... <francois.bouton5@...> wrote: Francois, Sorry to be pedantic, but the correct answer is mid 1938. Plus the fact that the early straight-bar pickups also...
When I read up on the modern repro CC-style pickups a while back, it was interesting to learn what some of the technical considerations are in remaking...
Doesn't every manufacturer claim to make "A better "..." than Mom used to make." I spent my working life as a golf pro and every manufacturer claimed they had...
Just another blip on the screen here... there seems to be several makers of these pickups - does anyone have a preference? There's even a fellow somewhere who...
I just heard from Leo Valdes re Solo Flight CC Home Page - he has a new link to his website: http://home.roadrunner.com/~valdes/ Please update your favorites. ...
Ukes? Did I really say that? Well, I did, but I checked out the link and my email exchange with the chap who makes them and it seems he makes cigar box...
... <dsadowski@...> wrote: I met the "sales team" for ccpickups at the IJGF a couple of years ago and I have heard a number of their pickups in modern guitars....
For me the acid test would be if anyone could actually reproduce one of these pick ups that sound like the old ones. So far from what I have heard they sound...
... <buddymcpeters@...> wrote: For me the acid test would be if anyone could actually reproduce one of these pick ups that sound like the old ones. So far from...
Well put. I would take a chance on one on a much lesser guitar 1st, say even a Silvertone or other such gem just to see what it could do as far as tone.-----...
Hi folks: Sorry if some of your postings are being delayed. For some reason, Yahoo started flagging legitimate messages as spam. I'll keep an eye on it. -...
To be more specific, I think you mean make a new PU that sounds like the originals sound now, not what they may have sounded like 70 years ago. Jeff ... From:...
Well, the UK guy tested seven original pickups and based his new ones on that information. He's tried to get an exact duplicate of the magnet material used...
... <dsadowski@...> wrote: Have you bought one? Do you intend to buy one? Will you risk cutting the necessary holes (which includes cutting through the arch...
... From my experience I have always been desapointed by modifications/upgrading of guitars. If I had an L5C I would fit a floating BJB pickup in order to make...
... Is the right answer! However (having always liked original CC pickups and there is no other sound quite like it) I have defaced a whole bunch of L5s and ...
Even if you could make an exact replica of a 1930s CC pickup today, there are probably people who would say that's not good enough. But in general, people...
Amen, brother David! My CC philosophy exactly. Though I'm over the hill now, I used to soak myself in listening to CC's recordings and let that be an...
... Why, on this site, does everyone assume that if you have a CC pick up it's because you want to sound like CC. I was using the pick up before I ever heard...
I would say that since this is a "Charlie Christian discussion group" the message that comes through to me on most pickup discussion is "I am trying to sound...
I have to agree with Peter on this one. I was familiar with CC's music when I got a guitar with a CC pickup, but I didn't want to become a CC clone. I just...
... wrote: Touche' with this travesty I just happened upon. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=120364621481&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123 I was...
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