Gil Yaron Bone guitar, check it.

Ashurbanipal

Ashurbanipal

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As some of you know, Gil makes remarkable replicas of Strats, Teles, Esquires, LPs, and 335s, but he's set out to make a tweaked up version of a single cut guitar as his latest venture. There's a massive thread on tdpri about it.

Some of the unique things about it is that the back is a mahogany shell with a paulowina core, topped by maple. And the pups (Gil has applied for a patent) - each string has a pair of poles with a gap in the middle. The adjustability allows variation in magnetic flux for each string, apparently allowing for simulation of different mag types. The wind is a hybrid type - a combination of PAF and Broadcaster derived coils.
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Looks nice...
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As usual, the incomparable Pete Thorn has made a demo, since he owns one. Articulation of a Fender with some Gibson girth/warmth.
 
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Now that's quite the video & guitar.;) The guitar looks beautiful and the body shape reminds me of a cross between an LP and a Gretsch. It sure sounds brite...it doesn't sound like a Gibson at all.:no::laugh: Those air-gap pickups sound very articulate, especially in that very resonant body. The construction design is very intriguing with a mahogany shell & a very light & resonant Japanese wood inlaid into the body center with a maple cap. I believe the Yamaha RGX A2 uses a similar method for a super-lite, super resonant guitar. I bet that guitar would sound fantastic in the bathroom...unplugged of course.;) I have an '08 Gibson LP Studio w/ chambered body which I just love. I love that resonant sound and I bet this guitar in the video is even more resonant. Is there any price listing on these beauties?:?:
 
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Yeah I've been following that thread since it started :) What a guitar! The things I'd do to own one! He's an incredible builder and also incredibly lucky to have access to the materials he does.
 
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I agree, and I'm not much of a single cut guy.

Yes, it does look a bit Gretschy and it's stupid loud acoustically, was surprised by that. The idea behind the pups is that you could adjust them so they sound more like A2, for example. They're probably set up in Pete's to give a brighter sound.

I think you have to contact Gil for pricing, but I imagine it would be a fair amount, given that he's a one man operation. Wouldn't be surprised if it's up to 10k.
 
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Ashurbanipal said:
I agree, and I'm not much of a single cut guy.

Yes, it does look a bit Gretschy and it's stupid loud acoustically, was surprised by that. The idea behind the pups is that you could adjust them so they sound more like A2, for example. They're probably set up in Pete's to give a brighter sound.

I think you have to contact Gil for pricing, but I imagine it would be a fair amount, given that he's a one man operation. Wouldn't be surprised if it's up to 10k.
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Now that's a hefty price, but in a way I bet it's worth it. A Gibson Les Paul Standard is NOT worth $3,000 like they list them. They should be no more than $2,000 IMHO. This Gil guy can justify his price because his instruments are handcrafted, very well-built guitars by the looks of it. Gibson is a production guitar with Gibson Custom Shop being somewhat of an exception. I could justify spending big money on well-crafted guitar, not a corporate one.:crazy: I notice that the pickups can be adjusted to sound like either A2 to A5. Pete Thorn definitely has his to sound like A2's. They are very bright and airy, but not ice-picky bright. That's amazing how adjusting the pole-pieces can make it sound like a totally different pickup. I think Gil is onto something.;)
 
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Looks very interesting...I guess That pickup design would give it some lower magnetic pull on the strings because of that Air gap.
 
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he also has another version of the airgap where you can adjust both the magnet screw and the coil screw without removing the pickup. Im sure many of us have pondered a design like this, but Gil nailed it on the head.

In his prototype set, one of the coils in the humbucker is in fact a telecaster pickup hence the more tele-tone. (there is also a gap between the 2 coils because of the size difference)

I wonder if you will be able to ask Gil to do hybrid coils in the air-gap set (1/2 tele 1/2 filtertron) or lord knows. I also wonder about the SD/DiM response to this type of tone-tweaking. Will they be able to answer Gil with an equal-if-not-better product, or are they going to buy/license the patent. I wouldn't mind seeing an air-gap-norton or an Air-Custom
 
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I read through every page of his thread over on tdpri where he went through one of his '59 LP builds.

I'm not a traditionalist kind of guy, at least not as much as some people are, but just from a build quality standpoint I have absolutely no problem with the price he's asking. IMO worth every penny and more.

That bridge pickup sounds fantastic on that demo. Really properly excellent. Instantly one of my favorite recorded bridge HB sounds. I dunno how much I like the neck pickup though. Sounds very in-between without any strong qualities. Kind of like a filtertron-lite with less chime and a light dash of p-90 but not really fat.

I have no doubt that the bone is perfect to the extent we can measure with current technology.
 
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Yes, if I had that kind of $$, I wouldn't hesitate dropping it on such a guitar.

0v3nm4n said:
he also has another version of the airgap where you can adjust both the magnet screw and the coil screw without removing the pickup. Im sure many of us have pondered a design like this, but Gil nailed it on the head.

In his prototype set, one of the coils in the humbucker is in fact a telecaster pickup hence the more tele-tone. (there is also a gap between the 2 coils because of the size difference)

I wonder if you will be able to ask Gil to do hybrid coils in the air-gap set (1/2 tele 1/2 filtertron) or lord knows. I also wonder about the SD/DiM response to this type of tone-tweaking. Will they be able to answer Gil with an equal-if-not-better product, or are they going to buy/license the patent. I wouldn't mind seeing an air-gap-norton or an Air-Custom
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Yeah, I've seen that, he's attached small barrel mags to the adjustable poles. I asked him about it over on TGP, and he said he did some comparisons between the two versions.

I think you'd be able to do a lot; Gil says his guitars are fundamentally customizable. I imagine he likes breaking the mould after doing an umpteen number of replicas. Some of the 'alternative' guitars he's built like the mahogany SSS Tele with B-bender, and the mahogany/maple thinline are pretty damn cool.

It's certainly an interesting concept. You could even diy by cutting down the filister screws to the right length.
 
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Ashurbanipal said:
Yes, if I had that kind of $$, I wouldn't hesitate dropping it on such a guitar.



Yeah, I've seen that, he's attached small barrel mags to the adjustable poles. I asked him about it over on TGP, and he said he did some comparisons between the two versions.

I think you'd be able to do a lot; Gil says his guitars are fundamentally customizable. I imagine he likes breaking the mould after doing an umpteen number of replicas. Some of the 'alternative' guitars he's built like the mahogany SSS Tele with B-bender, and the mahogany/maple thinline are pretty damn cool.

It's certainly an interesting concept. You could even diy by cutting down the filister screws to the right length.
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Just for GASes sake, I'd like to see a zephyr-gap pup because 'why the hell not'
 
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Wow, that guitar sounds really nice! Both the neck and bridge are awesome . . .
 
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0v3nm4n said:
Just for GASes sake, I'd like to see a zephyr-gap pup because 'why the hell not'
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Lol, yes. The 'ultimate' pu.

I actually think the JB would be a good candidate for this setup. Given that it comes stock in many guitars, like Jackson, ESP, Schecter etc., and since it polarizes opinion to such a degree, such tweakability would be a beneficial thing. Come to think of it, I've never heard anyone here do a DiMarzio type air mod on a JB either...
 
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