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    Swap pickups or guitars?

    I only read the title, but onstage it is faster to just swap the guitars.
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    Lessons learned in my first week trying to build guitars

    Yeah, it's better to get the right tools than try to skill your way into the wrong tool working. As an extreme example, you can perfectly plane a board with a flat head if you are good enough. Does not make it practical or worth your time to do so.
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    Bridge Pickups in the Neck

    On the opposite side of the coin, 59n in the bridge is underrated, even without the double screws
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    Should I get a 24 fret guitar?

    I was thinking about this this evening. If all I had was a ES-125, would it force me to be creative or would I just give up? Would I decide I "can't" play metal on it, for example, or would I find a way to pioneer a new style of the metal I like to play?
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    Lessons learned in my first week trying to build guitars

    I have two of those on hand, but I don't want to waste nice wood in the learning process
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    Bridge Pickups in the Neck

    Anyone try a pickup from the L500 series in the neck?
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    Where do we stand on the Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz?

    Yeah, I think it's probably only ever gonna go up. Apparently Boss tried to use the FZ-1w as a replacement for a possible FZ-2w because some of the parts were too hard to source to make a re-release that is as true to the original as they wanted it to be.
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    Epiphone '59 Les Paul bridge pickup replacement... BB3 sucks

    Yeah, I had the same set in my Epi LP, and did not care for it at all. The neck was too dark, and the bridge was too thin, but maybe that's part of the appeal of a PAF set. I'm holding onto them though, they could both make good neck pickups in the right instrument.
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    Epiphone '59 Les Paul bridge pickup replacement... BB3 sucks

    Just to note, the OEM BB's are slightly more desirable than the aftermarket ones because the OEM ones come potted
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    35th Anniversay JB? RCA5? Blackened JB?

    Surely these are self-qualifying "discerning players"
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    Lessons learned in my first week trying to build guitars

    2" is the ideal thickness for the body blank. Any thicker than that is unnecessary. Respect goes a long way buying wood at a lumber mill A two piece body is cheaper to make than a three piece body because a 8 foot board that is 6" wide can make one guitar, but an 8 foot board that is 8" wide...
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    Okay, I guess I'm warming up to DiMarzios

    I think they were custom made for the Jem, but based off something generic
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    Textured black neck plate?

    I'd be careful trying to DIY it. Anytime you are working to build something that's hard to find online, you run the risk of having other musicians thinking you're a pretty cool guy
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    Okay, I guess I'm warming up to DiMarzios

    With each case they win the precedent gets stronger, so it's probably pretty expensive by now. If Gibson doesn't win the case, I don't think anyone is gonna have the money or willpower to challenge it again
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    Do Trembuckers and sets still come with pickup rings?

    Weird, my last 59/C trembucker did not come with one.
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