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Post by MartinB on Oct 27, 2019 7:22:19 GMT
Just a brief note of pedantry, the EMG HZ pickups aren't copies, they're genuine EMG pickups but passive instead of active.
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 27, 2019 7:39:49 GMT
Just a brief note of pedantry, the EMG HZ pickups aren't copies, they're genuine EMG pickups but passive instead of active. Strange, The seller writes "EMG Pickups-Kopien H4 und H4A". Given's EMG's fame, I wouldn't be surprised if there were indeed copies of them floating around and the guy is being honest about what he's selling. He bought the thing earlier this year, modified it (pick-ups, locking tuners, coil split) and is now throwing it on ebay. People are funny.
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ttmax
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Post by ttmax on Oct 27, 2019 8:50:26 GMT
Black is one of my favorite colors, in the case of the deluxe, for me, a must-have, considering that those who designed the pickguard had obviously drunk a lot, given the result of the shapes of the pickguard. As a result black on black at least so it has a chameleonic effect. As for the te-40 I was buying one, and I ran because we still had Wilkinson pickups which were definitely more resonant, but in the end I gave up, for the sound, for the construction and for that horrible color that they call gold, but that in reality is a metallic lemon yellow. I am not a fan of those who mount € 100/150 € pickup guitars of the same price, believing that it will then sound like a decent guitar. Original EMG, what is the point of having two fakes between the instrument and the hardware, but the world is beautiful because it is varied. I think that (if like colour for me no) hb te-90qm is good and have nice telly sound. Stay tune. P.s. about fender/squier jazzmaster I found out that yours pickups no are p90 but have only p90 form factor.
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 27, 2019 9:13:31 GMT
I am not a fan of those who mount € 100/150 € pickup guitars of the same price, believing that it will then sound like a decent guitar. Original EMG, what is the point of having two fakes between the instrument and the hardware… I call it upgraditis: the vague feeling that what you bought cannot be good enough so something has to change to make it right. Now, I would add a coil split, or rather a series/parallel switch for each pick-up. That's an added function, not the replacement of a part suspected to be insufficient But I understand pick-ups do shape the tone of an instrument more than anything else, so maybe there is a real difference there, I won't find out, though. I like black but I could never get myself to choose a black guitar. The one I have and love was bought for other reasons. I first wanted a matt black SC-Custom but that yellow binding turned me off.
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 27, 2019 10:07:34 GMT
I quite like the sound of the active pick-ups on the Squier Contemporary series:
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 27, 2019 10:23:25 GMT
I would say if the choice is difficult, you don't really want any of them. You want "something" and do not really find it, or you'd know.
I had no such issues with my recent purchases. They jumped at me the moment I saw them and I had to resist them. The fretless Ibanez was an immediate decision. I bought it the morning it came up on ebay. The other one I looked at for more than a week, regretting it was a little expensive and offered without shipping. When I found out what it was, a high end model I could easily sell with a profit if I wanted to, I went for it but I had desired it the whole time.
Very often, I see a bargain, something that looks worth purchasing but does not hold my attention, does not make me look at it again and ponder. These I can leave without regret.
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 27, 2019 10:25:43 GMT
As to that stealthy matt guitar with not even chrome on it, this is the instrument of a man who's so bad he has to hide in the dark to play. I'm not very good but I do not risk getting shot when I practice. At least I hope so
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 27, 2019 16:02:35 GMT
Fortunately you are not full dark evidently I misunderstood when you said you did not like the ivory binding on the black living colored life enjoy! I am presently struggling not to buy this: It would be my reddest guitar…
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 27, 2019 16:24:04 GMT
There's a big red stripe after the bridge but it's really not a red guitar. It caught my eye and I can't let go of it. These are all unique, "hand-plunged" into some swirling colour soup and pulled out with random results. Here's another of the same model:
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