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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: choucas09 on October 29, 2011, 04:24:29 PM

Title: Gorgeous '54
Post by: choucas09 on October 29, 2011, 04:24:29 PM
Listen to the tones on this babe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ATolIMMqZM&feature=player_embedded
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: FernandoDuarte on October 29, 2011, 05:45:00 PM
Lovely :)
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Post by: Frank on October 29, 2011, 05:55:55 PM
Nothing a DiMarzio Super Distortion wouldn't fix
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: HTH AMPS on October 29, 2011, 06:29:38 PM
or a Kahler
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Post by: Twinfan on October 29, 2011, 06:52:47 PM
Sounds great - really bright and snappy.  Proper good wood back in them days...
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Post by: gordiji on October 29, 2011, 07:18:27 PM
great guitar, great player, great demo
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: choucas09 on October 29, 2011, 07:27:28 PM
^Agreed.
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Post by: horsehead on October 29, 2011, 08:28:22 PM
urrrgggghhh...excuse me I need to use the restroom
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: Andrew W on October 29, 2011, 09:21:12 PM
Great demo of a great guitar. Thanks for posting the link.
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: Telerocker on October 29, 2011, 11:28:03 PM
Those P90's sound great and indeed quite some quality wood behind it. I would not fancy the bridge though. The 56-models are a better choiche for proper intonation.
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: shobet on October 30, 2011, 12:24:55 AM
Did you listen? The chords up the neck sounded fine to my ears!
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: choucas09 on October 30, 2011, 01:44:51 AM
Another guy doing another great demo of another '54 Goldtop. This guitar, rather than a '59 burst is my holy grail.

http://www.youtube.com/user/GregsGuitars#p/u/42/fZQXjz2ZK5A
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: Twinfan on October 30, 2011, 01:49:42 AM
That one's had a fair old life - always a sign of a good sounding guitar!
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: HTH AMPS on October 30, 2011, 01:49:57 AM
Another guy doing another great demo of another '54 Goldtop. This guitar, rather than a '59 burst is my holy grail.

http://www.youtube.com/user/GregsGuitars#p/u/42/fZQXjz2ZK5A

same guitar, some nicer licks (imo)...  http://www.youtube.com/user/GregsGuitars#p/u/48/_9trs9-fyaM (http://www.youtube.com/user/GregsGuitars#p/u/48/_9trs9-fyaM)

P90s are great, will have to get myself an R6 one day, mmmm  8)
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: gordiji on October 30, 2011, 07:25:19 AM
^me too, utterly gorgeous sound.
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: Philly Q on October 30, 2011, 09:21:27 AM
I also love the look and sound of a goldtop with P-90s and a wraparound bridge.
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: Ratrod on October 30, 2011, 11:31:05 AM
I don't get what everyone hears in that first clip. That might as well have been a Vintage (Wilkinson) Goldtop copy. It's all rack stuff.

The second clip is way better. Played through a real amp. But still too many FX going IMO.
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Post by: Ian Price on October 30, 2011, 02:56:17 PM
+1 on the above. Phil X would have done so much better reviewing/demoing this guitar (sorry Philly)
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: choucas09 on October 30, 2011, 03:30:12 PM
He has done one....http://www.youtube.com/user/frettedamericana#p/search/1/H9ZvSrQ4jl4
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: Ian Price on October 30, 2011, 03:36:39 PM
 :D

Is that the exact same guitar or just the same model/year etc?
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: Philly Q on October 30, 2011, 03:43:45 PM
+1 on the above. Phil X would have done so much better reviewing/demoing this guitar (sorry Philly)

We get to hear some more of his singing too....  :roll:

Must admit I do really like those early Foreigner songs.  Mr X is relatively restrained on this clip, I thought.
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: Ian Price on October 30, 2011, 03:47:54 PM
Relatively restrained for Phil X = 100 times louder than I am on a noisy day. He is pretty restrained on the new vid on their youtube channel as well - nice tele also!
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: choucas09 on October 30, 2011, 05:54:11 PM
I was not restrained watching it as I've got that exact model tele. !st year issue RW.

(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc119/jage7/DSC02098.jpg)
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Post by: Thrull on October 30, 2011, 09:30:55 PM
wow. Love the sound! I gotta say i was expecting my pig90 to have snap like that, yet still have the BEEF. it doesnt snap anything like that. is that just the nature of the pig?
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Post by: Philly Q on October 30, 2011, 09:43:06 PM
wow. Love the sound! I gotta say i was expecting my pig90 to have snap like that, yet still have the BEEF. it doesnt snap anything like that. is that just the nature of the pig?

I'd guess it's the nature of the Pig '90, or hot pickups in general.  Yes, it looks like a P-90, but it's got different magnets, different wire and it's wound much hotter.
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: Thrull on October 30, 2011, 10:05:15 PM
wow. Love the sound! I gotta say i was expecting my pig90 to have snap like that, yet still have the BEEF. it doesnt snap anything like that. is that just the nature of the pig?

I'd guess it's the nature of the Pig '90, or hot pickups in general.  Yes, it looks like a P-90, but it's got different magnets, different wire and it's wound much hotter.

I've been loving the warpig humbuckers and i guess i expected it to sound similar only with more single coil bite, It's quite the opposite actually much more round and mushy. Although i've been using ceramic warpigs and the pig 90 is alnico. perhaps part of the issue there. I really want that will be snappy, but be good in high gain applications as well. tempted to try a stockholm in the bridge
Title: Re: Gorgeous '54
Post by: PhilKing on October 31, 2011, 02:55:21 PM
54 Goldtops sound great - I have one and love it, though I probably would pick my 53/58 conversion with Black Dogs if it came to the crunch and I had to pick a favourite Gibson!  I have no problem with the intonation on the wrap around - the straight bars are actually better than the raised 'saddle' staggered bridges, as the staggers are for a wound G string.  I have a lot of wrap arounds and think they help the sustain a lot.  Paul Reed Smith must think so too - look at his hardtails.