I'm considering returning my '07 '57 Ri back to the stock hardware - bridge, tailpiece studs etc. Why shouldn't I be doing this? And will it make the guitar sound darker?
I'm considering returning my '07 '57 Ri back to the stock hardware - bridge, tailpiece studs etc. Why shouldn't I be doing this? And will it make the guitar sound darker?
I switched a couple of my guitars back to stock because I was readying them for sale then decided not to sell after the switch, however, after switching back to stock tuners, stock bridge, stock tailpiece and stock P/U Rings - I did not notice any dramatic tone difference. Which made me wonder why do I buy these AVH parts..???:hmm :## :hee
What made you decide to keen the guitars after switching back?
Really??
Just do it. If you don't like it redo. Do you really need a vote, or a million different opinions about a guitar only you know?
Why'd you change the hardware? I never had to on any of mine. What was wrong that you corrected, and why would that be different now?
The only thing that still bugs me on new Historics are those terrible pickup covers. Can't get past the radii. Looks so wrong to me. Everything else I now live with.
The only thing that still bugs me on new Historics are those terrible pickup covers. Can't get past the radii. Looks so wrong to me. Everything else I now live with.
What really sucks is those funky Gibson covers actually sound better IMO than the TV Jones or older Throbak covers I've tried on Burstbuckers in the past. Dang it all. Come on Gibson, give us some pickups that look as good as they sound. And I do like their sounds!:dude:
The older ThroBak covers were actually TV Jones covers that I had ground buffed and plated. The current ThroBak Maximum vintage P.A.F. covers are made with my own tooling and are thinner that the old TV Jones covers.
The older ThroBak covers were actually TV Jones covers that I had ground buffed and plated. The current ThroBak Maximum vintage P.A.F. covers are made with my own tooling and are thinner that the old TV Jones covers.
This is a good challenge Big Al and I can't really remember why I made the initial change other than for asthetic/Historical purposes. There's nothing fundamentally wrong with the original parts.
Guess I was just interested to see who else had tried the mods and gone back, or not modded at all.