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Assault Bacon

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  1. Thank you, everyone. I appreciate your input and your knowledge. I passed. It was part of a trade and I didn't want to trade my guitar for his, especially as sketchy as the deal seemed. Thanks again.
  2. Greetings, Eartlings. It's been a good bit of time since I've stopped by, but I could sure use an experienced eye, so I thought I'd ask you. I'm presented with what appears to be a Gibson Hummingbird. The owner cannot find a serial number (I asked for photos and see no sticker inside the sound hole.) The guitar has no case - owner claims he accepted the guitar in exchange for work he'd done. I guess two things bother me - I've never owned a Gibson acoustic, only electrics - 1. There's nothing on the back of the headstock. Every picture I see has serial no. stamped in the headstock. 2. The story. Payment for services rendered, but no case or anything with it? Any thoughts?
  3. I like that a lot. Great score. I particularly love the figuring in the top. Grats.
  4. So, here's what I did and it made a profound difference. First, I never wanted it to sound like a telecaster, but it was pretty muddy. With the existing pickup rings (these were 3/8" at the neck and even deeper at the bridge, I could only get a certain amount of distance from the strings (adjusting pickup height) without having to raise the action. I didn't want to do that. I like the action where it is. So, I bought pickup rings for a Les Paul (1/8" at the neck and 3/8" at the bridge,) installed them, and moved the pickups. It made a great deal of difference. The tone is brighter, more articulate, and even when I crank it up or use an overdrive, it doesn't get muddy anymore. Current strings are 9-42 boomers - I prefer 10-46 and may switch to that later. The 42 set was what I had at the workbench.
  5. B7 - is that a tailpiece of some sort? Nevermind. I was able to find the Bigsby B7. Thank you.
  6. I hadn't considered an EQ pedal. That may be my ticket right there - both the Mesa and MXR act as a gain boost to begin with. Might be able to drop the DS-1, etc. Thanks very much! I did adjust pole screws. Thank you. And I'll look into the strings.
  7. I'm not fond of stainless strings for that very reason, but I'll try the Optiweb strings for certain. Thank you!
  8. A couple months ago, I picked up a 2002 Gibson ES-135 with what should be '57 Classic humbuckers. I like this guitar quite a lot but I can't seem to dial out the dark tone of it. It doesn't seem muddy or indistinct, but I'd like to brighten it some. Details: Amp: Supro 1970 RK Overdrive: Boss SD1, Boss Blues Driver, or none I've changed strings 3 times - currently, I have 9-42 GHS Boomers. I've tried 11-49 D'Addario, 10-46 D'Addario, 9-46 NYXL. Tone pots just seem to make it darker - but they work. I tried changing the pickup height with little joy. I'm not certain what value caps it should have or the type of pots. I'd thought about swapping the pickups for P-90 (in humbucker size) but that's obviously a tussle, so I'd like make that a last resort. I'm not getting rid of the guitar (wanted one forever) so I need to solve this. I play mostly rock and blues. Thanks for your help.
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