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    Oh...and these guys turned up today...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eponymous View Post
    Oh...and these guys turned up today...
    Oh nice... I'm trying to choose tele pickups too. Which set did you go for?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Groovyman32 View Post
    Oh nice... I'm trying to choose tele pickups too. Which set did you go for?
    I bought a set of these for Experiment #8. I'm looking forward to getting to the pointy, soldery plug it in and hear her ROAR end of things. Possibly a bit far afield for your needs GMan, but I've had nothing but good reports on Mr Glynn's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankenWashie View Post
    I bought a set of these for Experiment #8. I'm looking forward to getting to the pointy, soldery plug it in and hear her ROAR end of things. Possibly a bit far afield for your needs GMan, but I've had nothing but good reports on Mr Glynn's.

    Do you mean the Lindy Fralin’s or the analogman, FW?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eponymous View Post
    Do you mean the Lindy Fralin’s or the analogman, FW?
    Sorry mate, the 'These' in my post was a link to the Mr Glynn's pickups page for his hot tele set, called 'Cruel Mistress'. full link below

    “Cruel Mistress” -hot Tele set - Mr Glyn's Pickups
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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankenWashie View Post
    Sorry mate, the 'These' in my post was a link to the Mr Glynn's pickups page for his hot tele set, called 'Cruel Mistress'. full link below

    “Cruel Mistress” -hot Tele set - Mr Glyn's Pickups
    Whoops...didn’t notice it was a link, FW. They do look very, very nice and sound awesome. I would be really interested in your views. What are experiments 1-7 fitted with and, of those, which ones do you rate?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eponymous View Post
    Whoops...didn’t notice it was a link, FW. They do look very, very nice and sound awesome. I would be really interested in your views. What are experiments 1-7 fitted with and, of those, which ones do you rate?
    Experiment #1: The Actual FrankenWashie, Washburn MG42 neck, lab built Ibanez soloist style body - Entwistle X3 HBs
    - good crisp response, break up very nicely and get dirty if pushed. Good tone in both modes. Great value for money.

    Experiment #2: FrankenWashie’s monster, 28.5” baritone neck through - Lace Dissonant Aggressors
    - DEVASTATION in a pickup. They are monstrous in output and push great tone.

    Experiment #3: scarf neck experiment, never saw a guitar.

    Experiment #4: scratch built PRS chambered body, blackbutt cap. Laminated NZ beech scarf joint neck 25.5”Not yet complete.

    Experiment #5: Strat style neck, with ironwood fretboard, currently awaiting completion with the Torched start body. This one is going to get some custom wound S/C in a 1/4 pounder style.

    Experiment #6: Ibanez JS 140 eBay buy, fitted Seymour Duncan Black Winter pickups.
    Absolutely Ball Tearing metal pickups, crisp clean tones, Overdrive it or push signal through a distortion pedal, and the demons come out. Not for the faint of heart. You may find yourself spontaneously acquiring dark velvet overcoat, studded choker, and emigrating to the wilds of Norway or Sweden to film yourself shredding in a Snow blown forest.

    Experiment #7: Fishman style piezo setup, destined for ES-V bargain basement arch top. Not yet fitted because I have a couple of small things to get finished first.....like building the bridge, making the scratch plate, drilling the headstock. Should also probably put the back plate back on it....after I’ve carved it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankenWashie View Post
    Sorry mate, the 'These' in my post was a link to the Mr Glynn's pickups page for his hot tele set, called 'Cruel Mistress'. full link below

    “Cruel Mistress” -hot Tele set - Mr Glyn's Pickups
    They sound great!

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