TomGuitar
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Picked up this guitar a while back not knowing exactly what to do with it. It had already been drilled for a stoptail (strange metric bushings) and the original New York pickups (which I have) had been replaced with the mini-humbuckers. It had the original Bigsby but as I said, it was already drilled for a stoptail. Putting the NY pickups back would require routing out the wood that was added to mount the humbuckers so I figured I wouldn't do that yet. I'd see how I like the minis. Sent it to Terry Mueller to replace the metric bushings with Pigtail, fix the nut on the truss rod, and wire it correctly. It had been wired poorly when the minis were put in.
I am stunned at how great this thing sounds. I never liked mini-humbuckers before, but man, these really sound good. Almost Tele-like. Great feel to the neck. And those knobs with the little brads for pointers are too cool.
I am stunned at how great this thing sounds. I never liked mini-humbuckers before, but man, these really sound good. Almost Tele-like. Great feel to the neck. And those knobs with the little brads for pointers are too cool.