brandtkronholm
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Where's the hate? I'm honestly wondering, not trying to start anything. In my book hate is a totally different thing than what has been said in this thread.For all the haters: I think Charlie's quote of "Because we wanted to" should close the case once and for all on conversions. It's their property, let them do what they wish with it. And he's got a set of PAFs to put in it --- surprise, surprise! I doubt those are NOS pickups that were found in a drawer in Kalamazoo and saved for a rainy day. Those pickups came out of a guitar that was sold for parts. So, at the end of the day, JB is going to be playing a converted Les Paul with PAFs that came from a guitar that got parted out. :hmm Can we make that thread sticky? Cheers, guys. Looks badass!
For all the haters: I think Charlie's quote of "Because we wanted to" should close the case once and for all on conversions. It's their property, let them do what they wish with it. And he's got a set of PAFs to put in it --- surprise, surprise! I doubt those are NOS pickups that were found in a drawer in Kalamazoo and saved for a rainy day. Those pickups came out of a guitar that was sold for parts. So, at the end of the day, JB is going to be playing a converted Les Paul with PAFs that came from a guitar that got parted out. :hmm Can we make that thread sticky? Cheers, guys. Looks badass!
CD, I hope you take my comment for what it is, just a nuanced (I hope) way to describe why not everyone loves the idea of routed P-90 Les Pauls. The bridge mod is totally understandable IMHO. Also, this wasn't so much directed at this particular guitar, it was more of a comment on the recent threads about routing, in which the P-90 camp are sometimes called out as snobs who don't care about the principles of ownershipIf you find a 60's Strat routed for a humbucker, please let me know. I want one so bad! However, I'd never route one on my own. A 52 Goldtop is different in my opinion. It was a flawed design, that can't be made fully right without modifying it. Could it have been less modified than what we did? Absolutely, but the Glaser tailpiece, while making it better, doesn't entirely cure the flaw. Indeed, as you can see from this pic, things were done to this guitar in an attempt to make it play better WAY before we owned it.
Is that a gang sign? :wah
What does it mean? :hmm
I'm surprised you didn't convert the sticker too. :ganz
:teeth
A 52 Goldtop is different in my opinion. It was a flawed design, that can't be made fully right without modifying it.
We had the guitar for months before we made the decision to fully convert it. The P-90s in it were unremarkable, the bridge even with the Glaser compensation mod was ok at best, finally you gotta ask yourself... ? Why do I own this ? It’s been messed with before and not mint ... suddenly the decision process becomes a no brainer. :salude
Joe B