special guitar needs special humbucker...

[Orpheo]

about the rosewood back: I've already tried a guitar with rosewood as a bodywood, and that was very much like mahogany. bit more upperrange, bit more mids and more crunchy lows, but the padouk will surely add more brightness. I'm sure the body will work.

i definately wasnt saying it wouldnt work, i just dont see it as sounding that much like a les paul.. maybe slightly closer to the 70's ones you mentioned above but actually i think it will sound a whole lot more complex than that

hard to say without actually being the person choosing the individual pieces of wood and construction techniques but i would expect powerfull mids, quite a bit of warmth and a nice attack from this mix...

its a bit like cooking.. lots of ways to make something spicy but it doesnt mean they taste the same

yeah,, think so too that it will be a bit like a 70ies les paul. i've already got a les paul with a ziricote neck, ebony board, walnut back and koa top, and that is very much like a 70ies custom.

[Will]

FWIW, gwEm has listed the differences between original DF and CS somewhere, he described them as completely different pickups, which put me off upgrading my originals.
You seem to have discounted the idea of CS because you dislike the newer Dirty Fingers :P I don't think that many people are so keen on the new ones

[Orpheo]

FWIW, gwEm has listed the differences between original DF and CS somewhere, he described them as completely different pickups, which put me off upgrading my originals.
You seem to have discounted the idea of CS because you dislike the newer Dirty Fingers :P I don't think that many people are so keen on the new ones

yeah I remember something like that, but still... I dont want to try many pickups, because I dont have that kinda money. its just a one-hitter...

[il˙ti]

I think the part you will have trouble with is

I like my sound to be tight with high gain, and a bit 'loose' with low gain.

I am no expert, but you are asking for two different properties in a pickup that are completely contrary. Personally, I would have two guitars with seperate purposes.

Not really. It's actually normal that when you roll the volume back, the sound appears looser. I figure it's the same principle that makes a tubescreamer able to tighten up the sound.

[Orpheo]

I think the part you will have trouble with is

I like my sound to be tight with high gain, and a bit 'loose' with low gain.

I am no expert, but you are asking for two different properties in a pickup that are completely contrary. Personally, I would have two guitars with seperate purposes.

Not really. It's actually normal that when you roll the volume back, the sound appears looser. I figure it's the same principle that makes a tubescreamer able to tighten up the sound.

oh...well...

sorry :)


anyway, thats the effect i'm looking for :)

[il˙ti]

And I think most of the Contemporary models will do this.  :D

[Will]

Not really. It's actually normal that when you roll the volume back, the sound appears looser. I figure it's the same principle that makes a tubescreamer able to tighten up the sound.

I see your point, but from the original post, it seemed like PAF cleans were wanted along side some ceramic chunk.
If you are worried about getting the right set the first time, remember you have a 15 day swap period with Tim. Probably worth asking his advice and taking that as your first attempt :D