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    Clark Beaufort vs. Suhr Hombre

    Just bought a Peavey Bandit 65. Problem solved.
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    Clark Beaufort vs. Suhr Hombre

    I own a Victoria 45410 Bassman and it does sound amazing. I giggged with it for 15 years. It’s definitely too loud to crank up with my current project and it’s definitely bigger and heavier than I would prefer.
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    Clark Beaufort vs. Suhr Hombre

    I’ve been using a Clark Beaufort 5E3 loaded with a Celestion Blue in my band. It sounds glorious, but there are moments when I feel I could use just a little more oomph. I don’t want a way bigger, heavier amp and I don’t want something with so much more wattage that it ends up being too loud...
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    Anyone gig with an original 5E3? And if so…

    I’m playing through my Clark Beaufort Special, which is a straight up ‘59 tweed Deluxe clone, with my new band. R7 straight in, I dial the controls to taste depending on the room and how much raunch I want. I’ve got a Celestion Blue in there and it sounds incredible. The high efficiency of the...
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    WTB early '90s Gibson SG Standard Ebony

    I'm looking to buy an early '90s Gibson SG Standard in Ebony. Specifically a 1993 model, but I'm open to '91-'94. Let me know what you've got and how much you want for it. ronwesley at gmail dot com Thanks.
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    Sweating the small stuff

    I got a pre-wired 335 harness to install in my ‘89 335. Wired “50s” style the pots measure: Neck Volume = 541k — Neck Tone = 439k Bridge Volume = 527k — Bridge Tone = 445k Should I even concern myself with the value variances? Is it better to use pots that are closer to 500k and closer in...
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    Lightweight Gibson Historic Stop Tailpiece

    Looking for a genuine Gibson Historic lightweight aluminum stop tailpiece. VOS or lightly aged would be great but not necessary. Figured I’d see if a forum member has one for a reasonable price. Let me know what ya got and how much. miraclewolf at gmail dot com
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    1999 Fender CS '56 Stratocaster gut shot?

    I just put a 1999 Fender CS '56 Stratocaster NOS on hold at a local shop. I had them pull the pickguard so I could verify the electronics were stock. It looked good to me but I was curious to see under the pickguards of any other 1999 CS '56 Strats for confirmation. Anyone out there have one...
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    Video: Rockin my R8 and '68 Marshall

    My buddy captured a pretty good video of my band, Hosmanek, rocking out last night. I'm playing my '05 R8 into my trusty '68 Marshall 50 watt half stack. The tune is a ripper and a jammer, first 3 minutes is written and rehearsed the rest is improv. We had a fun night! Hope yall dig the video.
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    What's causing the dull tone when I roll my volume control down?

    I'm fortunate enough to own two Historic reissue Les Pauls, an '04 R7 and an '05 R8. Both have CTS 500k audio taper pots with NOS Sprague Black Beauty 160P caps wired "50's style". To my ears, my R7 responds perfectly to on the fly volume control adjustments, 4-6 for clean, 6-8 for rhythm...
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    My R7 Goldtop getting Pushy part II

    Last summer I posted a video filmed while my new band Pushy was four tracking a few songs for a couple 7" vinyl records. Here's a link to our bandcamp page where you can stream two songs recorded at that session soon to be released by Doomtown Sounds - pushy.bandcamp.com We played live (vocals...
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    My R7 Goldtop getting Pushy

    Thought y'all might dig this little video captured yesterday while my band, PUSHY, was doing some recording. Update 1/13/15: Looks like the video doesn't work anymore. Here is a link to our bandcamp page where you can stream two of the tracks we recorded that are soon to be released as a 7"...
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    Clark Beaufort Special 5E3 speaker recomendations

    Hey guys, I know this has been covered a million times but searching here and on the net kinda leaves my head spinning. I have a Clark Beaufort Special, basically a Michael Clark built 5E3 chassis in a MojoTone Tweed Deluxe cab loaded with a reissue Jensen P12Q. I like the amp a lot as is and...
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    Silly Question...

    https://soundcloud.com/ron-wesley/space-blues Which do you like more, the guitar panned right or the guitar panned left? Both are humbucker equipped Gibson Historic Les Pauls.
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    Swedish 'Burst action!

    I found a record by the Swedish band, November, a few years back and really dig it. Kind of a Swedish version of early ZZ Top. Just youtubed them and came across this gem: http://youtu.be/YUixMYCgQQE
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