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I really, really like the tone and added umph of the Duncan SSL-5 (it's the bridge pickup in the "Gilmour" set). Duncan calls it "medium output" and I'd agree. The higher wind mellows the highs out perfectly while providing the extra push helpful when using the bridge pickup. Wire the Volume 50's style and connect it to the second tone and it's suddenly a very useful pickup choice. [/opinion] ETA: since the stock Daytona uses Duncans, you won't even have to reverse the connections.

Don't take me as some erudite connoisseur: I went googling because I had no idea that might be a Matisse - or actually I hadn't considered that might be a modification of an earlier work. That is when I found the artist's name and the original work. Unlike Austin Powers, I am not very charming, not very debonair, not handsome, not witty and I have absolutely no knowledge of fine wines. Women do not want me; men do not want to be me. In short, I am not an international man of mystery.

"Better" is absolutely subjective. Their greater capacitance (all things being equal) will generally roll off highs. One might find that appealing. Hendrix playing a Strat into a Marshall? Likely a beneficial effect on his tone. Playing a jazz box into a Polytone? I'm guessing not, but maybe so. ETA: just reread your question and needed to add this: as I understand it, it's nothing to do with inductance of copper coils but everything to do with the capacitive properties of wire in the cable. The coil of the cable simply means there is more cable (in linear feet) in a coiled cable than a plain cable and therefore more capacitance per effective foot of cable (apologies for the awkward wording).

FIFY 😉 Agreed. The '70's Styx albums were on constant rotation.

Found this that might be helpful (if you have a multimeter): They're supposed to be incredibly consistent by all accounts.

Cool pickup combination. That Super'Tron would be really interesting with the Sustain Block .

Never listened to it, so I headed to Spotify. If anyone else is looking for this (c.1977), it's there, but as a 2009 reissue. Enjoy. ETA @seeker: I enjoyed it very much, though I found it absolutely other than expected, especially the vocals. Very Kraftwerk-ish in places (which I enjoyed).

I will say my '80 or '81 (?) Special did not have that nut (more gratuitous pictures) but it looks like my '83 Phantom A5 did. I miss those guys! Especially the Phantom. I'm at work, so I don't have access to the Book! (odd as that may seem), but there could be some mention of that nut in there.

The '96 Special FM I owned years ago had one. Worked fine by me.

To follow up, gigged the Screaming Blonde last night (first time playing out in over 10 years!). I'm even more impressed with it now. It just works. My whole "rig" fits into a briefcase and sounds great. It is actually a little different from this - the Mooer phaser has been replaced with an ElecLady and the strobe tuner is sideways and above the delay, both of which are on 'risers' (small blocks of wood) to make the switches more accessible. Not a single negative comment from the audience about compromised tone due to the absence of an amp. 😉 Again, I can't thank @Jimbilly and everyone else who encouraged me to buy this. What we pulled off last night would have been infinitely more difficult if I had had to mic an amp. ETA: current configuration:

These are getting great reviews. I didn't even know they existed before buying a Player II Strat body. I started researching and was amazed at the positive press.

I, for some reason, would like to pick up another first-gen Cruisebass. I had a Ferrari red one I sold here back when I was purging gear. It weighed around eight pounds and had a beautifully beefy neck. It was beat with genuine play wear but still looked great. I say "for some reason" as I rarely get to play bass these days, but I'd still like to have that one back.

Beautiful guitar, but ten grand?! Imagine how expensive it would be if it weren't vandalized!

Couple of points: 1. And, 2. ...and "Angine De Poitrine Latrine" is pain, discomfort or pressure caused by a lack of ruffage in one's diet.

Not as expensive as I thought it would be as I clicked the link. Not too heavy for such an aircraft-carrier sized hunk of 'hog, either.

Wait! That's the M3 I missed, what? Ten years ago? One of my favorite Hamers ever! Coulda shoulda woulda...

Standing feet away from Shawn Lane live was one of the most dumfounding experiences of my life. There are some grainy videos on YouTube, but I've seen nothing that even hints at the incredible but absolutely beautiful barrage of musical ideas raining from the stage. The closest thing I can think of is he accomplished completely what Coltrane's 'sheets of sound' was attempting. And an absolute sweetheart of a guy, to boot.

After playing 'at' guitar for a few years, I found my tonal center with this: I don't really play much like this anymore, but there was a period of a year or so that saw me trying to ape ever single lick. This album made me a Strat guy. That part stuck.

Angine De Poitrine Latrine Reminds me of that dude that used to "jam" with Dumble on YouTube

As Jonn Suhr said "practice cures most tone issues," or something like that. I, too, have never played a Dumble, though I did see a Trainwreck amp at Carter's Vintage once... It looked nice! Just like the interweb pictures.

Had to Google that (interesting!) and found a couple of hits - exactly as you describe. Doesn't look terribly difficult or expensive to execute. One would just have to make sure the pivot point was extremely well supported. Thanks for mentioning this.

A fun little ditty. Good to see Dusty is finding work post-mortem.

Wow! Amazing! Odd though, I didn't see @bubs_42 in any of the photos.

"867-5309" was ubiquitous my senior year of high school, but I have to confess it wasn't until today that I'd listened to the album. A really solid power pop album with fantastic guitar tones. Amazing how much space was taken up by Skynyrd, etc. back in those days. It took a move to college in the fall of '82 to explode my listening universe and by then Tutone was in the rearview mirror. Too bad.