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Ratae Corieltauvorum

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  1. Ratae....you just made the EXACT same point I made. In fairness EG, and I'm always willing to think the best of people, if you did make any of the points I made, you didn't do it very well. You started off with an unqualified blanket statement, and then went on to refute a lot of experience with the pickup the OP suggested, by saying that theyre just cheap and not worthy of going in a Duesenberg, which to be fair to that particular pickup, it is. So I don't see the point you made, but if you did tell the OP that the Dream 180 could be OK, then I sorta missed it and I apologise
  2. OP!! Is this the type? IIR the beginning of this thread;) the OP has the Outlaw which has a tolex top, so it's this one, and without doubt a {censored}ing gorgeous piece of Teutonic design n style
  3. I have owned a few sets of GFS pups and I think they're an excellent value. They were worth the purchase price, but were not in the same league as Fralin, BG, or TV Jones.compressed MP3 clips on internet forums, GFS are more than adequate. :poke: I don't think even Jay would say they are. However there exists a spectrum of quality and tone, in which GFS is almost and sometimes as good as Seymour Duncan and Di Marzio for instance. I have demonstrated at least to myself how GFS compares with boutiques when while building my last Strat, I used a BG bridge, GFS middle and a van Zandt neck. Now while the GFS middle did not have that complex quality that both the BG and van Zandt had, it was certainly not shamed by them, hence my description of a spectrum along which all of the these pickups live in terms of over all quality and tone, irregardless of cost. Now a set of GFS Premium Alnicos, as used by Atrox a good deal in his own Strats and builds, are not up to a BG V60, but they are on a par with some stock Fender USA pickups and better than a lot of the stockers to be found on budget guitars. I found that the GFS Greybottoms do a very good job of occupying the ground that is usually the reserve of 70s Fender greybottoms from the CBS guitars, which most of us have heard on some recording or another and loved, but yes there are other pickups that can do the job better.. I think if you look through a lot of the GFS descriptions you'll find the term "hang with the boutique boys", and yes they can, they can't quite equal or exceeed them, but they can hold their own. I love my boutique pups, my 70s Strat has BK Trilogy Suites, my 60s Strat has van Zandt Vintage Plus's and my Burny LP has WCR Crossroads, and I have a stack of builds which will be heavily popualted with BG, Lollar, VVG and Seymour Duncan Custom shop, but I'd never shirk using GFS pickups where I didn't have a boutique alternative that I could purchase at a realistic price, and please note I did NOT pay retail for any of the above, I simply don't think hardly any of them are worth their retail price, least of all the Bare Knuckles, but they are the "creme de la creme" of magnets and wires. Frets has a guitar I put together with a handwound steel pole type pickup at the bridge and a GFS Fatbody at the neck. I didn't leave that pickup there for any other reason than the fact that I didn't think that, in it's field, it could be bettered. It's a guitar I'm very proud of and have no hesitation telling people that the neck pup was about 30 "bucks". In my ears I did not compromise that guitar in any way. As for the broadbrush attitude of a few posters here, saying that GFS are no better than Epiphone or Squier etc, shows an ignorance of pickups manufacture and supply. I for one would not use any GFS humbuckers as for instance I don't think anybody can ace Tone Riders buckers at their price point, and the only option that is better is straight up into the high end boutique options. GFS also do some low end stuff that I tried and would not use again, but the fact remains that in the hierarchy of the spectrum I propose, GFS are not that far behind the boutique boys, and certainly exceed a lot of budget stuff. Epiphone stock buckers for instance are cold lifeless {censored}ers, but the P90s in the 56 RI are storming pickups Generalisations never work in this field, and unless you've been through this stuff the hard way you need to qualify the limitations of your opinions, as when you do give them, you're often giving them to someone who has no knowledge in the area at all. In other words, be prepared to back up your opinions with knowldge, experience of facts or else express your opinions, but qualify them by revealing what they're based on. Not quite put up or shut up, but in that ballpark:thu: These forums in the main are here to assist peole who would know more, not lead a sucker down an alley cause someone who sells {censored} is your buddy:wave:
  4. I usually buy that kind of thing on Guitarpartsresources. Good prices, service and fast shipping. Indeed...if you do need pots, Guitar Parts Resource is a good one stop shop
  5. I'm having a tech put these in. Since the Duesenberg is a semi hollow and you say you are having good luck with this setup I might look into this. Were do I buy the electronics your talking about above? Sorry I don't know much about the pots and other electronics! You should find tha the pots in that guitar are very suitable for the job. They need two tests, DC resistance check and an operational check, your tech should be able to tell you if they're good enough, if he's good enough, otherwise, being a semi it could get a tad more difficult swapping the new pots in. As it is, if it can be avoided, swapping in the new pickups is easy to achieve by clipping the wires close to the pickup and splicing the new ones in. It's part of the raeson why I said earlier that getting your current pickups rewound would be a good bet First thing to do is check how much your tech is gonna charge you to: A: Straight pickup swap - how he's going to do it? B: Full harness replacement With a semi, some techs (dependant on technique etc) will baulk at a full harness swap, so feel your way with him to make sure he's fully confident......it ain't an easy job....well at least not as easy a LP type setup.
  6. you didn't look very damn hard then, there is an entire sound clip section on the Rose site... and while you're at it, search you tube for Rose Pickups and New Dawn guitars... Ken has a few videos up, one being of his prototype with his hand wound p 90's in it... I was asking for your clips that demonstrate that in your experience the Rose pickups are better than the GFS equivalent? I search everywhere looking for da Diceman using a GFS P90.......maybe you can link me?
  7. or sell them outright to fund the swap. Duesenburg pickups should fetch a decent price as the only way to get them is in a new guitar. Hmmm, it's what I usually do, and certainly the Duesenberg name could fetch a decent price, but imgaine the disappointment:(
  8. I have always wanted a guitar with p-90s so I think I might put a pair in my Duesenberg. People in the forum have convinced me to go with a little higher quality so I think BG sounds like a good choice. Is the BG P-90 humbucker size about as true to a P-90 sound your gonna get in a Humbucker sized P-90 or should I look at some other options? In your position, I'd stick with a bucker at the bridge nd a P90 style at the neck, as it is a great combo. Bryan could quite easily match you a set to achieve this. You might also consider Pete Biltoft at VVG , who does great work at packing P90 sound into different shapes. Either one will do what you require, but consider asking both to rewind the pickups that you already have and see which one will give you the best deal? Win win for you then:thu:
  9. Since the OP seems happy with his guitar can we let this thread go as it's not bringing out the best of this great community. Could this qualify as the "Understatement of the Week"? :lol: Careful Fretsy, we don't wanna upset Zemmy and "Da Family":lol:
  10. I got nothing against GFS but I don't see how they could be considered an upgrade in a duesenberg. You have heard the Grand Vintage humbucker and the Domino neck?
  11. 1. To the OP, whose thread it is after all. I haven't had an Outlaw through my hands, but I have owned a Starplayer. I found the the Grand Vintage bucker and the Domino neck pickup to be a tad average, not bad, but just not what I'd expect on a guitar this well engineered. And in my opinion herein lies the rub. Duesenberg guitars are in the main engineering projects and are not a fully sorted and sweet instrument, in short they have the same blandness that most German created things have. See them almost as an opposite to a Gibson LP, where the LP is a sweet musical instrument but an averagely engineered and finished guitar. You're not on your own with your lack of satisfaction with those pickups, as plenty of Duesenberg owners have been less than happy with them. Now.....what to replace them with. I have no direct experience with GFS bucker sized P90s, but they get good plaudits in this place from PROPER musicians, not the idiots with opinions based on supposition, but opinions based on buying, installing and playing/gigging with them, and there are very few detractors of that particular pickup, so you probably could make a decision based on that. For me the only way GFS pickups fall down is in their complexity, when played clean thru a dry setup into a sort of idealised studio setup, eg, plugged straight into a low wattage tube amp and with no other instruments playing, then you can hear the difference between a GFS and say a van Zandt or a BG. For gigging musicians they are a no brainer, as they have some complexity, just not as much as the boutique boys. Where this IMO doesn't happen is their humbuckers which I just don't really like, but then of the big middle ground boys, I only really like the Seth Lover of SD's and the rest don't do much for me, and there's the odd Di Marzio I like. GFs single coils however are very close to the dog's bollocks. The greybottoms, Premium Alnicos, the Al IIs and the Tele Fatbodies are also superb pickups and go well in most guitars, except when you need that complete experience and you have a sound in your head that you may need a boutique winder to sort out some EQ requirements or some tonal complexities you just can't seem to find anywhere else If the OP would care to expand a lot on what he expects from each pickups I can probably suggest a good route for you. I see that you're disatisfaction is with the distorted sounds of I'm presuming the bridge pickup? The bridge is supposed to be a vintage voiced pickup, so maybe it's not gonna be as great as it could be, although you don't mention if you've tried to adjust the heights? have you tried this?
  12. I responded to what I considered a condescending response to the question. . That's pretty much what I read and I didn't see any insult in there either, ubless you maybe blinked in an insulting way when you typed?
  13. 2009 Ibanez RG3550MZ in roadster orange metallic Oh {censored}:love:
  14. No HSS please......just big fat bastard bucker-single-bucker guitars of all descriptions
  15. That guitar is pretty damn awesome, but it would look much better with zebra or covered pickups, sooo... Covered yes, zebra no {censored}in way
  16. I'm sorry.... but here are the facts: Covered > double black > zebra > double cream Jayzuz, but you boys know {censored} all:wave:
  17. I bought my Classic as a plaintop, but as Bigconig mentions maple is a mystical wood:cool: But it did this sometimes, which is nicer than most flame I've seen All that said, I still miss this:cry:
  18. I think he's one of the most talented guitarists in rock history. If you said "..one of the most talented user of guitar effects" I could possibly see that but talented guitarists in rock history is just way wrong in too many different ways, the column of more talented guitarists above him wold reach to the stars
  19. Picked this up a few weeks ago. man, sorry, but that is pretty as fuck, in the same way that some 60 year old ladies just still have it in a big way. I give that a big Susan Sarandon (64) With some nice aged pickup covers it'd be a Joanna Lumley (64)
  20. Picked this up a few weeks ago. man, sorry, but that is pretty as fuck, in the same way that some 60 year old ladies just still have it in a big way. I give that a big Susan Sarandon
  21. Greeny -- best of the 1960s Brit blues guys. NO EXCEPTION. Indeed and I believe it even says so in the Bible, The Torah, The Gita and the Qu'ran
  22. Anybody got a Gibson or similar quality P90 soapbar for neck position or around 8k wind
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