Your #1 guitar: post a pic!

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joegagan
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hi jim, i always have liked juicy strat neck pickups for tele. this one a fender CS 50s strat type. the extra knob is 500k pot for total control of trebele bleed cap on volume. a wonderful control.

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That's a brilliant mod! Must be loads of tonal options there.
It's like an orange on a toothpick
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truly! ( thanks) it is the closest thing to a passive EQ i can think of. a treble bleed cap is a ' must have' for fuzz cleanup from the guitar. but it can also be too much at other times, so having it 100% controllable is a godsend. i used it in the studio like a mother also.
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This has been my #1 guitar since 1987 when I got it from the first owner, who sanded off the Goldtop finish as he thought that would make the tone better. :smashed: I honestly did not know what I had (except for a beautiful playing guitar!!) until the late 90's when a collector saw it and thought it was a sanded down 50's Les Paul, as it is a 1 piece neck, 1 piece body and 2 piece, center seam maple top. He took it all apart, where we discovered the poor routing covered by the pickups, it there is still Goldtop paint under both pickups. It is very light for a LP, weighing in at just under 8lbs. Probably lost some weight when sanded, as he took a bit off to get the binding on the body off. The truss rod cover, fretboard, binding on neck are original, the rest was added or taken away along the way. Since these pics I have put the early Pat# pickups (pre T-top, one might be a PAF as there is no sticker) back in there and this guitar play's and sound's amazing! From the serial number on the back of the head stock, this guitar was shipped from Gibson on August 15, 1968, one of the first reissue's from '68... :party:

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Waoh....nice road dawg! Funky ass bridge there too.
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theemadcap1 wrote:This has been my #1 guitar since 1987 when I got it from the first owner, who sanded off the Goldtop finish as he thought that would make the tone better. :smashed:]
That is awesome! Shame about the gold though -- I love a goldtop, but 2nd fave is plain like that. Got lots of character. Bet it sounds amazing.
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Since I bought it from Dev (and legalized it toward my tender half :hihi: ) this is my main axe.
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It is one of those guitars that sort of "play's itself", just unbelievable action. "Buttah" :party:
It has a brass nut and that funky solid brass bridge, which I discovered was weird early 70's mod that was kind of expensive (at the time). The TP-6 was added about 15 year's ago, a present from a drummer friend and makes for easy and precise tuning.

Here is a video of it thru an MKI, brown Deluxe into 2x12" cab. Shoulda brought the Bandmaster, but wh knew it'd be so packed....?
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Yggdrazil wrote:Since I bought it from Dev (and legalized it toward my tender half :hihi: ) this is my main axe.
Awww yissss! Glad you like it. I did too, but it's so pretty I was scared to touch it in case I totally ratfucked it. Love that colour.
This is my Strat -- a MIA SRV with the finish mostly removed. It's more of a Rory Gallagher now with Bare Knuckles Irish Tours. And I can't ding it up :tu:

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My No.1 since 2007.
Put it together from an American Vintage Alder body, Custom Shop neck. Has Seymour´s vintage pickups with flat poles, Callaham bridge, Raw Vintage saddles & a Luxe "1964" tone cap.
I don't know what the hell it does, but it's definitely doing it!!
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