DanvillRob

I was looking for a good pick up for my old J-50. Forum Member, Krasi, told me he uses the K & K Trinity system. If it makes me sound half as good as Krasi sounds, it'd be a good deal! I had it installed on my guitar, but I didn't have a stereo cable. I got a cable, so I feed the guitar through my amp, (Princeton Reverb), and fed the mic through my Fender Passport 300 Pro PA system. I think the system sounds great....but the guitar playing didn't seem to improve...and the mic didn't help my singing whatsoever! Anyway here are two songs I recorded this morning. Just an FYI for the youngin's.... "Gay" in 1939 doesn't mean what it means today!

Thanks.... I have Klusons on my old Jubilee, (three on a bracket) and they don't present a problem for me.... I guess the ones on the J-50 (single tuners) were just worn out).

While the old Kluson tuners held the guitar in tune, I couldn't twist them with my left hand. Was a real struggle to try to tune using my right hand to twist the tuners. These Grovers are a dream now.... plus they look great!

My cousin was in a motorcycle accident in Mexico. By the time his brother found out and got down there, the concussion he had caused major brain damage. So, many years ago, we sold off 44 guitars he had in his house, (I bought 3 of them), and my cousin (his brother) gave me all the misc. parts. I sold them off...but kept these tuners.

I would have liked to keep it original...but....it has little value anyway, and now it's MUCH more playable (tunable) for me. I think it looks pretty good though.

Beautiful instrument..... I'm sure you cherish it now.

That's horrible.... I lost all my instruments many years ago....but not in a wildfire..... due to stupidity...... been building them back for the last 50 years!

I had my Luthier install the K&K Trinity pickup/mic on my old J-50. If I Like it, I'll have it installed on my Dove too. While he had it, I had an old set of Grover Tuners laying around, and the Kluson tuners on the J-50 were hard for me to turn with my arthritis, so I had him change the out. The Pickups are great.... haven't figured out the mic yet.... but the tuners not only look great, but the guitar is much easier for me to tune now. This guitar is my workhorse. I play it most every day.... I like it even better now.

That was wonderful...nothing better than a straight acoustic performance. Roseanne is blessed with a great voice, and John is masterful on the guitar. Would liked to have seen more of John's guitar.

I said I'd take some photos of the back of my Koa wood 'Bird.... so I have.

Welcome! Those are beautiful...they look mighty new, no?

01, I'm with ya on the scripting.... I can almost skip the entire Counting Cars script and just see the 'before' and 'after' cars! Same with Pawn Stars....just give me the appraisals..... I watched cooking shows for awhile....but since I'm a total zero in the kitchen, (I do make the coffee here), it was like they were speaking another language. But....we watch these mindless shows for the ability to put our minds in neutral.

And That's JUST the way it works!

My old st and-by:

For us Bass Players:

Another :

My Guitar Cartoons:

That's simply beautiful!

If you're not concerned with price, and must be new, I'd go with the Hummingbird Custom shop with Thermally Aged Sitka Spruce Top. I bought a Custom Hummingbird (Koa) brand-new in 2011....and 10 years later, it's just now coming into it's own.

My own arrangement of a VERY old song.... most people know Elvis' version (with the Jordanairs), but I mixed in some AP Carter with it. I've always liked the song, but not good for someone who sings like me to try to cover Elvis.

Sometimes people just wanna 'veg-out' and watch mindless crap on TV. I do that by watching Battle Bots, Counting Cars and Top Gear, (too bad the British version got screwed up).

No one posts any performances in here..... you'd think with the COVID shut-down we'd ALL be playing the heck out of our Gibsons! I've found at this stage of my life, I hear songs and they take me back to a place in time...not necessarily a "place", (Massachusetts is okay....wouldn't move there for any reason), but I heard the Bee Gee's doing this old song, and it struck me....it's really a good song.

That's how I landed my bride!

But! A guitar might help you land a date with Jennifer!

Good...it was a good deal!