1971,1974 ??

Kris Ford · Jan 21, 2016

Big Al said:
Great info guys, I kinda knew about the caps but not as much about cavity details, so a big thank you for sharing.

One of the things to listen for is the tone shift from round hole to square, as the round hole promotes even order harmonics whilst the square holes parallel walls cause a build up of short close reflections of odd harmonic resonant frequency content, right Kris?:spabout

Ahahaha!
Thanks man, I was waiting for that!:laugh2:

neuroy · Jan 21, 2016

Big Al said:
Great info guys, I kinda knew about the caps but not as much about cavity details, so a big thank you for sharing.

One of the things to listen for is the tone shift from round hole to square, as the round hole promotes even order harmonics whilst the square holes parallel walls cause a build up of short close reflections of odd harmonic resonant frequency content, right Kris?:spabout

This is exactly the secret why Norlins sound better than the crappy overrated `50s guitars ! All about the route !
So we all know that heavy guitars sound the best : the bigger Spragues and witch hats add mass to the guitar, the later caps and knobs are lighter. so you have to get more weught to the guitar by using heavy strings !

Hey BigAl, so what are we gonna do now ? The secret we tried to hide for decades is now known by everyone !

This thread made me laugh many times ! BigAl, I admire you for still staying cool when so much ignorance is shown.....

guitplayer · Jan 21, 2016

Theres one

Mark Kane · Jan 21, 2016

Not a great pic, but hopefully you can see the weird angle of the cut, not toward the jack but toward the treble volume pot. And the hole is oblong here and at the switch hole. Not that this is of any interest to anyone but I just thought it was curious.

Kris Ford · Jan 21, 2016

Mark Kane said:
Not a great pic, but hopefully you can see the weird angle of the cut, not toward the jack but toward the treble volume pot. And the hole is oblong here and at the switch hole. Not that this is of any interest to anyone but I just thought it was curious.

From the pic, it really kinda looks like the square channel, with rounded off sides???
(xxx) instead of [xx] or (x)
The only way I can see that happening is a square route that been drilled on the sides maybe?
BEFORE the sandwich somehow??
That's a good one Mark!

guitplayer · Jan 21, 2016

Yeah , you`d have to take a better pic than that.
For orientation of much.
And absolutely of intrest. Thats why I`m here.
take a pic backed up a little to include the whole control cavity.:jim

Kris Ford · Jan 21, 2016

guitplayer said:
Yeah , you`d have to take a better pic than that.
For orientation of much.
And absolutely of intrest. Thats why I`m here.
take a pic backed up a little to include the whole control cavity.:jim

Me tooo!
I love this stuff!:teeth

Monroe · Jan 21, 2016

pete587 said:
this just goes to show how speculation an so called experts really dont know for sure anything
about what happed in the factory 40 years ago

The combined knowledge of the "so-called-experts" here on this forum told you it ain't no '71 within just a few posts.
You just didn't want to hear that, and instead offered thinly-veiled insults.

pete587 said:
my guitar is probably the best les paul ive ever played
and ive played 59s and many others

Oh, I'm sure it is, and I'm sure you have.

Mark Kane · Jan 22, 2016

ok, another pic

Progrocker111 · Jan 27, 2016

Kris Ford said:
If ANYONE says the square hole has better tone than the later ones, I will lose my shit.

Sure they have, the older the better. Square is harder to drill, so its better. :hee

Kris Ford · Jan 27, 2016

Progrocker111 said:
Sure they have, the older the better. Square is harder to drill, so its better. :hee

:laugh2:

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