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  1. Biz Prof
    Four months since the last update. Who is the custodian of Special #5 now?
  2. Biz Prof
    Hey, Gene,: Any idea where the #5 Special is at the moment?
  3. Biz Prof
    Status check on Wyldbil Pirate Special #5. Any updates?
  4. Biz Prof
    Well, I can assure you gents that when Pirate Special #5 makes it down to central NC, it shall be gigged. Photo and/or vid-jah evidence will follow.
  5. Biz Prof
    If it doesn't make it to IL, who here is game for a Southeast turn (VA, NC, SC, GA, etc.)?
  6. Biz Prof
    Post holiday bump. Where is the Special now?
  7. Biz Prof
    You guys just let me know when it is headed back east.
  8. Biz Prof
    I hear that instead of having "Shishkov USA" screened on the case exteriors, Mike is providing a "Peavey Powered" sticker as a theft-deterrent.
  9. Biz Prof

    FYI: A box with Lace Sensors is "Out for Delivery" in Corpus Christi according to USPS tracking. 

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    2. Biz Prof

      Biz Prof

      Hi Skip:

      My PayPal account is:

      jonandkelly96

       

      The stacked pot is the TBX, at least that's how it was sold to me when I purchased the Lace Sensors. The wiring diagram I put in the box is exactly what I used to install it. This column from Premier Guitar explains how it works:

      http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/The_Fender_TBX_Tone_Control_Part_1

      This site has some good alternatives for mods to the TBX. Worth a read: https://sites.google.com/site/phostenixwiringdiagrams/modified-tbx-tone-control

      And this is a digital copy of the wiring diagram:

      Lace%C2%AE+Sensor+Strat%C2%AE+Plus.jpg

    3. Texsunburst59

      Texsunburst59

      Thanks for all the info Jon.

      I gave the info to my son Aaron to get you the money to your paypal.

      I let you know how it all turns out.

      Later, Skip

    4. Biz Prof

      Biz Prof

      Good luck!

       

  10. Biz Prof

    Hi Skip.

    Sorry, still dealing with post hurricane fallout at my workplace. I don't have a standard Strat guard for these, as I hand routed the one I have to fit around a Floyd trem baseplate. I will sell you the blue/silver/red set plus the tone pot for $60 shipped. Don't bother with PayPal if you would rather just send a check upon receiving the goods. I will ship it to you and let you get your hands on them. HFC honor system works fine by me. 

    Regards,

    Jon

     

    1. Texsunburst59

      Texsunburst59

      Hey Biz, I'll take you up on it.

      By the way, which color goes where?

      Is it  Blue/neck, Silver/middle, Red/bridge?

      I guess you also use standard volume and tone pots with these pickups?

      Please answer these questions for me.

      I really appreciate you hooking me up. Thanks,

      Send them here:

      Skip Hernandez

      7510 Lake Superior Dr.

      Corpus Christi, Tx.  78413

       

    2. Biz Prof

      Biz Prof

      Skip:

      You got the configuration exactly right. Standard pots work fine. I will get them in USPS to you tomorrow.  I used them for over a year in my #1 Strat gigging the southeastern college circuit. Noiseless and perfrct for rock. Hope they work for you, too.

      Regards,

      Jon

       

       

    3. Texsunburst59

      Texsunburst59

      Thanks Jon.

      I pretty sure they'll offer me cool and different alternative fat strat tones that I don't

      get from my other strats.

      I'll be waiting for them.

      Thanks,Skip

  11. Biz Prof
    It makes for an ideal skunk stripe.
  12. Biz Prof
    Please, someone let me know the next time it makes its way back to the southeastern US. I have a photo op waiting on it.
  13. Biz Prof
    If it ever makes it back to NC and into my hands, I will make a special trip to my alma mater to hang it over this guy's shoulders for a nice photo op:
  14. Biz Prof
    Most TV appearances EVER have been that way. Sure was common in the '80s. It was like the original version of "unplugged" long before Mtv made acoustic sets popular. I think even Dokken did this on, of all shows, American Bandstand. Egad!ETA: Yep...Dokken pantomimed on Dick Clark's show. Check out that Kramer neck on George's Bengal.
  15. Biz Prof
    Well....I was going to specify emerald green. Perhaps a dip in the ocean might be in order. That guitar is stunning. I'm blue-green with envy.
  16. Biz Prof
    Oh, my. I think I'd like mine to be bound and crowned, and to have that top, but in emerald green.
  17. Biz Prof
    Boo-ya! Nice score.
  18. Biz Prof
    Thanks for the follow-up. Unless the Alumitones are radically different in design than the original Lace sensors, I think you have discovered the traits common to all sensors. The have some nice qualities when played through brightly-voiced clean amps and low-gain applications, however they tend to compress to an extreme when used to play distorted leads (think late 80s/early 90s Clapton). I gigged a red/silver/blue set for about six months and eventually switched to a set of Bill Lawrence twin blades. That Lace set still sits in a box 23 years later.
  19. Biz Prof
    A few years ago, I found a tab online for Vai's made-for-cinema piece, "Eugene's Trick Bag" and discovered that with regular practice, mere mortals can get to the point where they can play it at a slow speed cleanly. It really is a good practice piece for improving dexterity up and down the board. http://www.guitaretab.com/s/steve-vai/29631.html
  20. Biz Prof
    Is it my vision, or are those pickups faded? I know that faded bobbins are very common for guitars from that era.
  21. Biz Prof
    Yep. A key reason why "Headbangers Ball" looked like a two-hour TV commercial for Ibanez.
  22. Biz Prof
    That is THE guitar that marked the beginning of Ibby's shredder dominance. Saw one the first run, autographed pieces in LNG when the delivery truck driver brought it into AL&M in Raleigh. I think it was priced at around $1,500? Personally, I liked Vai's Mean Greenie much better.
  23. Biz Prof
    My point exactly. The timing just wasn't there. Bill Schultz was about four years too late, but for Hamer and MM, that was a good thing.
  24. Biz Prof
    One would have hoped that she could have worked out a reasonable deal with Fender to produce a legacy model. Avarice to the extreme (on either side) would lead to a dealbreaker, I'm confident. There are a few lost opportunities out there for FMIC, regardless of interest or fault. It would have been cool to see the brand market signature models for Jimi, Brent Mason, Steve Morse, Albert Lee, and even Glen Tipton.
  25. Biz Prof
    Agree with Steve. Charlotte shows draw a crowd from South Carolina and parts of N. Georgia. Greensboro shows draw from the Triad and Triangle, as well as points North and East. By the way, does anyone have that famous photo that purports to show the lines, respectively, at the men's room and ladies room during a Rush show? ETA: Found the photos here: http://blog.sfgate.com/parenting/2011/06/27/the-womens-bathroom-at-last-nights-rush-concert/
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