Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: choucas09 on August 20, 2015, 05:41:17 PM
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I got this recently and I'm in love. Crazy little guitar with a noisy singlecoil pickup.
It's turned out to be stunning recording guitar. It'll cut through any mix and is wonderful with effects. It's also strangely charming to play considering it has a very narrow, but very chunky neck. Great upper access of helps. Short clip..........https://soundcloud.com/bastia20/chillhop-1
So I got a 60s braz board Gibson with plenty of dings, but almost no play wear for 800 quid and I'm very happy.
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc119/jage7/_57_zpsdterobht.jpg) (http://s217.photobucket.com/user/jage7/media/_57_zpsdterobht.jpg.html)
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Sweet. Í like that lightly faded fiesta red, or is it another red. Difficult to judge by photo's. Sounds probably like a fat tele (which is good).
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Never seen something like that. Just one single coil....well, I donīt think that would work for me in the longrun. Then again I a guitar with only a neck P90...
Anyhow, cool looking, sounds like it is made for you, so congrats mate!
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I always liked the MM pickups. I have a DC from the early 60's and had an Epiphone Double Olympic from about 66, which had the same pickups. Have fun with it. They are nice and light too.
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Gibson called that colour Fire Engine Red.
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Very cool!
It's nice that Melody Makers are still affordable. My only vintage guitar is a '65 MM in the previous body shape (Joan Jett style).
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Very cool!
It's nice that Melody Makers are still affordable. My only vintage guitar is a '65 MM in the previous body shape (Joan Jett style).
Absolutely. What you might call under the radar guitars. I never dreamt I could own a vintage Gibson. The checking on nigh on gives me goosebumps.
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The finish on yours looks in great nick!
I think mine has the original finish and it hasn't had any irreversible surgery, but it did come with a Badass bridge and replacement tuners (individual Kluson types, not Grovers, thankfully). I also changed the pickup, but I'm planning to put it back to something like original spec. It's got a Pigtail bridge at the moment but I've bought an aged "lightning bar" bridge, compensated for a plain third string.
How do you find the Maestro?
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Very nice guitar! I love these old Melody Makers
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The Maestro has been quite a surprise. Not only does it work well the guitar holds tune too. Who'd a thunk it?
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I've always been intrigued by Maestros, mainly because of Andy Powell, but I've only tried one very briefly, I think it was on a Feline guitar. I guess the way it's designed it wouldn't have a detrimental effect on sustain.
My Melody Maker's a hardtail, and it looks like it always was - no screw holes in the top.
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nice :grin:
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I've always been intrigued by Maestros, mainly because of Andy Powell, but I've only tried one very briefly, I think it was on a Feline guitar. I guess the way it's designed it wouldn't have a detrimental effect on sustain.
My Melody Maker's a hardtail, and it looks like it always was - no screw holes in the top.
In all honesty I think it does suck a little sustain out plus I think you can hear a midrangey metallic thing going on, but I don't care, I love the sound of it.
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc119/jage7/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-08/D73CDD47-58C9-4484-B857-8635083522A0_zpsiynmab71.jpg) (http://s217.photobucket.com/user/jage7/media/Mobile%20Uploads/2015-08/D73CDD47-58C9-4484-B857-8635083522A0_zpsiynmab71.jpg.html)
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What a cute guitar! Nice one :)
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What a cute guitar! Nice one :)
Thanks mate. It's really tugged on my heartstrings like no other. I mean I've got seventeen other guitars all various shades of fab, but this one is like a 60s hippy chick has moved in, happy days.