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Title: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: Ian Price on July 06, 2012, 08:38:44 AM
......(but not for Phil X haters)

http://www.youtube.com/user/frettedamericana

I like it. Strange shape but I like it.
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: Philly Q on July 06, 2012, 08:52:21 AM
It's not a new model, though, is it?

(When I clicked that link, it didn't start playing but was frozen on an image of of Mr X with that teeth-gritted, cattle-prod-up-the-arse expression he has when he's singing)
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: Twinfan on July 06, 2012, 08:54:38 AM
Is that the Billy-Bo demo?  If so, it sounds great  :)
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: Ian Price on July 06, 2012, 09:15:19 AM
Quote from: Twinfan on July 06, 2012, 08:54:38 AM
Is that the Billy-Bo demo?  If so, it sounds great  :)

That's the one. La Grange sounds spot on!
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: itamar101 on July 06, 2012, 10:12:54 AM
Very nice!
And I'm really liking the sound of those TV Jones pickups... They're powertrons, right? I'm really contemplating getting a guitar with TV jones Pickups as my next purchase now...
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: gwEm on July 06, 2012, 10:24:26 AM
It does sound great. I'd love some kind of Gretsch one day, perhaps the rectangular shaped one, or this
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: itamar101 on July 06, 2012, 10:33:35 AM
Quote from: gwEm on July 06, 2012, 10:24:26 AM
It does sound great. I'd love some kind of Gretsch one day, perhaps the rectangular shaped one, or this

If I'm not mistaken the rectangular shaped one is the Bo-Diddley, which this is heavily based on, hence the name billy-BO.
But, yes, I would love a Gretsch one day. Shame they're so expensive. A white falcon has always been my dream guitar.
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: Twinfan on July 06, 2012, 11:36:43 AM
It's called a Billy-Bo because Billy owns a vintage one-off ex-Bo Diddley guitar which is the mirror image of this one.  He flipped it over and had it produced as a regular model, calling it the Billy-Bo as it's essentially been designed by both of them  :)

Edit:  Bo called his the Jupiter Thunderbird, and I'm sure I read somewhere the Billy-Bo is a reverse version...
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: juansolo on July 06, 2012, 06:04:48 PM
Quote from: itamar101 on July 06, 2012, 10:12:54 AM
Very nice!
And I'm really liking the sound of those TV Jones pickups... They're powertrons, right? I'm really contemplating getting a guitar with TV jones Pickups as my next purchase now...

Got a Powertron Plus in my TV Master. Epic pickup, really, really love it.

(http://www.juansolo.demon.co.uk/misc/Guitars/TVMaster.jpg)
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: Philly Q on July 06, 2012, 06:14:57 PM
Quote from: juansolo on July 06, 2012, 06:04:48 PM
Quote from: itamar101 on July 06, 2012, 10:12:54 AM
Very nice!
And I'm really liking the sound of those TV Jones pickups... They're powertrons, right? I'm really contemplating getting a guitar with TV jones Pickups as my next purchase now...

Got a Powertron Plus in my TV Master. Epic pickup, really, really love it.

I've got a set of TV Classics.....

...........under my metaphorical bed.
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: Andrew W on July 07, 2012, 11:00:26 AM
And I put a PowerTron, (not the Plus) in the back of my second Telemaster build:

(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5015/5543234090_649bc42f0b_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_atrocity/5543234090/in/set-72157609995640417)
and I love the sound (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXejOuvmLWg).

I love the Billy-Bo, it's comfortably my favourite of the non famous shapes. I'm trying to get my head around the vagaries of CNC on a Mac as I have a rather Billy-Bo influenced design I want to try and make some day.
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: Ian Price on July 07, 2012, 12:58:58 PM
LOVE that Telemaster!

Why is it, to me at least, that Fender style guitars are the only ones that look great with nearly all pickups. Gibsons etc not so much.

Leo was a genius.
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: itamar101 on July 07, 2012, 01:07:36 PM
Quote from: Ian Price on July 07, 2012, 12:58:58 PM
LOVE that Telemaster!

Why is it, to me at least, that Fender style guitars are the only ones that look great with nearly all pickups. Gibsons etc not so much.

Leo was a genius.

+1
Beautiful Guitar!
Also, although fender are much more flexible in terms of look, they still look best with single coils. I don't especially like the look with humbuckers but that powertrons looks excellent in this tele master. The mothers milks also took me by surprise, I didn't think they good handle so much gain so, being a massive frusciante fan, I sadly took them if my GAS list. Now theyre back on!

I would still rather powertrons on a thicker, Gibson style guitar, though.
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: HTH AMPS on July 07, 2012, 01:34:31 PM
Wish there was a more affordable version of the billy-bo, love them - GAS attack!!!

Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: bucketshred on July 08, 2012, 05:47:21 PM
Quote from: juansolo on July 06, 2012, 06:04:48 PM
Quote from: itamar101 on July 06, 2012, 10:12:54 AM
Very nice!
And I'm really liking the sound of those TV Jones pickups... They're powertrons, right? I'm really contemplating getting a guitar with TV jones Pickups as my next purchase now...

Got a Powertron Plus in my TV Master. Epic pickup, really, really love it.

(http://www.juansolo.demon.co.uk/misc/Guitars/TVMaster.jpg)

I love this guitar
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: Andrew W on July 08, 2012, 09:00:37 PM
Quote from: bucketshred on July 08, 2012, 05:47:21 PM
I love this guitar

I can tell you how to make one (https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=19370.0) really easily...
Title: Re: One for the Billy Gibbons fans.....
Post by: juansolo on July 09, 2012, 08:14:19 AM
Yep and all I did on top of that was rout the Tele hole for a TV Jones pup, glue some wood into the bottom of the cavity (it was too deep to screw into), fit it all together with the new bridge and do the funky Esquire wiring out of Twinfan's Esquire (with a couple of cap changes).

Tis brill!