dd12939
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41430&item=7324350669&rd=1
That is bloody ridiculous! "Mojo rust" on the pole pieces... ha.
That is bloody ridiculous! "Mojo rust" on the pole pieces... ha.
WTF! $140 for a beat up Custom!
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DeadSkinSlayer3
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Re: WTF! $140 for a beat up Custom!
Looks to be possibly double cream, maybe that's why?
Looks to be possibly double cream, maybe that's why?
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DeadSkinSlayer3
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Re: WTF! $140 for a beat up Custom!
Yes you can. It's called 'loosely soldered' covers.
rombola said:
Yes you can. It's called 'loosely soldered' covers.
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DeadSkinSlayer3
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Re: WTF! $140 for a beat up Custom!
Yes. Loosely soldered covers is somewhat of a codeterm for double creme under gold/nickel covers.
It of course is a shop floor custom model, and only available through certain dealers.
Yes. Loosely soldered covers is somewhat of a codeterm for double creme under gold/nickel covers.
It of course is a shop floor custom model, and only available through certain dealers.
Zerberus
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Re: WTF! $140 for a beat up Custom!
+1. the seller is NOT to blame for people wanting to throw their money out a bit quicker than usual, but the double cream and Wound By MJ are extra tidbits....
And yes, you can still get double cream Duncans from some dealers, Lew and Blackrose, for example.
Dimarzio owns the trademark (very wrongly IMO) for OPEN coils.... But nobody can tell you what to put under a cover....and sometimes those dang things just fall off
:laugh2:
Jag513 said:
+1. the seller is NOT to blame for people wanting to throw their money out a bit quicker than usual, but the double cream and Wound By MJ are extra tidbits....
And yes, you can still get double cream Duncans from some dealers, Lew and Blackrose, for example.
Dimarzio owns the trademark (very wrongly IMO) for OPEN coils.... But nobody can tell you what to put under a cover....and sometimes those dang things just fall off
:laugh2:
TattooedCarrot
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Re: WTF! $140 for a beat up Custom!
Yep, I've ordered several sets of them. Duncan will tell you there's no garuntee what color bobbins will be underneath the cover, but surprise surprise if mine weren't double cream every time :fing2: They get by on it because they cover the pickups, the Dimarzio patent is for open coils, kind of a technicality but IMO it's justified since it was really Seth Lover and Gibson that made the humbuckers first, and in double cream - not Larry Dimarzio.DeadSkinSlayer3 said:
Re: WTF! $140 for a beat up Custom!
So how do I get the rust off of those screws? Well I guess sandpaper. Maybe I can buy that too on ebay. What do you think a fair price is for some sandpaper on ebay. I assume it can't be any more than $35-$40 a sheet. I wonder if they sell that in cream? Or does Dimarzio own the patent on all things cream :laugh2: :smack: :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
dd12939 said:
So how do I get the rust off of those screws? Well I guess sandpaper. Maybe I can buy that too on ebay. What do you think a fair price is for some sandpaper on ebay. I assume it can't be any more than $35-$40 a sheet. I wonder if they sell that in cream? Or does Dimarzio own the patent on all things cream
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WICKED LESTER
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Re: WTF! $140 for a beat up Custom!
it is double creme and it is a OLDER duncan
many that i know believe the older duncans sound better?
and maybe just maybe they have to give MJ a % of the sale :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
utahere:
two reasonsdd12939 said:
it is double creme and it is a OLDER duncan
many that i know believe the older duncans sound better?
and maybe just maybe they have to give MJ a % of the sale :laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2:
utahere:
Stringmachine
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Re: WTF! $140 for a beat up Custom!
I always heard that "Mojo Rust" makes the pickup sound better. Or not. :smack:
I always heard that "Mojo Rust" makes the pickup sound better. Or not. :smack:
WICKED LESTER
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Re: WTF! $140 for a beat up Custom!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41429&item=7323510672&rd=1
and that is a CHEAPER P.A.F! :smack:
I have seen a set of original 58's go for $6000! :saeek:
players who buy these do!Stringmachine said:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41429&item=7323510672&rd=1
and that is a CHEAPER P.A.F! :smack:
I have seen a set of original 58's go for $6000! :saeek:
JB_From_Hell
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Re: WTF! $140 for a beat up Custom!
Maybe I'm oversimplifying things, as I find double-cream to be hideous, and have no intention of ever owning one anyway
If Seymour Duncan had patented double-cream, NOBODY on here would say he was in the wrong. They'd say that he did it first and that's how patents work, so tough-luck DiMarzio and Gibson.Zerberus said:
Maybe I'm oversimplifying things, as I find double-cream to be hideous, and have no intention of ever owning one anyway
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: WTF! $140 for a beat up Custom!
It´s a trademark, not a patent... the major difference: Patents expire, trademarks don´t.
Au Contraire: I´d be boycotting SD, and I´m pretty sure there´s more than a handful of others that can honestly say they would as well.
IMO that trademark belongs to nobody.... everybody had double creams and zebras and double blacks and reverse zebras.
What Gibson originally did: they just grabbed whatever bobbin was closer.
It´s a trademark, not a patent... the major difference: Patents expire, trademarks don´t.
JB_From_Hell said:If Seymour Duncan had patented double-cream, NOBODY on here would say he was in the wrong. They'd say that he did it first and that's how patents work, so tough-luck DiMarzio and Gibson.
Maybe I'm oversimplifying things, as I find double-cream to be hideous, and have no intention of ever owning one anyway
Au Contraire: I´d be boycotting SD, and I´m pretty sure there´s more than a handful of others that can honestly say they would as well.
IMO that trademark belongs to nobody.... everybody had double creams and zebras and double blacks and reverse zebras.
What Gibson originally did: they just grabbed whatever bobbin was closer.
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