Pinch
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21 hours ago, Pinch said:
So rolling off volume just a little notches wont lower the pickup volume noticeably?
I meant rolling off TONE a couple notches. My bad.
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10 hours ago, 10PoundLester said:
For me, the weird thing is that I've never even considered this. I got my first LP in the 70's. I always played it with everything on 10 and used my amp and/or pedals for the tone. Now that I'm smart(er) I am in tonal heaven!
Did you change the wiring on your recent 60s LP?
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On 12/9/2023 at 11:39 PM, sparquelito said:
I have heard it 'teased' but haven't seen any official announcement of an updated Jessica signature model.
😐I think they'll wait until the Slash Standards stop selling a lot. 2025?
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1 minute ago, Larsongs said:
I start my Volume & Tone knobs at 5.. Then roll them to the sweet spot for each Pickup position.... It always leaves me the ability to increase or decrease either as needed depending what Pickup I’m on or what song we’re playing.. There is a huge palette of available Tone & Sound. No need to run back & forth adjusting Amps or Pedals..
Yeah, I'm starting to think modern wiring is a bit of a one-trick pony IME. OTOH, I'm not the biggest treble fan, but I'm thinking it's easier to EQ out excessive treble than to have to adjust tons of knobs on amps and pedals for each individual sound (and they're still a bit samey with modern wiring)
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Just now, 10PoundLester said:
I just happen to be sitting here at my desk. Glad to help out!
Still though. This place is great. Everyone helps everyone out. Call me old-fashioned, but like most of you, I'm old enough to remember a time when that was actually considered a virtue.
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1 minute ago, 10PoundLester said:
Not really. It just sweeps the tone a little. Try it. It's easy enough to go back to whatever wiring you have now (unless it's a 335 or similar).
Thank you for the almost eerily quick reply 🥰
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Just now, 10PoundLester said:
You are right. I like this wiring because of the tonal details you can achieve with minimal changes to the controls. I max everything out then slowly roll off the volume of one of the pickups to get a nice tone shift. There are almost an infinite combination of tones available. Of course someone will come in and tell you that I'm nuts and don't know what I'm talking about but this is my story and I'm sticking to it.
So rolling off volume just a little notches wont lower the pickup volume noticeably?
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Hello all.
I know you lose some volume from a pup when the tone control goes way down with 50's wiring, but not noticably with just a bit of tone roll-off, am I right?
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My rule of thumb is, don't.
If you have to, have a good luthier do it. But remember: you can always get it done... some other time.
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Why the **** are you inserting spam links into my post, and then rephrasing what I wrote?
Bot alert.
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On 6/2/2021 at 4:44 PM, Twang Gang said:
Really nice that our son will learn to play in one summer. It took me years and I'm still learning.
😄 Same!
Kudos for getting him proper gear, though. It's easier to remain dedicated with a good guitar.
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I wouldn't install Klusons right away. Or ever, probably. Grovers are fine.
Here's a tip if you get the SG: have the store intonate it when you buy it. Reason: the design of the SG makes it susceptible to intonation issues on the G string.
However, this is NO big deal. If the bridge runs out of space to intonate the G string, they can flip the G string bridge saddle in the store to give it the extra notch of space needed, and it's fine. You can do it yourself, but it's best to have the store/shop do it, so it's perfect from the get-go.
Can't go wrong with either guitar, and your son will love you for it.
Any questions, don't hesitate to ask on here!
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I'm NO expert, but the "20" and the "SG61" would lead me to believe it's a fairly new SG '61.
Could he have included the wrong papers, or sent the wrong guitar? Maybe he has several similar SGs? 🤔
Either way, so long as you like the guitar... My Spidey-sense doesn't go off here. But maybe contact him/her and ask nicely?
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If they do, I can't imagine it's out before next Christmas.
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Here's a thread on them:
I dig 'em, but they're fickle and take a while to dial in.
Helpful tip: if you decide to mess with the pickup height... Well first off don't if you like them now. But if you do (and we're guitar players, so we evntually do), write down the starting points, because they're super height sensitive.
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"Correction": 3.5 mm on the bass side of the neck pickup is even better. And a touch of EQ at 250Hz will get a more bell-like sound.
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No expert on serial numbers, but I've never heard of a guitar from Gibson made for the EU. Gibson makes USA instruments, period.
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On 11/16/2023 at 11:04 PM, Retired said:
I did know he's in Ringo family. They both married sisters didn't they? Ringo's wife was a Bond girl too I believe?
Is she the hot one in the "Get back" docu?
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The plot sounds a bit like Wayne's World 2 (ugh), but I believe in it.
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Cool.
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It was good to be reminded with that pic though. So not a total loss. Cheers Rabs.
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What Steve said.
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3 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
That's how us Capitalist Americans roll.
Gotta be first to get the Taylor Swift action figure with Microphone, Football Player Boyfriend and Sparkly Pink Guitar as accessories.
It's not exclusive to the US, there are stupid people everywhere.
Here's what happens: a herd of people stampede in, every one of them thinking they'll get that great deal. Someone beats them to it. But they're there, so they buy a bunch of other crap they don't even really want.
I'm with you - Black Friday deals? I buy online or not at all.
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3 hours ago, Sgt. Pepper said:
And all these people need sexy undergarments at VS? I hope those are American made see though crochless panties.
Yikes. Ugh.
50's wiring and volume
in The Gibson Lounge
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Okay, boys and girls, one more. Do I have it right when I say that with 50's wiring, volume at ten on neck pup and tone on zero on same neck pup will essentially be the same as with modern wiring, because they're both on "full on or off" positions? I.e., no volume drop on the neck pup if it's on volume 10 and the tone is on 0, zip, nada?