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Recent content by Wilko

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    Share Your Arch Top (archtop)

  2. Wilko

    Share Your Arch Top (archtop)

    Those two (the 165 and the 175D I posted) were sold to buy this 1963 L-4C. Carved spruce top and floating pickup. It's an acoustic guitar has a floating pickup. It's my current fave (along with my1976 ES-175D.
  3. Wilko

    1969 Marshall

    Not a 10 watt? Oh. I see it now. Was not noticing the rectifier tube. I had the 1930 model. it was 10 watts. Looked the same.
  4. Wilko

    Share Your Arch Top (archtop)

    That's cool! nice to see the headstock has the MOP logo and crown. I had the first issue Herb Ellis with gold logo and signature. Top mounted Humbucker.
  5. Wilko

    Correct crown inlay??

  6. Wilko

    Picks

    I make my own from tortoise jewelry for acoustic or jazz playing. It's crazy how much "bigger" they sound/feel
  7. Wilko

    Martin Barre

    His website says this is the guitar for Bursting out:
  8. Wilko

    Paul Reed Smith's Strat shootout goes off the rails

    No surprises in the video. (Well, maybe the repeated comments about '55s being quieter. never heard that) Strats are all pretty close and pickups make all the difference. Oh, and forget that RWRP thing. It sucks. I've got a lovely 1960 slab board and a few other strats customized by me to make...
  9. Wilko

    78 Deluxe Pickguard Holes

    screw hole is usually right on the edge of the binding
  10. Wilko

    Mike Campbell talks his guitars

    listen to her heart Ricky? On his personal channel during the pandemic he explained that he didn't yet have a 12 string so faked that part like I do when I play the song....
  11. Wilko

    Genuine 1992 Zemaitis Metal Front

    here's Mike Campbell with his pearl front:
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