Jaicen
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Shit. I'm slightly obsessed with Seismic, I need some more. EDIT: I just realised the guitar riff sounds like Happy Now by No Doubt. Still brilliant, like the Editors grew some testicles and got into meth, in a good way.
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Onboard pots and jacks saves a massive wiring headache, i'd do anything I could to include them on the PCB!
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Something else...? I'd stop right now, the holey one has won teh internetz.
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Shit son, that's a bit good isn't it! Where do I find more?
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Fixed. Why wouldn't you want two 1959 preamps? I'd have one for 'sparkly clean' and another for crunch with a parallel/series option on the two inputs.
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I'm sure, it doesn't have fluorescent knobs for a start. Does the Sludgy actually get used? I've built several pedals for people that were desperate for something, then found they didn't actually like what they'd asked for, including a full on high spec Univibe build with stacked Panasonic film caps. I actually quite like the idea of building a proper DSL100, but time and money suggests it's not happening. I'd probably put in two 1959 preamps in
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Right, so you need this: http://www.drtube.com/online-store/dr.tube/dr.tube-jcm2000-stable-bias-bare-kit/47-391 I'm leaning towards don't bother though, unless you really need another DSL. And nope, don't know what that is sorry.
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If you actually pay someone to fix it, then it's not a good deal. What's wrong with the main board? If you want it for parts though, it's probably a pretty good deal assuming the transformers are sound. You could build a tasty custom head using the chassis etc.
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GBP TO USD is not great at the minute so it will work in your favour too.
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Ok. So that's basically what I thought then? Maybe I've seen that interview, I don't remember.
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My guess would be a master volume mod, maybe with a volume control on the internal jumper? That makes more sense to me. Of course, it could be nothing like that inside.
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Sounds like you were using it correctly? Alternatively, grab a '59 burst, and plug a rangemaster into a JTM45 turned up all the way. Beano Toanz innit.
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Pickups, schmickups. I'm not sure of the spec of the original, so i'd take something that looks right I wouldn't mind the MBK3 set to be honest, I don't have them in the E, so it would work fine for me. It would still probably set me on an obsessive search for 'authentic Armstrong' pickups anyway Re: the colour, the ones I have seen and played have all been more orange than plum, they're definitely the wrong colour, (and yes, there's a U in there).
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Yes, it does. But only if they get the details right, like the correct fret-dot spacing and fingerboard wood, correct neck splices and of course, make it not orange. If they do that, for the same price (or close to), i'll get one too to go with the E6.
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Good lord, someone needs to take their license away. Why would you plug a treble booster into a bright amp? Makes no sense unless you want to use it for skinny guitar effects on no boost. I put a Rangemaster into a Fender Deluxe reissue once, just to see... I wish I could read Korean, I wonder if they're like oriental Captain and Chappers?
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I feel like Gibson are marketing themselves into a hole having 'model years' and stuff. There's no need really, who else does it? Just announce new stuff occasionally, then churn out the core stuff like fender does. Guitars aren't like cars, it's not necessary to have the latest and greatest bumpf.
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FF into whammy works just fine for me, at least with the WH4 and XP that I have.
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Motherbucker. for ultimate authenti city surely?? Plus looks cooler.
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Ah ok, not some sort of six finger screwdriver then. And no, it's irrelevant anyway, the pole-pieces simply screw into the baseplate, which is held to the bobbins by two extra screws fixed from the bottom:
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I'd be impressed if you could undo 6 screws simultaneously, but then mod powers, so who knows. And no, I most p90's have two bolts holding the bobbins together from underneath I think?: at least BKP, Gibson and Duncan's do.
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Super easy, assuming the threads are the same pitch and diameter. You literally just unscrew the old ones and screw the new ones in place. The bottom plate is threaded and it's not thick so be careful not to strip the thread, otherwise you're good.
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I think the maple cap was always special order, Rosewood was standard up to the first few years of CBS, but i'd have to look up details beyond there. That's a period i'm not that familiar with, basically anything with a 3-bolt, micro-tilt is a mystery to me.
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They did a '68 reissue yeah with the small headstock, as it meant they could do maple or rosewood and still have it 'technically' period correct, at least according to the Stratocaster Chronicles book. All the rosewood necks had the mid-late sixties shallow C carve though. The MIJ series '68 had a rosewood neck, the accompanying '57 was a thick v shaped maple. These both had the gold 'spaghetti' logo on small headstocks, klusons, 'fender' stamped saddles and pickups with chrome plated pole-piececs and ceramic bar magnets. And yes, maple 'cap' necks were available as a special order through to around '69?? so this would also be 'technically period correct' I guess. Wrong logo though.
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Do like, not a bad price either. Edit: Maybe I should have said 'some' are neoprene, I can't say with certainty but I'd avoid closed cell foam just to be sure.