JGravelin

It's easy to take more photos beyond what I've posted here and the 'verb so just ask. The guitar has zero cracks or issues, could very well be the perfect life-time guit for the right person that wants it. Thank you.

This was my fathers, left to me when he passed away. He barely played it and as such it is in excellent condition with only one small 1/8" oblong dent in the finish (not through to the wood) and some very mild, nearly imperceptible finish scuffing behind the bridge. He restrung it shortly before he passed away with a set of Savarez 520B Light Tension strings which have only been touched a handful of times since I've acquired the guitar. This guitar was made by hand in Spain and the craftsmanship is impeccable: Solid (not laminate) Indian Rosewood back and sides, a solid Cedar top with the traditional "fan" bracing, Mahogany neck with Rosewood overlay on the headstock and a thick slab of Ebony for the fingerboard. 52mm nut width, 650mm scale length. No strap buttons have been installed and no pickup either. This is a virgin guitar without alterations. It plays wonderfully and puts forth a big, beautiful tone that is very sensitive to the players attack and nuance. The guitar comes with a Made In Spain Barbados brand classical guitar hard case with original case key, also in excellent condition. Action/Setup: using a digital micrometer that measures to the thousandth, measuring from the 12 fret: 3.07mm on the bass side and 3.04mm on the treble side, averaged across 3 measurement attempts. There's about 2mm of height on the bridge saddle as well, so there's plenty of room to go lower and adjust to your tastes. Free Shipping in the USA Lower 48. Thank you. Here's the Reverb: https://reverb.com/item/90213329-esteve-1gr09c-classical-guitar-1996-natural-gloss ** photos added, not sure why they've been rotated 45 deg. Oh well. Check the Reverb post for more.

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Remembering my days 1995-2010 in Austin.. Redd showed up and sat in with other bands I played in: Guy Forsyth Band and also with songwriter/engineer/producer whiz Mark Addison band MAD6 that he tapped me for. The coolest thing about Redd is that he could hop up with anyone, huge f'ing ears on listen and just REACT in a musical way .. no hesitation at all, just a human - a musician - playing guitar like it was an extra arm that he'd been using his whole life. What a pro. What a good dude. Super Pro Bro pal. Bill was a regular visitor at the guitar shop I worked at: South Austin Music. We became friendly, shared laughs, and it was such a cool thing to finally play together on that Redd/Bill run! Also, because I sing the high stuff so good - I surprised him, learned all those bits for his songs, and put it forth. With Redds too but Bill was like "woah, wow! "

Ha! YES! Redd is a monster freak player but also a genuinely nice person. I did play with him not long ago on a Redd and Bill Kirchen duo run, and it was so fun! I've known both of them since 1999 or so, we all go way back from my Austin TX days, and it was a blast! Redd is a gem of a human being. Nice to see you two together man!

There's a standard with humbuckers and 99% of every maker does them exactly the same way because it's a built-in way, across all time, and instant death if the collective We do not. Coils wound clockwise, South magnetic polarity to the screw side, North to the slug side. There's pretty much no deviation from that because we all want our products to work together with everyone elses offerings. Regarding single coils, yes: plenty of deviation from whatever "norm" there is! Fender messed around with different wind directions and magnetic polarity over the years and it wasn't until the early 70s post-CBS takeover that they standardized. Years ago I decided that all middle Strat single coil pickups would be wound clockwise, and magnetic polarity South up to the strings. Because this works and is in phase with nearly all humbuckers. This build quality was done historically, works with other humbuckers... so, like, why not! Also, regarding the wiring diagram: hey, that's just electronic wiring - wind direction is same with all - and I think you meant "Phase" ? Polarity is magnet orientation. They are different.

Some say wood doesn't matter: it's all in the electronics. Your post is 1000% on the money: all guitars, even made on the same day with wood sourced from the same place, same and same and same again .. resonate differently and how this translates to pickups is meaningful. And then, pickups that suck in one specific piece of wood joinery might sound stellar in another! There is a reason why Hamer went with those hot ceramic mag pickups: in a handful of guits they tested them in, the general consensus was "Yup!". But then too, personal tastes are so subjective. No right or wrong with any of this stuff. Really, to my mind: no ones pickups are bad because so many variables and ideas of personal preference. All that really matters at the end of the day is that you feel inspired to rock forth with it and play your guitar! Do that.

After I posted my previous update, of course a bunch of you ordered! I haven't pre-built any as a result because I've been busy with HFC Specials and another dozen sets for customers beyond the HFC. Here's where I'm at now: 3 Sets of D/H PAF-types left. Also, one single bridge or neck, your choice there. 5 50mm Slammer frames, as I found 2 extras. These can be as singles or sets wound to either the original D/H PAF or any Slammer spec. 2 52.5mm F-Space frames, wound to either the original D/H PAF or any Slammer spec. 4 Single Coil frames left too! I love it that these have been moving!

I'm going to pre-build what I've got left. If any of you have requests, post them here! My favorite is the Slammer V2 bridge because it'll do everything and also splits so nice! Some 7.7k neck pickups too, in the right colors. Also, the original Hamer/DiMarz PAF-types because those just rip it! What doesn't move, I know it will on Reverb for my retail pricing. I'm just trying to help all of us HFC pals and put forth good prices on left-over parts that I have, that I purchased prior to the new tariffs applied.

Thanks to all so far! All but one of the "examples" sold, a small fleet of new builds gone, and I still have enough left for a few handfuls of pickups. Yo!

I've got 6 sets of 49.2 D'PAF styles left. I have 4 Slammers of whatever you want left. I have 3 52.5mm Bridge pickup types left. Jus sayin! Holler at me and let's wind this up.

Ua D! So fun to work this out! Shishkov Charlotte meets optimized DM/Hamer in the coolest of ways. What a pleasure to do something custom for you.

Yes and Yes, as Murkat said. Hey buddy! Different caps in tone at the same rating exhibit mild differences in the "put forth" of the resonant frequency peak of the sweep of it yes. It IS audible. But this is also directly tied to value of the pot used and the built-in sweep of it, combined with Vol pot value and sweep. I hope all of you are aware that you can gang-solder lower value caps together directly on the Tone control and really massage the response there. Same with resistors on Vol pots. Bless all of us who chase this shit down!

The Aged Ivory PAFtype pickups in photos show above has sold. I'd love to see the SV2 12.3k 50mm bridge and the B-stock Zebra D'PAF 7.7k 49.2mm spaced neck go together. Killer combination there!

Zebra neck and DC bridge most likely, yes but Zebra in both positions wasn't uncommon either and plenty of examples of this out there. ==== ***3 sets sold! 9 remaining.