Jakeboy

The 200# is amazing.

All nice guitars!

I believe it may have been a custom order cause the wiring looks original. The first I noticed sonically was that the pickups were unpotted and beautifully bright. Sure enough, Seth’s.

A Tally Pro was your FIRST Hamer? That is setting the bar quite high! Enjoy the SS!

My recently-acquired Monaco Monaco has SD Seth Lovers which are a low wind and they sound fab in this guitar. I usually change out stock pickups, but not this time. The guitar is bright, articulate, and very sweet sounding. I say go for it. I think the spruce top benefits from a lower output pickup. My Newport did as well.

This was the first thing I thought of when I heard he passed…

The OD11 is close to being as good as my Timmy V3 …albeit being a bit less versatile. I still have several LPs and only ever had to send one back with problems…but others have not been as fortunate. The dude has a great ear, though.

Now the Joker Boost is entirely different. It is on one side of the 200# of Gold. I missed that slightly hairy boost so much I bought a 200# of Gold again just for the boost. It just adds this tiny bit of hair to the tone that I really dig.

I have a Burst Tchula that I’ll sell. I *believe* it is the same build as the Ace, just in a burst enclosure. AFAIK, Sean only built 3 Tchula circuits..,the original (think Ace), the Black Mamba (grittier with ge diodes), and the fuzz face like Mississippi Tchula. My burst sounds nothing like the Black Mamba or the Mississippi so I believe it is similar to the brighter Ace. PM me if interested. 😎🎸✌️

Yup those were vintage carve. Artists are such great guitars.

That is my fave spec Tele bridge pickup….butI already have a couple (Rumpel & a Gravelin) that are rockers in this vein.

This is a smokin’ good deal!

Truth.

I want to hear both…the actual amp when practicing and playing live and when recording, I want the “recorded” sound of a mic’d cab into a console preamp and compressor. That’s what I want to hear, but Thre are no rules. It is whatever pleases you aurally. Same when I use modelers.

What will help with the analysis-paralysis is if you can find someone experienced in recording to help you with your DAW, plugin recommendations, hardware recommendations, etc. it will save both time and money and get you to making music quicker, IME.

The Shlabotniks in my Ultimate are my fave humbuckers ever. Just perfect. I have Gravelins in my CruiseBass and just ordered a special set for a custom build. And his Tele pickups? Oh my..,so very good.

RIP Johnny. What a great guy.

As a major recording songwriter and guitarist, Ernie’s post and recommendations resonate with me. Yet, like @veatch, I find there is no substitute for (most of the time) a tube amp to a quality mic and preamp/compressor. Just like the old days. That said if I am adding a small part, a DI guitar or a Tech21 Sansamp can get me more than acceptable results quick. But even those go into a quality studio preamp and compressor. If it sounds good it is good.

Choices galore exist. I’d go with Gravelin, Rumpelstiltskin, or Gibson Custom Shop models if it were me. All were outstanding. A sleeper is the uber-cheap low-wind Gotoh P90 found in the Peavey Firenza guitars. Easily found and they sound incredible clean but bring the snarl still. Lollar 90s are also highly regarded but I have never personally tried them.

That was badass.

His voice is shot and has been for a long time. He hires people to sing his parts and the crowd still goes wild because of his personality. Good to hear him share the Ed stories, tho. He can no longer sing, and that is a shame.

Congrats @BTMNon a cool novelty piece and I Couldn’t agree more on the PI piece. I will say this, the US is very concerned about PI related to the defense industry (from which I recently retired after 41 years). We take action in that arena and that is all I can say.

Dave, as you know I am the original owner of that amp and it is simply incredible. Jim is a friend and good people. Reach out to him and tell him you are a friend of mine (Mark R.). He will take care of you if able. If not try plugging in-known good tubes one at a time. The 6g3 circuits was the nastiest Fender ever made, IMO, especially when paired with an early breakup Jensen or Oxford as the amps originally came with. Alternatively,the amp goes gonzo(see what I did there) with an EV SRO a la the Nuge on Cat Scratch Fever. If you need help with the amp, reach out brother. Hope all is well on the FLA west coast.

RIP to the “Sixth Member” of Aerosmith (as stated by Perry for a long time). He was a no-nonsense producer who understood mics and how to get a good sound from a band. Old school…he believed if it sounded great it was great, even if things like the tempo varied. JD was a key part of the golden era of recording. I would have loved to have met him. He seemed like a cool guy in interviews.

Dang. $25 grand. I do love The Humbler, but on electric.