Derek, very ..err.. NICE ;)
I'm sure Joe would be proud.
You are right that the Manhattan tone nails classic archtop territory, but of course we know that Gibson always did favour the P90 in their jazz boxes.
Also worth mentioning you're sorely tempting me to get a set of these for my archtop solidbody and I'm sure they're be great but I have a mental block against humbucker sized singles. :x
Cheers Gingataff, :)
I liked the Fast Show / 'Jazz Club' reference in your opening line 8) - and was interested to read about the Gibson / P90 connection. Thanks again also for the 'heads up' you gave me about the Joe Pass documentary on BBC Radio 3 a few weeks ago, I really enjoyed it - and it's influence lingered. I also appreciate what you mean about the initial resistance to humbucker sized single coils - as
visually it took some adjusting to my Mississipi Queens and Manahattans in place of Humbuckers ; purely because my eyes had long been conditioned to pole pieces being near the edge of such a pickup. Thankfully, in both cases, the tone overcame my predudices, but I
still have occasions when I have to look twice at this novel ( for a humbucker size pickup ) arrangement . Old habits die hard, but now I also understand that there is a historical connection, as well as a 'tonal nirvana' - things are ( as they would have said back in 1940s/ 50s Manhattan )
- " Just swell " . :)
