What is a M69 pickup ring?

[Andre S]

What's so special about them?

 

On some other forums I hear a bit about them.

[swleary]

From what I read , they are an exact reproduction of the original rings...

 

Here is the site for them...hope R9 don't see this post lol

Pickup rings

[pippy]

From what I read ' date=' they are an exact reproduction of the original rings...[/quote']

 

Actually, the were the original pickup rings.

 

There are, of course, modern reproductions but usually when someone talks about an M69 they mean an original '57-'60 ring.

 

As these can get damaged/replaced/broken fairly easily real ones change hands for stupid sums of money.

 

But then again so do the instruments they come from!

[Andre S]

Oh, so the ones now are just reproductions?

 

Because I saw that my pickup rings have M-69 underneath so I was wondering.

[deepblue]

There are many at the LPF who swear they make your guitar sound better.....it gets hilarious sometimes.

[Riffster]

Yea, LPF has some hardcore members for sure, a lot of knowledge over there but sometimes too much.

 

I loved the post of fading guitars, the scientific explanation of that dude is incredible. I enjoyed that.

[Andre S]

There are many at the LPF who swear they make your guitar sound better.....it gets hilarious sometimes.

[NeoConMan]

Yea' date=' LPF has some hardcore members for sure,

a lot of knowledge over there but sometimes [b']too much[/b].

Yeah, what's the word I'm looking for?

 

Esoteric?

Obscure?

Arcane?

 

Hmmmm....

 

Yeah, some of those guys can really get out there on a tangent.

I've seen from pretty far-fetched claims, swearing about the tonal effects of some pretty mundane stuff.

Damping effects of different materials for the shirt(s) you're wearing.

Sitting or standing while playing.

Color of the string ball ends, etc.

 

(Okay, I made that last one up just to mess with people....)

 

Just for kicks, I consulted my handy thesaurus to what else pops up to describe that concept of logic;

 

Inscrutable

Vacuous

Inane

Innocuous

Unfathomable

Enigmatic

Incomprehensible

[MojoRedFoot]

Wow...some of the prices on that site are criminal. Like worse than Gibson criminal

[KL]

Wow...some of the prices on that site are criminal.

 

SOME of them? Or ALL of them?

 

$349 for a pair of plastic pickup rings . . . are they nuts?

[Murph]

"There's a sucker born every minute."

[KL]

"There's a sucker born every minute."

 

Too right.

[swleary]

I bet it all gives you Slash tone....lmao

[daveinspain]

Did you know that every piece of chrome you put on your engine adds 5 horse power.... Just sayin'...

[swleary]

Did you know that every piece of chrome you put on your engine adds 5 horse power.... Just sayin'...

 

 

I heard it was ten and you get better gas mileage lol

[Riverside]

Did you know that every piece of chrome you put on your engine adds 5 horse power.... Just sayin'...

 

Isn't that why some Les Pauls cost thousands more than others?

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[quote=KL

$349 for a pair of plastic pickup rings . . . ?

 

 

 

[Blackie]

................about 10 bucks a pair.............