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steve wrote:

holmes wrote:steves 500 sounds worse now that he has changed the pick ups. sounds generic with less clarity. oh well. the only option really would be to bring his black 500 on the road really.

The brass-covered pickups were weaker, and the brass cover wasn't any more resistant to the metal pick wear than the plastic covers, so I recently swapped them out. The 500 now sports a new set of milled aluminum pickups that sound fantastic.

I will be bringing the Electrical as a backup though.

mrdfnle wrote:

Rimbaud III wrote:

mrdfnle wrote:This is Hallows Eve. Who is Shellac going as?

Technician

Correct. i hope Todd can fit into a skirt.

otisroom wrote:Just curious. Do you carry that thing with you when your on tour? Every where you go? Or do you leave it in a truck every night like Mike Watt's 1963 EB-3?

Sebastian J. wrote:

otisroom wrote:Just curious. Do you carry that thing with you when your on tour? Every where you go? Or do you leave it in a truck every night like Mike Watt's 1963 EB-3?

looks like someone wants to steal something

steve wrote:

holmes wrote:steves 500 sounds worse now that he has changed the pick ups. sounds generic with less clarity. oh well. the only option really would be to bring his black 500 on the road really.

The brass-covered pickups were weaker, and the brass cover wasn't any more resistant to the metal pick wear than the plastic covers, so I recently swapped them out. The 500 now sports a new set of milled aluminum pickups that sound fantastic.

I will be bringing the Electrical as a backup though.

BadComrade wrote:You won't like the new pickups either, holmes.

Kevin made them.

Mr Egg wrote:Oh well....wish I were richer.

Scummy London here I come.