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Recent content by EXPLRGAB

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    EVALUATE A 2019 R8 WITH LOW WIND CUSTOMBUCKERS

    EL GRINGO.....so knowing you are a big fan of throwback...how do u evaluate the instrument/custombuckers greg is playing...both pickups are 7.1..how would Throwbacks differ ?
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    EVALUATE A 2019 R8 WITH LOW WIND CUSTOMBUCKERS

    QUITE RIGHT...IT WAS THE TIM/RHETT VIDEO THAT GOT ME THINKING.....TRYING TO QUANTIFY....I HAVE FOUND NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT...SO FAR....I WONDER HOW THE VARIOUS PICKUPS..WOULD COMPARE WITH WHAT IS BEING DEMOED....
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    EVALUATE A 2019 R8 WITH LOW WIND CUSTOMBUCKERS

    I have seen, read, and listened to all manner of compare/contrast LES PAUL /pickup/wiring/amp demos. These may be stand alone demonstrations or more frequently a search for HOLY GRAIL PAF reproductions. Essentially who makes PAF clones that sound great in certain LES PAUL...
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    Question about a specific tonal characteristic of vintage Les Pauls

    i just happen to have found it again and plugged it into another discussion.. TIM PIERCE AND RHETT guitar shopping ...SORT OF CONJURES UP...BATMAN AND ROBIN....what is your take. Here is an R8, GREG KOCH DEMO....for WILDWOOD.....Since this is the SUBJECT under discussion. What do you all think...
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    my first real guitar was a '65 Epiphone Olympic...

    TOM BUKOVAC SPEAKS OF A COMPENSATED BRIDGE FOR THOSE GUITARS.
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    Custom Buckers in R9

    2019 WILDWOOD SPEC R8..BOTH P/Us ARE 7.1.....
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    Anybody else a fan of Luis Salinas...?

    What is the tilted back amp he is using....not hearing any mud...great tone, great player.
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    A bit of Mick Taylor.

    OPINIONS VARY. EXCEPT FOR ........"THE GIRL WITH THE FARAWAY EYES"....I WAS NEVER INTRIGUED BY THE STONES DURING THE RON WOOD YEARS...WITH TAYLOR, THE BAND TOOK NO PRISONERS....AND RIGHTFULLY SO, IN THE STUDIO AND OF COURSE IN CONCERT, LIVE, WHERE A MUSICIAN OF MT's TECHNIQUE AND ABILITY ARE...
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    A bit of Mick Taylor.

    SOME JAZZ HARMONY LAID DOWN.....MT TAKES FULL ADVANTAGE...SHADES OF ROBIN FORD.....GREAT TECHNIQUE AND TONE....NOW THAT NEEDS TO BE CHARTED OUT...EXCELLENT.
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    A bit of Mick Taylor.

    NEVER SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE ROLLING STONES....I SAW HIM PLAY WITH THE RS AT MSG....I CAN STILL REMEMBER HIS FABULOUS SLIDE SOLO ON LOVE IN VAIN.
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    NGD CME Spec '58 Reissue

    Is it a new one ? Looks like 59 spec fret wire which in my opinion is a good thing.
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    How About An Octal Tube Upgrade?

    There was a LITTLE WALTER amp promo/advertising..some years ago..maybe 10.....in which Vince Gill was playing a Little Walter amp. I think there was reference to pedal steel as well......The LITTLE WALTER amp's claim to fame, at that time as I recall was about octal tubes....I play a Clark...
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    How About An Octal Tube Upgrade?

    I met a guy through a former bandmate in 7 Lakes, NC...JAMMED AT HIS HOUSE....He designed and built....Little Walter amps. Very nice guy. He used octal tubes in his circuit design...
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    Wildwood Guitars Les Pauls

    WILDWOOD......I purchased an R8, WITH 60s V1 NECK AND GLOSS finish..July 2020.
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    Bob Weir - On Getting Old

    SAW HIM AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD FOR THE 1ST TIME..AT FILLMORE EAST...A VERY LONG TIME AGO...MAMA, MAMA MANY WORLDS I'VE COME...SINCE I FIRST LEFT HOME.
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