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ESP LTD Andy Laroque ​​

This is what Steve Blucher said about how and why he came up with it

not sure the origin of this chart showing output in "millivolts" lists JB at 737 and Custom at 784. They seem pretty close but the Custom has that tight but not too tight, thunky low end, like a German car door closing haha!

I just stumbled on these and hadn't heard of them before, they appear to be made by Seymour Duncan (?) like the original Frankie pickup but in 17.32K and 8.2K respectively, both using Alnico 2 magnet. When MJ did the Tone Talk show with Dave Friedman and Mark Huzansky she talked about having...

Reminds of Jake E Lee's "Patina" Charvel, I'm sure his plays amazingly though! ​​​​​

I've been similarly intrigued with this for a few years

What does it mean when a pickup manufacturer specifies Albico V Special or Alnico II Special? Degaussed? Or is there something else that makes a magnet special? Thanks!

I know there have been quite a few threads on A2 JBs, and I have read through them all! I am really interested in these at the moment and have a few questions, if I had the dough I'd just experiment with all of them, however...! The RTM seems like the king here, but I am curious about the Super...

'95 USA CE24, Gloss Black, mahogany body, maple top, phase 1 locking tuners, original trem, HFS/Vintage Bass humbuckers, 5 way rotary has been changed to a 3 way toggle. OHSC, tag, sticker. A few nicks and scratches, nothing big, has been played but is in excellent condition, and plays like...

Lerxst fans! 1995 PRS CE24 Maple Top, gloss black with natural maple edge, OHSC, mahogany body, maple top, bolt on maple neck and rosewood fb, original stock trem, phase 1 locking tuners, HFS/Vintage Bass pickups. 5 way rotary has been changed to a 3 way toggle, just need the black pickup rings...

I am not certain I want to sell this but I am planning a new guitar purchase and I'll need to fund it. I have two Dominions so I may sell this one... This is the second version, with the scrape binding and unfinished neck, there is a Bourbon Burst and Old School Burst, this one, oddly, is...

Looking for an Alnico II Pro Slash bridge in black. Have a few different pups for trade fodder (choose two for the Slash). Screamin Demon- black, standard spaced, exc cond. '59 Bridge-black, standard spaced, 4 con wire, logo. Custom Custom-black, standard spaced. Dimarzio Breed neck-black...