What are you gassing for?

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Re: What are you gassing for?

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JHorner wrote:
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Don't worry I'm pretty sure they will suck.
Haha - I'm intrigued. Do you mean that coil splits always sound bad, or that you think the way Gibson executed them will be poor?

Because I enjoyed the guitar as is, the coil split would be bonus.
Just my own limited experience with Gibson coil splitting:
On my LP: tone difference is practically imperceptible
On my SG: previous owner rewired it to disable coil split, I guess they found it pointless as well
PRS do great coil splitting with almost no signal drop. They suck too.

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Interesting... I find the split/tap/whatevertheycallit on my Epi LP is quite usable, so was the split I added to the SE245's Whole Lotta pups Olderama now has. Would love to hear what he thought of this.

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Re: What are you gassing for?

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the splitting on my epi 339 is very useable :) overly impressed with those epiphone alnico pickups
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Come to think of it, quite happy with the split in my PRS S2 as well. Maybe I'm just easy to please?

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Re: What are you gassing for?

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JHorner wrote:
Delayman wrote:
JHorner wrote:
Don't worry I'm pretty sure they will suck.
Haha - I'm intrigued. Do you mean that coil splits always sound bad, or that you think the way Gibson executed them will be poor?

Because I enjoyed the guitar as is, the coil split would be bonus.
Just my own limited experience with Gibson coil splitting:
On my LP: tone difference is practically imperceptible
On my SG: previous owner rewired it to disable coil split, I guess they found it pointless as well

Lol, running a lot of gain are we? If you are on a clean channel and you can't hear the coil splitting, I'd suggest it is not working.

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Re: What are you gassing for?

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olegmcnoleg wrote:I'd suggest it is not working.
That is a distinct possibility. There is a tiny difference, so its doing something, but perhaps not what it's supposed to.

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I would be gassing for this blue Supro guitar but my dibs on BG's Supro trumps it! The gold-foil single coils seem to be the business. Interesting video at the end of the article:

https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/ ... ury-review
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Gassing for everything and nothing... I've reached the point where I get excited and disinterested in the space of an hour. It's saving me a fortune in shipping costs.

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Re: What are you gassing for?

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Got my eye on a USA Strat, want something comfy with single coils.
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sizzlingbadger wrote:Got my eye on a USA Strat, want something comfy with single coils.
You would do well to take a good look at Tony's. I'm in no way a strat fan, but that one almost had me converted.

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A new interface and some monitors.Ive got lots thats need doing in the unfinished projects pile...problem is ive got a moet taste on a goonbag budget.

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Darth Sabbathi wrote:
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You would do well to take a good look at Tony's. I'm in no way a strat fan, but that one almost had me converted.
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Re: What are you gassing for?

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A 'real' jazzmaster, or failing that, a pair of fender WRHB style pickups to mod my current HH jazzmaster with (if i'm not gonna have a traditional one, might as well change it up even more...)

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