jamesg1213

kennywtelejazz
 
Our Friend James here on the forum plays a 1976 Les Paul Standard if I'm not mistaken . Great guitars
 
 

It's a '79 Kenny, but still great 

'79. pfffft. My son is older than that.

kennywtelejazz

jamesg1213

kennywtelejazz
 
Our Friend James here on the forum plays a 1976 Les Paul Standard if I'm not mistaken . Great guitars
 
 

It's a '79 Kenny, but still great 

 
James,
Did you buy your Les Paul new back then ? and play it the whole time ?
                   Either way
Your the one that makes it Great
 
Kenny

Aww shucks... No, I bought it around 1989/90 from a guy who was down on his luck. He was asking more than I could really afford, but half what it was worth. Once I played it, the money became a secondary issue  A year or so later he got in touch and offered me close to it's true value to buy it back, which would have made me a tidy profit, but I said no. I'll never part with that LP.

I really want another SG.
 
And ES335.
 
Never really liked LP's except for specific things. I find their necks to be too obese and ridgid, the weighting all fizucky and the tone to bright for me. There are of course certain models (Studio? Junior?) that don't suffer from these personal annoyances but at that point... there's no point because those qualities are actually the POINT of owning an LP.
 
However I currently own one of those (modern... not the vintage) Ibanez ART LP clones but I never use (preferring my souped up Yammie Pacifica Strat clone... it's like a Strat but better... I actually don't like Strats except, again, for specific things but this thing is much more flexible due to the modded electronics).
 
The Ibby ART is actually pretty nice sounding but I have to replace the machine heads because it refuses to stay in tune. I have some Gotoh's (or sumthin') I raided off a smashed acoustic guit I found in the garbage years ago but they have those little stablizing pegs so I'll have to drill out little notches in the headstock to install them and I just haven't gotten around to that.
 
Then there is my ancient Ibanez Roadstar I bought off a schoolmate when I was 14 that's got a really nice feel but the electronics have ALWAYS been ganko'd since I've owned it (despite multiple rewiring jobs). Gotta get that in the shop or install some of the nice pickups I have laying around on my own to bring it back out of retirement.
 
But ya... I'm an SG > ES335 goon. If I had the dough though I think a nice Jackson would be more than useful for my metal chicannery.
 
/guit nerd blather

There is something referred to as a "Hot Strat" configuration which is what my is wired up to be. I'd have to go through my oooold files to get the exact specs/hardware models but it's essentially a splittable humbucker at bridge position, pole style single coil in middle position and a rail style in neck position with a five way toggle and and push/pull or button style volume knob to split the humbucker.
 
Just as long as the "strat" body is routed out to take the humbucker it's an easy install for a guit tech and offer an arseload of tone options.
 
My only beef with mine is the pole style SC in the middle futzes with my picking and I'm thinking of trying to swap it with the neck rail SC.
 
But yeah... I'm a big proponent of taking "economy" guits (as long as they play nicely... which needs to be checked out in person) and replacing the stock electronics with high end kit.

Mine originally had a whammy bar setup but I had it converted to stationary. I fully dislike whammy bars. But as I've said in the past I paid like $200 for this thing sometime in 1985-86 (it was new) because my then boss used to work for CBS and had an in to get new Fender guitars at ~ wholesale.
 
Originally when I had the active electronics installed the battery was under the cover  (PITA to replace). When I had the whammy converted to stationary I had them move the battery under a pop off cover from the back of the guit.
 
The battery is turned on by the switch in the volume knob pot. 
 

You want options?  This is the custom I sold to Space Cowboy here (hmm... has anyone heard from Maurice lately?).
 
Check out the two dozen(!) tone options here: http://www.nwdreamer.com/pics/Sold/GaudyPaulGuitar/Gaudy%20Paul%20Tone%20Options.pdf
 
 

Ah, memories. I had the TR-606 'Drumatix' and an SH101. Kept them for decades then sold them on Ebay only  5-6 years ago for a pretty penny.

craigb
 
Space Cowboy  (hmm... has anyone heard from Maurice lately?).
 
 

Yes,
He's been upstairs and we've been PM'ing.

craigb

bapu

craigb
 
Space Cowboy  (hmm... has anyone heard from Maurice lately?).
 
 

Yes,
He's been upstairs and we've been PM'ing.

Good to hear!

Had some health issues but he's on the mend now.

jamesg1213

bapu

jamesg1213

kennywtelejazz
 
Our Friend James here on the forum plays a 1976 Les Paul Standard if I'm not mistaken . Great guitars
 
 

It's a '79 Kenny, but still great 

'79. pfffft. My son is older than that.

 
Your son is older than you? The modern world eh...shakes head...

No, no James.  If you do a little research, I believe Bapu's son is 79 (as noted above), but Bapu is 164. 

eph221
Oh quit looking in your mirrors! 

 
Now, you see THAT'S why you failed your exam to become a driving instructor.

kennywtelejazz
Here's what I think about my time spent here
 
"The Coffee House "AKA  "Today's Contemporary Retirement Home For Wayward Pickers and Strummer's "  
 
Kenny

this is the truth!  so  much wisdom here, so many nasty personalities=old, washed up musicians.

jamesg1213

eph221

kennywtelejazz
Here's what I think about my time spent here
 
"The Coffee House "AKA  "Today's Contemporary Retirement Home For Wayward Pickers and Strummer's "  
 
Kenny

this is the truth!  so  much wisdom here, so many nasty personalities=old, washed up musicians.

....that you can't stop hanging around with...

 
Recognize me for my charity.  I got *most likely to be patient* in high school.   (I've been a patient for about 30 years).

bayoubill
     
 
    JOY

But where's the 303?

eph221
What's funny about devaluing minority groups? That's comedy?

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