My Hamer pj is one of my all time favorite players, and I can dig into anything with it. I do not undersell the classic and solid value of the pj paradigm. Just been experiencing something new with the advent of the Great Bird in my life.
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My Hamer pj is one of my all time favorite players, and I can dig into anything with it. I do not undersell the classic and solid value of the pj paradigm. Just been experiencing something new with the advent of the Great Bird in my life.
I'm liking L2000 preamp-hummers-switches in a Bird NR body in blue, mother of pimp guard and a maple P neck. All chrome of course
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Duncan makes their own line of pickups. They are the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for Mike Lull's pickups. They're not the same thing.
Gibson is making 600 instruments a day in a factory that was designed to make 400 a day. Their wood is not better chosen than Epiphone's. If anything their requirements are perhaps even a little less stringent.
Get whatever you want, but don't automatically fall into the trap of more expensive always being better. Play several and choose the one that speaks to you.
Gibson is making 600 instruments a day in a factory that was designed to make 400 a day. Their wood is not better chosen than Epiphone's. If anything their requirements are perhaps even a little less stringent.
Get whatever you want, but don't automatically fall into the trap of more expensive always being better. Play several and choose the one that speaks to you.
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G&L sewn up. US postal m.o. goes off Saturday morning, then shipped from northern MA... Just far enough away to have to go that route, so it won't be but a few days I guess.
Kinda psyched! Thanks for the buzz on it you guys!
Kinda psyched! Thanks for the buzz on it you guys!
I have an Epiphone classic IV and a Gibson, with the same strings on I can't tell them apart, seriously, don't fall into the money trap of thinking the Epiphone is inferior in any way that will make a difference. If I must criticise then the stock tuners on the Epiphone aren't quite as good as the Grovers on the Gibby but they still tune up and hold the tuning as well as the Gibson's. The Epiphone is actually my favourite of the two and I can play and abuse it as much as I want without fear of wrecking an expensive instrument, in fact I could buy 3 for the price of a Gibson
Edit, it's also worth noting that the Epiphone ion that comparison isn't a classic pro IV so it's obviously going to be different
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Im willing to bet that in a direect blind comparison you would not be able to tell the difference.
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Great shot, shall I add you to the club Sir?
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thank you!Grid is 1 inch. Neck pocket for Fender. YMMV.
Ribbon mahogany body (sapele)
you sir are awesome.
Possibly doing a GL neck, we'll see
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Where I work, in the shop they've been milling many, many linear feet of Sapele into window sash. I think of hoping for a couple big scraps to make a laminated body core with. Not looking good so far, all the scrap is pretty small so far...Grid is 1 inch. Neck pocket for Fender. YMMV.
Ribbon mahogany body (sapele)
I'm excited by the prospect. I love the GL humbuckers
The black doesn't go well with my planned color scheme though
I think the GL bridge will nicely compliment the butt end of a NR body
I have the bridge from Ol Blu (goth). Inserts and everything. If that'll work for you cover shiping and its yours. Pm me and we'll work out details.
continuing tale of the fenderbird:
This is just a copy of @TBird1958 post of stripping and chroming a plastic Gibson Pup, without which I doubt I'd have had the courage to have a go at this
Starting off with the bits, 2 x Gibson TB+ from a 2013 bird curtsy of Scott D
The covers I ended up getting from the Philly Luthier supplies after waiting over 3 weeks from Germany these arrinved in 4 days flat.
Xuron 2175B cutters as recommended by Mark, they are 100% the perfect tool for this job
Start by easing away the plastic from the epoxy encasing
Start cutting away the sides with the cutters, this is really easy, it just peels away
Then start peeling and cutting away the top
Before you know it you have two stripped pups and a pile of mangled plastic
As it pops out of the casing the pup is too big to fit in the cover but fear not it's an easy fix
With a coarse file ease away the corners of the epoxy and just a little off the length, you don't need to remove much and the epoxy is quite thick so there's no risk of damage unless tou do something daft like use a grinder
Then just push them in, they were a real snug fit so there was no need to fix them in any way
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The next bit is to fit them and get it soldered up
Woohoo!
This is just a copy of @TBird1958 post of stripping and chroming a plastic Gibson Pup, without which I doubt I'd have had the courage to have a go at this
Starting off with the bits, 2 x Gibson TB+ from a 2013 bird curtsy of Scott D
The covers I ended up getting from the Philly Luthier supplies after waiting over 3 weeks from Germany these arrinved in 4 days flat.
Xuron 2175B cutters as recommended by Mark, they are 100% the perfect tool for this job
Start by easing away the plastic from the epoxy encasing
Start cutting away the sides with the cutters, this is really easy, it just peels away
Then start peeling and cutting away the top
Before you know it you have two stripped pups and a pile of mangled plastic
As it pops out of the casing the pup is too big to fit in the cover but fear not it's an easy fix
With a coarse file ease away the corners of the epoxy and just a little off the length, you don't need to remove much and the epoxy is quite thick so there's no risk of damage unless tou do something daft like use a grinder
Then just push them in, they were a real snug fit so there was no need to fix them in any way
The next bit is to fit them and get it soldered up
Woohoo!
