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I saw a big furry creature in Alaska running through the woods, carrying a gtr that looked like that.
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Why Heritage gtrs are giving Gibson a run for their money?
bolero replied to bolero's topic in Heritage Guitars
Exactly, haha But in our modern era of social media & human behaviour "evolution" you need to grab people's attention. -
A current manufactured stable, good tube supply is difficult these days too
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Why Heritage gtrs are giving Gibson a run for their money?
bolero replied to bolero's topic in Heritage Guitars
He gives props to the pickup winding dept at Heritage, which is good. Throbak certainly know how to design & build pickups It was impressive to see during the Heritage factory tour too. I am glad they are making their own pickups now. Interesting comment about the plain enamel wire they use: maybe Heritage could publicize the specs on the 225 pickups more, so people are aware? Details like that are a big deal to some. -
Why Heritage gtrs are giving Gibson a run for their money?
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I had to laugh when I saw this youtube video title: I'm sure most here are aware Heritage makes killer guitars, and have done for years 😝 They compare a 2025 custom core model to a recent R8 plaintop. It makes sense he bought both, as he needs specimens to R&D pickups I haven't watched this whole thing yet, it's over an hour long. The gtr part starts around 15min in: hopefully the video link works -
that's a drag to hear & read about, but he's 100% right. Lots of wisdom in that post. Metropoulos amps are a hell of a legacy: those amps will be running & played for years by people who appreciate them. I wish George all the best in the future stress-free life he creates for himself!
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wow!! That is pretty dang cool! So the 6 posted here, plus the 4 you guys bought, make up the 10 total? and congratulations!
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That clear tubing over the braid might be magnifying it, hard to tell IMO For the record I just checked some other PAF style pups I have: JS Moore: 7.3k neck, 7.8k bridge Throbak Mick Taylor: 8.3k neck, 8.0k bridge SD's according to that chart: Seth Lover 7.2k neck, 8.1k bridge alnico ii pro is 7.6k neck, 7.85k bridge
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Yes was going to reply the same. Lollar makes great pickups!
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The original 50's Gibson pups weren't sorted by neck/bridge were they? I thought they just grabbed pups out of the bin & neck/bridge were arbitrary, when they were assembled
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I just checked this chart, I thought the bridge of a Seth was around 7.8 kohm but I guess I am mistaken: it says 8.1 kohm https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/latest-updates/pickup-comparison-chart I must be thinking of the alnico ii pro, which is also a great pickup & one of my faves. I was recently messing with a set of those & the newer Slash signature pups, which are based on the alnico ii pro.
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curious why you think this? Bridge is labelled SH55B = Seth Lover bridge Neck is SH55N = Seth Lover neck
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I bet it sounds great with Seth Lovers. I had 59's in a 535 & changed them out, preferred unpotted pickups like Seths
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That is a bit odd with the '06 the serial # looks like AE 06502 So maybe it refers to the 06 in the serial Hardware gets changed all the time. So who knows what the gtr left the factory with Congrats that is a nice 535!
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can't seem to get that to embed. Used a link instead
