Recent content by jimistone

Yeah, strats have their unique tone and les pauls have theirs. Thats one reason lynyrd skynyrd mixes sounded so good... Ed King played a strat a little on the clean side, Gary played a 59 burst a little on the dirty side, and Allen played an explorer or firebird. Gave them a damn good blend...

Well, some aging rockers have gone to chambered body les pauls. I know Gary Rossington, of skynyrd, had a chambered version of his '59 bust signature made. With heart problems and old plane crash injuries, he was struggling with the weight of his original 59 burst. (And his unchambered...

I like heavy les pauls. I gigged with a 76 les paul custom for years. I never weighed it, but it was heavier than the traditional that i gig with now, that is close to 9 lbs. I dont care for the chambered les pauls. Too light, they feel like a toy to me instead of a real les paul. Different...

I love everything about les pauls...except rhe easily breakable headatock. I have a traditional...about 9.5 lbs. Dosent wear out my back on 4 hour weekend gigs

Black or brown strap for me. Nobody looks at what color a guitar strap is. The only time in my life that i payed any attention whatsoever to a guitar strap was when stevie ray vaughn was using that wide black one with the white music notes. I thought it was cool. Thats it. I Have watched...

Poly finish on a guitar neck seems to "grab" your hand more than laquar. That being said ANY gloss finish on the back of the neck will do that. My '66 stratocaster had all the finish worn off the back of the neck and it needed a refret. I took it to one of the best to have that done. He lightly...

I can say with absolute authority that it sounds different to me. On top of the #2 and #4 positions sounding different, when playing with high gain and holding a sustained note, switching the pickup selector back and forth from neck to bridge pickup sounds like shit. Here is an example of what...

It sounds different to my ears. That's all. To others there may be no difference at all

Get a neck from all parts. Theyvare licensed and stamped fender. They are a littlebover $100. I used one of their necks on a strat build. Great necks!

The pickups are PAF clones by Duburno (Mr fabulous on reverb.com) They are really good. Sounds exactly like those old paf vintage gibson humbuckers. But honestly, I got used to Seymour Duncan 59's that my LP studio was loaded with. They are a little more mid scooped and compressed than these PAF...

I don't have reverse wound loaded in a strat anymore

Well, I was looking for a les paul traditional on reverb. So yeah, I pretty much had to go by pictures. Had to make sure it was a real les paul traditional. Had to make sure the serial number was right for what I was looking for. Had to decide if it was in as good a shape as I wanted. Had to...

There are cheap Pedals? All the ones I want are high priced

That's why I don't like the reverse would. Positions 2 and 4 don't sound as good with the RWMP. That's my opinion and has been my experience. I've logged a lot of hours with reverse wound middle and traditional wound middle both. I hear a difference in positions 2 and 4.

I don't care for reverse wound middle pup. I'm old school. I like all 3 wound the same. In in-between switch positions have much better tone. If I want hum canceling I'll play a humbucker guitar.