So Anyway...

jtcnj said:
So anyway, I was looking to buy a set of cheap but good P90's for my BWG DC, because it sounded sh*t last week.
I reminded myself that was at very low volume with pedal only OD.

Last night I got the Tweed Champ cranked up a bit - 11:00 on vol gets it into OD with P90s, and with /without Soul Food moslty clean boost.
I played this on my SX Liquid with a Gibson Lead P90.
Sounds great.
The tube sound I CANNOT recreate swith pedal only OD.

I switch to the BWG to compare and after a little dialing in the EQ with tone control BAM!
Sounds really good. NOT quite as good as the Gibson pickup but, good enough.

I will continue to watch for another Gibson bridge P90 for the right price and if it happens, great. If not, ok then.
Meanwhile, I am going to swap the bridge magnets to A5 at soon coming string change.

I really like this guitar. I am reminded of it every time I pick it up after I have not for some time.
Like a New Guitar Day.
Sometimes I play something I have not picked up in a while to help tame GAS.

Like when NGD threads of crescent moon SGs start showing up.
YIKES!!!

I upgraded the horrible nut and so so tuners on this, and switched the stock pickup magnets from ceramic to A5 neck and A2 bridge.
It has good bones, balances well.
Set neck 2 vol / 2tone satin some kind of satin yellow "nitro" or laquer finish, not poly for a total delivered price of $230.

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What is BWG? How does it compare to the Agile DC?
 
The yellow one on the left.
Blake Wright Guitars was a small builder / contractor who did some product runs with chinese guitar builders.
The Santa Fe was supposed to be knockoff / very similar to a Gibson Double Cut P90 guitar.

It was done on a pre order / custom run for the batch basis, along with his own store stock.
The features were discussed in an ongoing thread over at A Guitar Forum (Agile guitar forum).
I got in sight unseen as did several others, which I normally would not do.

Instead the factory chose a more PRS style knockoff pattern they had on hand.
It is even 25" scale.
A bit disappointed in that.
I do like the guitar a LOT but it was not what we expected.

I was looking / ready to buy the right budget priced 2 P90 guitar at the time.
So, I may have ended up buying one of these anyway; I was about to buy a 2 P90 hardtail SX Liquid when this came up.
Both around the $200 price point, and a little upgrading - Musiclily Pro tuners on both, used Gibson P90 bridge on the Liquid and I am still debating pickups in the Santa Fe, and I have 2 very good playing and sounding guitars.
EDIT: The Santa Fe has Wilkenson vintage tuners, the Musiclily Pro vintage are on another guitar.
 
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@RVA to complete the answer:
The Agile seems a step up in materials quality: hardware, aesthetics of wood, bound neck, stock tuners were Grovers ( or licensed copies of which the set on my other Agile are quite good). The overall build quality is quite good on both.

I think the pots on the Santa Fe are the cheapy mini's while the Agile has full sized Alphas - which I believe are original.
They work fine so far and will stay until that changes.
 
So, anyways...Just got back from the neighborhood store here....wonderfully friendly villagers....giving away local coins to the kids through my magic tricks.

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33 Cordobas equal $1.00USD. These kids smile like you have given them a gold coin, giving them a coin worth 1/33 of a U.S. dollar...

The store is open 24/7 and even commercial antibiotics are available here.
 
Robert Herndon said:
So, anyways...Just got back from the neighborhood store here....wonderfully friendly villagers....giving away local coins to the kids through my magic tricks.
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Robert Herndon said:
Two nights sleeping on a dirt floor in a converted chicken coop really changed my perspective....
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Thanks for posting those pictures. I'm going to show these pics next time I come across a clueless crybaby millennial.

BTW, I bet those kids faces just lit up when they saw some told old white boy that can dazzle them with his magical tricks... :woohoo:
 
Hackmaster said:
But, put a 1/4" line out on one, with a switching jack that cuts the stock speaker when the line out plug is inserted.
Route that into a 10" Jensen speaker in a plywood cab and you have a recipe for rawk!
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Wow, did you really do that? I have one, so I will ask this sincerely... Why?
 
RVA said:
I find that as cofusing as the Jensen/Honeywell, unless it is a good will mission
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My wife was born and raised here. She left 30 years ago. Recently her Father was diagnosed with advanced, terminal pancreatic cancer.

We made this trip so she could see him again and - most likely - pay for and attend his memorial. Though talkative and cheerful, he is rapidly deteriorating before our eyes...
 
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So unbelievable that in this tiny village, the local store provides Wi-Fi for the entire community, although few can afford cell phones. We live across the street from the store, close enough to receive the Wi-Fi signal....they have a small tablet the local kids can use to do homework research on.
 
Robert Herndon said:
So unbelievable that in this tiny village, the local store provides Wi-Fi for the entire community, although few can afford cell phones. We live across the street from the store, close enough to receive the Wi-Fi signal....they have a small tablet the local kids can use to do homework research on.
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That is really cool!
 
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