odd to think of someone attempting to make exact science of an “un-exact” process.
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3 hours ago, TalismanRich said:
I've had a Line 6 PODxt for years, and have used it for recording bass, but I never really liked it for recording guitar. I've also got an RP355 but I found it way too complex to set up, and didn't like the sounds.
For the past several months, I've been getting together with two guys from our band back in '75. The drummer has a nice setup with his drum miked but direct in for guitar, bass and vocals. He records things on his Zoom H6. The Line6 was "ok" but a pain to make changes on the fly, and was noisy as all hell when I plugged my pedalboard into it. So it's been just plain guitar through a Fender Deluxe model on the Line6.
There's a guy out in Salt Lake City that has been using his Iridium for several album releases on Soundcloud. He's done some amazing work with his. That started me looking at options, like the Dream 65, the ToneX and the Iridium. Last weekend, a local fellow on Facebook Marketplace had listed an Iridium for a good price, so we met up the other morning at the golf course and did the deal.
I'm impressed. The only thing it really doesn't have is a true reverb, but adding the "room" sound seems to add just enough ambience to make it not sound flat. I spent about an hour with the Millennium and the 525 today. I think I'll be revamping my pedal board to include the Strymon. Then if I need to play through an amp, I can just bypass the pedal.
Now, I just need to figure out settings that work best for me, but I'm liking it so far.
who's the guy in Salt Lake City?
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9 hours ago, LK155 said:
$1K for a couple of pickups? You could likely buy a decent guitar for that. Obviously Gibson is not a not-for-profit organization. Pass.
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.
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9 hours ago, rwinking said:
People around here seem to be all about boutique pick ups. I have some but I don't notice them being any better than Duncans or Dimarzios, just another flavor. Tha being said, I am not sure what an H-574 is. Is it similar to an H-575? I have an H-576 which is simialr to the 575 so I think my recommendation would be in the ballpark, especially for jazz playing. ANy of the Dimarzio PAFs sound great int that style guitar. I settled for his 36th Anniversary PAFs but I also liked his 59 or 57 PAFs. All low output and really smooth. The Duncan Seth Lovers also work well in there....basically any well built Vintage style PAF clone should do well. Again, I tried the snob jazz pickups (price was no object at the time) and liked them a lot but,I like the Duncan and Dimarzios a lot too and they are a lot cheaper. There is that congnitive dissonance thing going on a lot: I paid more for these pick ups so they must sound better. I did a shoot out with a dimarzio and a Jim Wagner Filmore. They tested out as similar on paper and I could not tell the difference sonically. But there was a $225 price difference. Of course my ears have paid a price of years playing guitar so I may be wrong here. And around here, a lot of people like the stock Schallers for jazz. but I really don't.
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...
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2 hours ago, bolero said:
Yeah I had a boutique LP replica with a huge neck. Tracked the builder down & he shaved it to something more manageable. I got carpal tunnel from playing that thing.
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]
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On 2/10/2024 at 9:15 PM, yoslate said:
My Super Eagle and a stop-tail 150 built for the late Sam Moss, who introduced me to Heritage guitars almost twenty years ago. I think Guy still has that 150...maybe?
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!
On 2/4/2024 at 12:05 PM, mars_hall said:Another custom Heritage from Green Oak Guitar.
Holy Moly, get the fire extinguisher, that thing's on fire!
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11 hours ago, hopkinwfg said:
It brand gibson thou.... the top is amazing !!! This must have been western maple flame for warmer tone !!
it's a knockoff, Bartlett has been doing burst replicas for awhile. And I think those tight flames look more like Eastern Maple.
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20 minutes ago, hopkinwfg said:
Any pictures of the LP?
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2 hours ago, Kuz said:
The guitar he bought says, "Built by apprentice of Tom Bartlett (Bartlett Guitars)". So is it a Bartlett guitar or made by someone who used to work there and it is not a Bartlett guitar.
It is gorgeous, whoever made it.
Must have read that one while I was falling asleep on the couch after a gig
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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.
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On 1/8/2024 at 4:08 PM, bolero said:
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: if that pickup had any more balls, it'd have hair on it!
so that's what they mean by "put a little hair on that"
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On 1/4/2024 at 5:14 AM, RJLII said:
I really like this one. I'd love to see it with a RW Fingerboard. I'll bet it's pretty punchy.
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!
10 hours ago, bolero said:Stellar bunch of gtrs
Thanks C!
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These tracks recorded entirely with Amplitube...
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On 12/30/2023 at 4:15 PM, Kuz said:
The 535 over your beloved CORE??? I would never guessed that.
Me either, the professor positively gushes about The Core :)
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6 hours ago, TalismanRich said:
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?
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.
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Is Fulltone pedals back? :-)
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That’s funny because his behavior was more like a pissy school child than any manufacturer I’ve ever seen. Some of the rants and fights he got in with his customers long before his BLM behavior should’ve put him out of business. It wasn’t until his BLM remarks though that a size-able group of people saw his true colors. No mob put him out of business, his mouth did and he quit the business himself. I won’t support that guy again.