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marantz1300

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blackguards
« on: December 29, 2009, 06:57:50 AM »
I have Blackguards in my 73. They are the twangmeisters.I like them more then the Yardbirds in my MIJ 62. I'll have to swap them over and see if they sound as nice  in the 62.             

tomjackson

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Re: blackguards
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2009, 09:51:03 AM »

Would be nice to hear how they compare in the same guitar.

I really like my BG's, need to experiment with the height of the neck pup though.  I had it quite low initially and it was more rounded and acoustic like, now it is a bit higher it has more top and bites a lot more, really quite cutting.


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Re: blackguards
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2009, 11:15:33 AM »
I meant to post this in the other Blackguard thread,but even managed to mess that up.Oh well.

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Re: blackguards
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2009, 11:38:12 AM »
:lol: I wondered whether that was the case...

But in months to come, this thread'll be useful on its own.

I'm almost in the same boat as you - BG 50s in a Baja tele, Yardbirds in the Japanese 62 custom.

Many times I prefer the sound of the Baja and it's BGs, but then the 62 custom is generally more versatile.

I've just been AB-ing the guitars through the same set-up. It's a vox AC4TV with a Danelectro Cool Cat Transparent Overdrive in front of it. The amp/pedal are actually set up for a Brian May Red Special guitar at the moment - but that's ok because those settings work really well for a tele as well.

The Baja is slightly hotter and fuller sounding, but it is really close, and I suspect much of it is down to the nature of the guitars themselves. With a bit of vol/tone fiddling on the guitars, they do each other's jobs, and my missus can't tell which one I'm playing...

I reckon that if I could really crank it here (and therefore lose the pedal - I gave it a bit of a go just now :twisted:), I would be extremely happy to play either tele for several hours, on the same types of music...

My conclusion - I'll be leaving the soldering iron on the shelf for the moment! :D
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Re: blackguards
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2009, 02:41:34 PM »
I have Blackguards in my 73. They are the twangmeisters.I like them more then the Yardbirds in my MIJ 62. I'll have to swap them over and see if they sound as nice  in the 62.   

Would be interesting to have such a review indeed.

Nice gear BTW !-)


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