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Lads-Don't you think this guitar would have the same humbuckers as the Hi-Flier, or am I crazy?https://reverb.com/item/10174014-univox ... et-classic

dontfeartheringo wrote:Dr. Tony, you may be hearing from either him or me, soon.Cool.

dontfeartheringo wrote:Lads-Don't you think this guitar would have the same humbuckers as the Hi-Flier, or am I crazy?https://reverb.com/item/10174014-univox ... et-classicPossibly. Also, do you (or anyone here, i suppose) want some Hi-Flier humbuckers? Got a set in my parts bin that i'd part with.

Cross-post from the Gear Liquidation Thread:Purging my home studio of some guitars I haven t touched in years. All were used at some point or another as my end-of-set rough-up guitar, and I ve hopefully priced them accordingly (and am entirely open to negotiation if I haven t).I ve attempted to ruthlessly photo-document every defect and demerit, but if you want additional pictures of something, I ll happily take them. And if, upon receipt, you adjudge your purchase to be not-as-advertised, just send it back I ll refund your money and shipping in full. I trust you, PRF (and I want to spend many more years lurking here in good stead).Univox Hi-Flier (Phase 4) ” $350 + shippingThis guitar was in rough shape when I bought it, with dings, divots, and scrapes galore. I then cracked the body at the neck pocket, and rendered the neck pickup non-functioning, at a show years ago. I had the crack professionally repaired at Tom s Guitar Repair here in Indy, but haven t played the guitar since. The neck pickup is still non-functioning, as far as I know. (Tom said he wasn t sure what the issue is, as he doesn t repair pickups, but it was working right up until the show at which I cracked the body.) I replaced the original tuners with Grovers; I ll include the originals, though the holes for the pegs have been bored out to accept the larger Grovers, so I don t think there s any reinstalling them. More pics here: https://imgur.com/a/4CBK81DI ll ship it in the same ratty, grey-carpet-covered keyboard case in which I received it, and ship by your purveyor of choice. (I ll have to take the boxed item into your preferred purveyor to determine cost of shipping, but I ll try to do so speedily.)I m on PayPal, so I d prefer that avenue for payment. But I m flexible. œPM me, as they say.

I was working on some HF humbucker copies a while back but unfortunately the pickup company went under.However - what we did suss out was there were 2 different types of Univox humbucker they fitted to HFs over the years. The early Phase 3s (with the smaller "Made In Japan" neckplate) have humbuckers with a transparent top to them. You can see the bobbins underneath.The later ones have a cream plastic top - they look identical otherwise - but the pickup inside is different. I'd have to ask my guy about what the differences were but they're not the same pickup with a different cover.I prefer the sound of the earlier transparent-topped ones ultimately. They have more clarity to my ears and are less humbuckery - wider sound, better highs, slightly duller overall and perhaps a little less output. I have a few HFs and the one with the transparent-topped pickups is noticeably different sounding to the point where my bandmates can tell I'm using one of the other ones, even if they can't see it. Whenever I switch to the backup one someone will stop practice and ask what's wrong with the sound.