What Makes Your #1 Your #1?

[chilipeppermaniac]

My current #1 is my 2019 PRS 594 SC SH...



This is now my #2 but is sooooo close still, a 2018 PRS 594 Soapbar...



594 fits me like a glove, and the pups are sublime.

Those came from 45 minutes down the road from me if they are the American made ones.

 

[dmatthews]

Those came from 45 minutes down the road from me if they are the American made ones.

Yup, Stevensville.

 

[67plexi]

I'm bonding with the quilt tops it's just the way they sound and the neck profile and the wraparound bridge.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

dmatthews, how far are you from Butchart Gardens?

 

[dmatthews]

dmatthews, how far are you from Butchart Gardens?

A ferry ride away.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

A ferry ride away.

I was there @ 14 years old in 1978. The gardens made a profoundly lasting impression.
I hope to return there again one day.

 

[dmatthews]

I was there @ 14 years old in 1978. The gardens made a profoundly lasting impression.
I hope to return there again one day.

Nice!
I've been there a handful of times. It can be spectacular!

 

[Clockworkmike]

When ever I see you playing other guitars and that explorer is just hanging right there on the wall I think something must be wrong in your head.... Ha ha ha ha ha!
Just kidding.... But seriously. That axe is sick!

Hahaha yeah I tend to cheat on it too many times with those Fender-esque Floozies!

 

[Headache]

Hahaha yeah I tend to cheat on it too many times with those Fender-esque Floozies!

That's like being married to Jennifer Aniston and then spending all your time trying to make out with Rosanne !!! Just ewwww!!

 

[ibmorjamn]

Hahaha yeah I tend to cheat on it too many times with those Fender-esque Floozies!

Something interesting about scale lengths,
Dave Mustaine’new Gibson is 25.5” and 24 fret if I remember correctly. So it is a floozy as well .

 

[C-Grin]

I just keep picking this one up, I guess it's #1 now.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

C-grin, How do you like that Buddha Amp? Newer or older version?
My friend, Jeff Bober of East amps was the originator of those Budda's

 

[Cadorman]

Definitely a Les Paul. Not sure which one at this point.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Definitely a Les Paul. Not sure which one at this point.

HA, I only have 2 of those, an EPI and a Gib that are 30 years apart. '09 and '79 but both have '79 Gib T Tops in them.

 

[ibmorjamn]

HA, I only have 2 of those, an EPI and a Gib that are 30 years apart. '09 and '79 but both have '79 Gib T Tops in them.

I would love to here a detailed video pickup review on the 79 T-Top to confirm or deny it’s position in the great and growing number of humbuckers.

 

[ibmorjamn]

I just keep picking this one up, I guess it's #1 now.
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C, very nice. I don’t remember what pickups you settled on. I could never find a bridge pickup without going to a humbucker.

 

[C-Grin]

C-grin, How do you like that Buddha Amp? Newer or older version?
My friend, Jeff Bober of East amps was the originator of those Budda's

Damn you know Bober? I have an East Club 18 also, killer amps,,,,Killer. The Budda is an older one (pre Peavy), love it!!

 

[C-Grin]

C, very nice. I don’t remember what pickups you settled on. I could never find a bridge pickup without going to a humbucker.

I put an older Lace sensor red in the bridge and a silver in the neck.

 

[ibmorjamn]

I put an older Lace sensor red in the bridge and a silver in the neck.

Is it more rock or metal with the lace sensor red?
I just ordered some GFS 10k albino 5 for my super Strat project “Goldie” beside the Humbucker set up I currently have and after it’s all will likely use a single Humbucker. Likely they will not be great but I will find out.
I would like a single could to handle the work but that’s a tough pull for a single.
I do here a lot of ideas about the quarter pound SD’s.

 

[Cadorman]

Two of my Les Pauls have pickups that I wound, one has Antiquities from Seymour Duncan and my 2022 50s and 2023 Modern have stock pickups. I love all of them, but I really love the sound of the Modern running both pickups with the lead in standard humbucker and the rhythm in P-90 mode at about 85 percent volume. It just sounds nice like that.