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  1. Wow that's pretty sick Alex. How many guitars do you have man? It seems like you have the pot of gold when it comes to modded guitars! Awesome sounding though, especially the tele, that's one of the guitars on my list to get sometime in the future. And the price for the pickups isn't too important to me. As long as they're not SUPER expensive, I'm willing to pay for a good set of PU's.

    As for the 57/62's. Thanks for the info strat. I know the C69's are good for Edge tone, in fact I think he used them. (I'm thinking Rattle and Hum Bad and Pride) I've heard he used them on the blackie strat during the tour (maybe just the movie). But yea. Right now I have a GFS set in my strat, and they're pretty thin. Which is good, because Edge's strat tone sometimes on the JT tour was thin. I mentioned this to the person who recommended them to me for Edge tone, and I also asked if I should switch to the C69's. He told me if I don't like the thinness too much, I shouldn't go with the 69's because they're even more thin sounding then the set I have now (he uses the same set).

    So I'm sort of going for an Edge tone, but I also want it a bit thicker. I'm hoping these PU's will do that. Like I said earier, I've heard them on a couple U2 songs and they sound phenomenal, so I think I might go with those eventually.
  2. Short answer, for good Strat pickups? There are a few as mentioned.

    Nothing could be finer than a set of 69ers - on yer Stratocaster.


  3. lol.

    Right now I've got four electric guitars, one acoustic and one bass. They're all from the midprice or even lowprice level. The most expensive one I ever had is the first in the list - all parts added were about 600 Euro. I only paid 150 Euro for my acoustic.

    - One self- assembled Fender Strat (Mex Deluxe ash body, sapphire blue, Highway 1 rosewood neck, Wilkinson Trem, Fender Robert Cray single coils for neck and middle, SD Little59 at bridge)
    - One Fender Nashville Tele (Mex Deluxe, ash body, amber, rosewood neck, reversed controlplate, Fender Tex- Mex neck and middle pickups (stock), SD QuarterPounder at bridge)
    - One Squier Double Fat Deluxe Tele (made in Korea by Cort, mahogany body, black metallic, set mahogany neck, Gibson 490R / 498T pickups without coil split option)
    - One Chinese Gretsch copy ("Albatross", set neck, black, GFS Liverpool pickups)
    - One Chinese Jumbo acoustic ("Billy Ray", sunburst, with active electronics, stock)
    - One Career RIK-400 Bass (Rickenbacker copy, made in Korea, black, maple neckthrough, stock)

    I play guitar for twenty- four years now. Between then and now I've owned about a dozen more guitars that I modded, played and sold. Comparing what I paid to what I finally got I didn't lose a lot of money on guitars.

    Alex
  4. Originally posted by Alex:- One self- assembled Fender Strat (Mex Deluxe ash body, sapphire blue, Highway 1 rosewood neck, Wilkinson Trem, Fender Robert Cray single coils for neck and middle, SD Little59 at bridge)
    A-W-E-S-O-M-E
  5. It's not too difficult to assemble a Strat from parts. Anyone who's seen it once can do it. Soldering diagrams can be downloaded anywhere. The most difficult thing is the setup. Oh, and the selection of parts, of course. Generally speaking: Most light ash, alder and basswood bodies resonate better than heavy ones. Lighter means drier - moist wood doesn't resonate well.

    I was very lucky with the body I bought. Beautiful coloured light northern ash for a reasonable price. Sounds and looks great. The Highway 1 necks have great playability so I finally went for one of those. I prefer 2- point trems to 6-point, so I went for a modern Wilkinson (WVPSB) with steel block. Black pickguard, aged white plastic parts. This guitar's a keeper.

    If you're scared about damaging something - go and buy a Chinese Strat off Ebay for 50 Euro, deassemble and reassemble it, and you know as much about guitar building as I do.

    Alex
  8. Originally posted by Alex:It's not too difficult to assemble a Strat from parts. Anyone who's seen it once can do it. Soldering diagrams can be downloaded anywhere. The most difficult thing is the setup. Oh, and the selection of parts, of course. Generally speaking: Most light ash, alder and basswood bodies resonate better than heavy ones. Lighter means drier - moist wood doesn't resonate well.

    I was very lucky with the body I bought. Beautiful coloured light northern ash for a reasonable price. Sounds and looks great. The Highway 1 necks have great playability so I finally went for one of those. I prefer 2- point trems to 6-point, so I went for a modern Wilkinson (WVPSB) with steel block. Black pickguard, aged white plastic parts. This guitar's a keeper.

    If you're scared about damaging something - go and buy a Chinese Strat off Ebay for 50 Euro, deassemble and reassemble it, and you know as much about guitar building as I do.

    Alex


    The hard thing, here at least, is to find the parts...to put the thing together is quite simple.
  9. Not sure the best place for this question, so I'll ask it here.

    During the Joshua Tree tour, right before Bullet, was "The Star Spangled Banner" played over the PA, or did Edge play it live?


  10. Yes. I guess it's easier to find guitar parts in Germany than in Brazil. I heard that even a lot of Ebayers don't send there.

    Alex
  11. Originally posted by haytrain:Not sure the best place for this question, so I'll ask it here.

    During the Joshua Tree tour, right before Bullet, was "The Star Spangled Banner" played over the PA, or did Edge play it live?

    Pretty sure you'll find that's the PA - because sometimes (if I remember correctly), Edge would pluck the bass string whilst the SSB was playing over the top...
  12. Originally posted by haytrain:Not sure the best place for this question, so I'll ask it here.

    During the Joshua Tree tour, right before Bullet, was "The Star Spangled Banner" played over the PA, or did Edge play it live?


    Honestly, I don't know. At the show I was at it happened after an intermission and we were to busy watching the fireworks and the flag lighting up. There was kind of a "Hey look! They're back!" moment when the drums started up and drew our attention back to the stage. I'm pretty sure it was recorded. I think on the R&H credits it gives credit to Hendrix for the arrangement.
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