WORKPLACE PERKS

[Aceman]

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T-Tops are about the brightest humbuckers Gibson has ever made! See above. It's probably the pots. For some idiotic reason, Gibson used a lot of 100K pots in the later Norlin years.

Yeah - Jazz are closest to T-Tops, but like many Gibson things, they don't always turn out how they are supposed to. Like 100k pots....uynless that was a typo. However - My belief that some T-Tops are dark could easily be because some guitars actually have 100k pots! 300k can be bad enough.

[hamerfan]

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I had one of those until some years ago. The pups are really high wound and are called 'series VII pickups'. The switch on the lower horn split both pickups and gives a nice p90-like sound.

I did some research on the series VII pickups: A very early (1977) creation of Bill Lawrence for High end Gibson guitars. They show a resistence at 12k and use Indox7 magnets. The bottom is expoxied like many of BLs pickups. The unique magnets gave the name. They are also used in the famous 25/50 Anni Les Pauls.

[ItsaBass]

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Yeah - Jazz are closest to T-Tops, but like many Gibson things, they don't always turn out how they are supposed to. Like 100k pots....uynless that was a typo. However - My belief that some T-Tops are dark could easily be because some guitars actually have 100k pots! 300k can be bad enough.

Yes, I meant 100K. They are awful; they ruin any guitar they are in, IMO. My '83 Les Paul could not have been made to sound good/bright even if I had put Strat pickups in it. I finally started looking at the components for faults, and realized the pots were 100K. Did some research, and found out it was common, if not the norm for a good time. Put in "regular" Les Paul pots (i.e. 500K) and all was well. Sounded like the guitar was finally able to blow its nose.

[brentrocks]

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Are used to have a 1985 Les Paul Custom Silverburst that had Shaws in it with 100K pots and that was one of the best sounding combinations I have ever heard

[Coma]

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Wow, that thing looks near mint.

[jeremy]

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I kid you not this place is down the street from my Ex's. There is another place S&M Liquors a few towns over in Wakefield.

driven past that a bunch of times, had a good laugh the first time

[Mincer]

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That (and the next few years, into the 80s) were an interesting time for Gibson. Some designs I thought worked really well (The Paul, ES-Artist), some not so much.

[ItsaBass]

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If you like Tim Shaws with 100K pots (same combination that was in my '83 Custom that was Mud City), but you find this guitar very dark, then something is wrong with its electronics. Do the tone and volume pots operate as you would expect?

[Dave Locher]

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I did some research on the series VII pickups: A very early (1977) creation of Bill Lawrence for High end Gibson guitars. They show a resistence at 12k and use Indox7 magnets. The bottom is expoxied like many of BLs pickups. The unique magnets gave the name. They are also used in the famous 25/50 Anni Les Pauls.

Tarbacks? I had a '77 335 with those pickups and I loved that guitar! It had the coil split switch, too. And a Bigsby.

Mine did not sound dark. My other guitar at the time was an SG with a Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge and the 335 had more treble, more bass, less mids but comparable volume. The bridge was a fair bit louder than the neck pickup, which gave great Duane Eddy when split.

When you say "dark" do you mean compared to a Strat or compared to a Les Paul?

[brentrocks]

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compared to a LP

[Aceman]

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Wow. Implying that I would steal parts off someone else’s guitar?

What a dick move

So, the entire instrument in question, is actually still in your possession? Mmmm hmmm....

[brentrocks]

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So, the entire instrument in question, is actually still in your possession? Mmmm hmmm....

OOHHHHH...so now you think i'm gonna steal the guitar. you are a piece of work!!! A total JACKASS!!!!

Yeah....he is a folk/bluegrass picker and I took my 1932 Kalamazoo to him to play and enjoy wile I was doing the setup work on his ES. I'm taking it back to him tomorrow, as I will be finishing the work on his house.

[brentrocks]

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Wow, that thing looks near mint.

its not mint...its been played. but its not beat to crap either

[Dave Locher]

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compared to a LP

I dunno why. It's not the pickups, they are pretty bright and clear. Maybe a wiring issue?

Ok, this has been driving me crazy: what movie is your gif clip from? If I concentrate I can look at her face and she looks really familiar but I can't place her?

[Aceman]

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So did that guy ever get his 347 back?