sounds like les paul standard?

who's_pearljam? wrote:

Well,,,, he didn't take paypal,, so I sent a check which probably got there today,,, so I don't even know if there really IS a guitar yet!
I talked to him on the phone and he's a really nice guy,,,an I assured him that the guitar was going to end up in the hands of a really cool person.

I should get the guitar next week I guess. Then the story can unfold!

cool, look foward to hearing about it. I bet it will sound awesome threw the mesa and the rivera. The neighbors won't be pleased

neenerbean wrote:

Bob is actually going to sell me the Korina with different P/U's on it. They're Seymour Duncan's...

Paco, MIG, etc - not that I don't trust Bob, but - what do you think of those type of P/U's? Would the guitar still RAWK hardcore?

Anxiously awaiting my Korina SG...

ames

Seymour Duncan 59's..... I think it will work out ok. I'll let you find out for yourself.

to whet your appitite

http://www.seymourduncan.com/website/SDToneWizard/hummer.htm

neenerbean wrote:

Bob is actually going to sell me the Korina with different P/U's on it. They're Seymour Duncan's...

Paco, MIG, etc - not that I don't trust Bob, but - what do you think of those type of P/U's? Would the guitar still RAWK hardcore?

My next guitar is getting a standard PAF (mine will be a Fralin, but same idea) in the bridge, and a Classic 57 (wax-potted, chrome-covered version of the PAF) in the neck. So yes, I love the PAF pickups.

FYI, "PAF" stands for "patent applied for." This is because those pickups are the same design as the original humbucker designed by Seth Lover in 1956. They are *THE* holy grail pickup. Bob's PAF pickups have the infamous zebra-coils... which means one coil is black and the other is vintage creme. Those pickups will not only *sound* freaking incredible in that SG, but they will look *so* freaking cool in the korina wood...

You are getting such a very nice guitar that I am just about beside myself with jealousy...

Bob, you can pay me whenever.

Do you know that I don't even have that guitar yet!? Its in transit now,,, but this guy is the slowest shipper on record. He had to go find a box,,,,, then he lost my address and called me a couple of days later,,,, then he went away for a few days,,,, then he said his secretary forgot to call UPS last Friday,,,,,, He's a nice guy,,,, but he's a lot like,,,, hmmm, he's a lot like,,,,,, uhhhhhhhhh.......





He's a lot like a guitarist!

mccreadyisgod wrote:

SUUUUUUUUUUUURE, Bob.

You've probably had it for two weeks, and you just don't want to let that beautiful SG go.

That could be true for some people,,,,, but we're talking Neenerbean here!!! I would never want to hold her up!

Well, I guess I DID hold her up! I gave her a piggy back ride to the venue at Reading.

I got my '68 SG pickups back from Lindy Fralin yesterday. He didn't do anything with them because one of them's a PAF! He said that every once in a while, you see one in a late 60's guitar because they had various ones laying around. It's worth more for me to sell it, or keep it for historical value than it is to put back in, so I thing I'll put some Fralins in my SG now. I don't know what type yet, though.
He's a top notch honest and cool dude.

It feels kind of weird, though,, a pickup in a guitar I bought new,,, is a relic, and now has historical value! :eek:

mccreadyisgod wrote:

Preachin' to the choir... I love my Fralins so much, I'm planning on putting Fralins in my next two guitars!

That's cool that you've got an original PAF there... zebra coils?

Not zebra, just black. And those Duncan zebra ones that I'm taking out and putting in Neenerbean's fiddle sound better than the original PAF!

mccreadyisgod wrote:

I'm still trying to finalize my plan for my new Tele... I want a zebra-coil PAF in the bridge and a Classic 57 (or equivalent) with a nickel cover in the neck. I'd love a Fralin for the PAF bridge, but can you get only one pup from his dealers? I know ordering from him directly takes like a month, because he builds to order. And would his covered PAF's be close to a Classic 57, or should I get a Seymour Duncan Seth Lover or just go to Gibson and get the Classic 57?

Ahh, the choices... too many choices...

It used to be: What kind of humbucker would you like? Black or white? Then plug it in, take a sip of beer, turn it up to eleven and stand back!!!! :eek:

I would get it directly from Lindy if you go with one of his.
Try sending your pickup back to be tweaked after you bought it from a dealer! Lindy will take it back and modify it till you're happy. I think he does through the dealer, too, but I'd go right to the meister!

Pacomc79 wrote:

so question fellows. I have about $500 in my old 87 LP. It has a great neck on it, comfy, fast etc. Do I swap the P/U's and see if I want to keep it or sell it before I do that and drop the pickups in an SG instead?

Stick with the Paul, and ditch the ceramic pups for some nice alnico's.