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mikhailwatt
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by mikhailwatt Mon Jul 06, 2009 4:56 pm
1989 Gibson Howard Roberts Fusion
This is one sweet guitar... thick Gibson tone and sustain for days, even unplugged.
A previous owner put a set of SD Phat Kat P90s in it, and changed out the OEM keystone tuners. A set of Smit's handwound PAF-style humbuckers are on order, and the tuners will be replaced with proper old-school keystones.
You can almost feel the current flowing
OldSchoolDave
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by OldSchoolDave Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:56 pm
It's a beauty! I suppose you're busy getting your Steve Howe chops in order.
mikhailwatt
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by mikhailwatt Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:47 pm
OldSchoolDave wrote: It's a beauty! I suppose you're busy getting your Steve Howe chops in order.
Steve Howe? Not really... very different than an ES175 archtop.
This is my Alex Lifeson guitar... similar construction to a 335, but smaller (14 7/8") deeper (2 5/16") body. 3-piece maple neck + center block, ebony fingerboard.
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by Dr.HI-TONE Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:48 pm
NICE!
have you had a chance to crank up and get a feel for the phat cats? I wonder what you think of them.
Is that an ebony fretboard? (you must have replied just seconds before me
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Are you going A2, A4 or A5?
If you are going to the trouble to change the pups, you might get a RS prewired kit. Their super pots are nice!
mikhailwatt
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by mikhailwatt Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:01 pm
Dr.HIWATT wrote: NICE!
The Phat Kats are ok... I could live with them if I had to, but I prefer a good Alnico 2 PAF.
Yes, I might as well go with the RS kit while I'm at it.
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by Dr.HI-TONE Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:04 pm
I would have to guess that A2 would be the best with the ebony board.
Can you keep Derek from taking it to Boston???
mikhailwatt
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by mikhailwatt Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:49 pm
Dr.HIWATT wrote: Can you keep Derek from taking it to Boston???
No problem there... he got himself a new ES-359.
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by OldSchoolDave Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:46 pm
mikhailwatt wrote:
This is my Alex Lifeson guitar... similar construction to a 335, but smaller (14 7/8") deeper (2 5/16") body. 3-piece maple neck + center block, ebony fingerboard.
Thanks for the info. My next guess would have been Nugent
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Dave
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by James Hart Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:31 pm
very nice! I've been looking at Guild Starfire versions of that... slim bodied, semi-hollow, single cutaway. Same color hopefully too.
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by Dr.HI-TONE Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:57 am
Sounds like the Snyder boy's had a successful hunting trip!
lp59pete
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by lp59pete Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:47 am
Those are really nice guitars! Congrats.
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by Dr.HI-TONE Wed Aug 26, 2009 3:52 pm
How about some pics of the newest guitar to the fold?
mikhailwatt
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by mikhailwatt Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:12 pm
Dr.HIWATT wrote: How about some pics of the newest guitar to the fold?
All in good time...
The H. Roberts is in the middle of surgery.
The "newest" fold-member just got plugged in last night. Keeper. "She" was born 8/13/82, with two necks.
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