The Muse I Adorn

BlackSG91 said:
Have you ever tried Johnnie Walker Blue Label whiskey? I have and it's pretty darn good. It should be at $200 a bottle.:cheers:


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I'm not a Scotch drinker, but my dad was. JW Black was his go to drink. My older brother kept him stocked with 1 gallon bottles throughout the 80s and 90s, as he ran the computer operations for large liquor distributor in MD (I have a few of those emptys for coin storage). Somewhere in the 90s a friend of mine mentions JW Blue and JW Gold. Never heard of, or seen them before. I do some home work (pre-internet) and find a local shop that carried Blue Label ($175 back then). For the next 10+ years I bought a bottle for my dad for Christmas!

This is the last bottle I bought before he passed in 2006.

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syscokid said:
Jeez... What will they think of next?

Ok... I've heard of the term describing some magnets as "rough cast". Never understood what it meant, though. Are all rough cast magnets, unoriented?
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A "rough cast" magnet has an unfinished surface on both of the large surface areas. The rough surface is a result of the sand casting process. The edges are machined smooth. Here is a rough cast magnetV__5994.jpg
This is what is called a polished magnetV__159D.png
Note the "cross hatch" type machine marks on it, kinda like cross hatch hone marks in an engine cylinder. A normal A5 will look like the later pic, a rough cast unoriented A5 will look like the former pic. Cheers
 
BlackSG91 said:
Hey Ivan Ho...have you heard of Seth Lovers pick ups by Seymour Duncan? They're supposed to be a take on the Gibson 57 Classics and at a cheaper price. They also supposed to sound better.


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Yes, I've heard of Duncan Seth Lovers but haven't tried them. The only Duncans I've tried are the Duncan Distortions in my Jackson Pro Soloist & I like them a lot.
Have you heard of the Vineham "Whisky Sour" pickups? Craig Vineham is a Canadian winder, posts on a few forums as copperheadroad. Well respected as a winder, I first heard of him on a LP forum. Very good prices. I have his 60/70 T top (overwound) bridge pickup & its a great pickup. I was discussing his Whiskey Sours with him a week ago. They are wound to have better clarity than the 57/57+, especially so when pushed & have a little more output. I have a set coming with unoriented A5's in them. Check Vineham pickups out. Cheers
 
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BlackSG91 said:
Have you ever tried Johnnie Walker Blue Label whiskey? I have and it's pretty darn good. It should be at $200 a bottle.
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Only once, many years ago my mum flying back into Australia from holiday picked a bottle up for me duty-free, yep it was nice!

Don O said:
I'm not a Scotch drinker, but my dad was .... This is the last bottle I bought before he passed in 2006.
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A great keepsake linked to your dad. I know you treasure that EMPTY bottle more than a new full one.
 
gasket said:
Only once, many years ago my mum flying back into Australia from holiday picked a bottle up for me duty-free, yep it was nice!



A great keepsake linked to your dad. I know you treasure that EMPTY bottle more than a new full one.
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Yes it does. I have the Blue Label box and the outer plastic sleeve. I also have a few of his Black Label empties, good for coins.

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Don O said:
Yes it does. I have the Blue Label box and the outer plastic sleeve. I also have a few of his Black Label empties, good for coins.

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Interesting photo, we don't have copper coins any more, smallest denomination is a silver 5c. We've also done away with $1 & $2 notes, now replaced with small gold coins.
 
BlackSG91 said:
Now that's a nice black Tele and is that an ebony fret board? BTW...I used to drink Glenfiddich...what a great single malt scotch whiskey it is but now my drinking days are over.
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Well done with your ongoing determination to stay sober.
The fret board is rosewood but unusually dense and dark, "almost" as smooth and dark as some of my ebony f boards.
 
I'm working on wearing out the strings on Pearly Gates so I can start the mod for the Alumitones. I now have all the parts, but can't bring myself to removing a good set of strings. So, hence I have been playing this for the last couple of weeks.

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I have been playing the Liquid a LOT, but only have the glamour shots from my NGD:

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Last night I rotated on these, comparing the feel of each and the bridge pickups.
I was leaning towards selling the Agile, but really re-connected with it.
Maybe a pickup change coming though. I'm surprised the bridge pu is so (too) bright with the A2 magnet swap from the original ceramics.
It is not good with a transparent OD (Soul Food) into a clean/slightly dirty tube amp.
With higher gain pedal it is ok due to either or both the natural amp compression or from the pedal.

I have to A/B the neck my other AXL - I like that neck pickup but the Agile sounded kind of sterile; just not musical.
Words, not good tools sometimes I know.

The AXL Jr just feels great and the $19. Guitar Madness 57 Special is stupid good.
I would have preferred the screw pole bobbin cream in the zebra deal, but its cool this way too.

I was getting some really nice light OD / crunch on both directly into the amp too.
 
THat burst on the Agile is gorgeous--
YOu like the 57 GM pup eh??

Ive had a few of theirs over the years-- not really a complaint with any of them
 
Yes I'm sheltered and blessed naive.
I never played any real Gibson pickups to compare.
That 57 is really much more articulate balanced, just BETTER than the Agile pickup, both A2.
I am considering GM vintagey PAFs , but watching some used Gibson and SD as well.
probably looking to stay A2, since I have other A5 2 hb guitars
 
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