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Recent content by RocknRollShakeUp

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    Top Wrap does = Less Tension

    I could see this, as at least informally speaking, less break angle - and therefore less down pressure on the saddle - would suggest less attack and definition (twang punch?). Expounding on this a tad with my own anecdote, on one LP I have, top wrapping reduced the break angle to the point...
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    My Zemaitis reissue

    Very cool. I especially dig that black one with the Gabojo Dynasonics …super cool mojo, great playing and tones too.
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    Les Paul Junior Special Pickups--P90s or P100s?

    I had a 93 and 96 LP special both w P100’s, it’s easy to tell because the 100’s are two stacked p90 coils. At the time I hated them and replaced them with P90’s, but now I wonder if they were/are as bad as I thought they were. 🤣
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    Flying International with an R7?

    I’m gonna look into this thanks.
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    Flying International with an R7?

    That’s the case! I had no idea it fit a Tele! I have it in storage and I’m going to get it out! I feel like I just found $100 in my pocket that I’d forgotten about 😆 Thanks!
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    Gretsch bridges and intonation

    Mine came with the pinned bridge, and a stock bar bridge from the factory
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    Gretsch bridges and intonation

    My Player’s edition Falcon came with a bar bridge, and I ended up putting an ABM 2400 roller bridge on it. It’s made from high quality brass, German made back when I bought it. https://abm-guitarpartsshop.com/ABM-GUITAR-PARTS/Tuneomatic-Stoptail/Roller-Bridges:::256_87_102.html The bridge...
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    Flying International with an R7?

    Exactly…and if the case is stout enough to survive The Hold 🥶😱…it’ll likely be too big to keep inside the plane! Many years ago I used to fly with a partscaster Strat in one of those 90’s Fender (I think it was) plastic hard cases that was form fit for the Strat. That thing was svelte enough to...
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    Flying International with an R7?

    That’s next level, do you have a website?
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    Flying International with an R7?

    Excellent information, thanks for taking the time! I’m going to look into all of that, no matter what guitar I take.
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    Flying International with an R7?

    I remember flying to Australia with an LP Special that way, back in 2004, it was actually easy. But yeah these days it seems more of a crap shoot!
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    Flying International with an R7?

    I think that’s what’ll end up happening.
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    Flying International with an R7?

    I will be there for at least a couple of months, and plan on doing some recording, but yeah kinda risky nevertheless, and the Tele may he the better recording guitar anyway. But I am sort of pulled toward the R7 too.
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    Flying International with an R7?

    I’ll be flying international and I’m thinking of taking my R7 or R4. So not worth getting its own seat. I used to use a good soft case and the flight attendants used to put it in the coat closet, but I don’t know if that’s possible anymore, plus that was with a Fender, never with a more...
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    New Theodore Out!

    I seriously would like to see what it looks like with a reverse and non reverse Firebird headstock , and even with a Flying V headstock.
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