P-90s are nice. It's my first p-90 guitar, so they could be crappy and i would'nt know! but i really like the tone, especially in the middle position, the other settings are also nice, lots of twang and tone.
White colored solidbodies
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Aug 15, 2008 8:37 p.m. The Shetland:
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Aug 16, 2008 1:31 a.m. bonedaddy:
Walter, how'd that Dyna sound on the neck of that tele? I've been thinking about building a partscaster with a TV Savalas bridge and either a hilo or a dyna.
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Aug 16, 2008 5:31 a.m. ksdaddy:
A few years back I took a $100 basket case Melody Maker, painted it white, had a white guard made for one humbucker, and then fitted it with all gold goodies. The coup de gras was the white (not cream) Dimarzio Super Distortion. Play Mississippi Queen on this baby and have an eargasm. I think it's off in MI or WI somewhere now.
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Aug 16, 2008 5:39 a.m. MarkW:
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Aug 16, 2008 6:10 a.m. Rocketman:
I have a white, vintage, Leifheit Egg Slicer:
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Aug 16, 2008 9:38 a.m. Walter Broes:
Bonedaddy, that was a DeArmond 2K in that tele, not a real dyna. It was OK, but nothing that special either.
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Aug 16, 2008 10:41 a.m. roadjunkie:
a twin to my 74 Musicmaster and my LP dbl cut
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Aug 16, 2008 11:31 a.m. jaydar:
I have to admit the only guitar solid or otherwise I have ever had the hots for wass a Fender Strat.
Still don't have one as the Duo Jet is still filling the solid body void in my life......
joe.
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Aug 16, 2008 12:34 p.m. crowbone:
Bonedaddy,
I've got most of my partscaster parts collected, Savalas bridge included, but I'm putting supertrons in.
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Aug 16, 2008 2:08 p.m. bonedaddy:
Crowbone, that's gonna sound killer. I'm torn between doing a true parts caster, or buying a butterscotch squier and yanking all the crap parts out and replacing it with good stuff. I'm not a purist, and not looking for that classic tele sound, hence my quest for a filtertron or dyna or hilo on the tele.
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Aug 16, 2008 2:52 p.m. audiodrome:
Technically I have two white solidbodies, but my Olympic White Jaguar doesn't really count as it's more yellow than white, so that just leaves my 1966 Vox (Made In UK) Phantom.
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Aug 16, 2008 6:16 p.m. MarkW:
For a very short time the Vox Guitars were all over the place.
How do you like yours?
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Aug 17, 2008 4:41 p.m. audiodrome:
MarkW said: For a very short time the Vox Guitars were all over the place.
It's certainly not the greatest playing guitar in my collection, but it has a unique Telecaster-like sound and the cool factor goes a long way! The British-made Voxes are much rarer than the US/Italian models and they're also made better IMO.How do you like yours?
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Aug 17, 2008 6:09 p.m. ziess:
Is that a Jaguar bridge on the Phantom?
I've got a white Jag with a gold scratchplate.
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Aug 17, 2008 7:48 p.m. audiodrome:
ziess said: Is that a Jaguar bridge on the Phantom?
I'm assuming it's the original stock bridge (I was told it was all-original when I bought it), and since it's the same type of bridge shown here on my '67 US/Italian Phantom, I guess that's just the type of bridge that Vox used.
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Aug 17, 2008 8:39 p.m. DrumBob:
Billy...You never told me you had THAT! Pretty cool.
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Aug 18, 2008 11:39 a.m. ziess:
Cool. Looked like a Jag bridge in the first pic, obviously not.
Tommy.
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Aug 18, 2008 12:05 p.m. dubkitty:
I've seen similar bridges on other weird Italian-made guitars, right down to the threaded saddles. on a 12-string electric, no less.
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Aug 18, 2008 12:41 p.m. built4speed:
Not quite a solid body, but close. This is my Agile AS-820 semi-hollow. I recently gave it a bit of a white falcon treatment to replace the black rings, knobs and pickguard. Not a falcon by a long shot, but still a sweet playing guitar.
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Aug 18, 2008 1:29 p.m. Proteus:
I've been nothing but impressed with Agiles...didn't know they had a white 820!
I'd put TV Classics with Gretsch surrounds on there (not to pretend it's a Gretsch, just because they LOOK better), a Tru-Arc bar bridge, and a gold B6. Maybe a Paul Setzer custom pickguard and some Q-Parts gold "Ringo" knobs.
I never know what to do with the holes where the stop tailpiece came out though. I'd almost rather see the raw hardware than the plugs.
All of which is just nit-picking. Hey, it's a white kinda hollow doublecut - who am I to complain?
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Aug 18, 2008 2:03 p.m. built4speed:
Yeah, the Agiles I have (this and an AL3000) are a steal of a deal. High quality, low cost. When the white 820s come in, they don't seem to last long.
You've read my mind with the TV classics, but I have a hard time justifying to myself spending almost as much on TVJs as I did on the whole guitar. Depending on which day you ask me I either want to get liverpool retrotrons, TVs, or leave the stock pups alone. They're not god-awful for stock ceramics, and with some echo, have a sweet, chimey kind of tone. Regardless, now that I ordered by 5129, new pickups for this one will have to wait awhile.
I didn't think a B6 would work on a guitar like this. I though you'd need the pressure bar to keep enough tension on the strings? This was my first bigsby-type trem, so I was flying by the seat of my pants. I found a good deal on a B7 knockoff, so I opted for that instead. Looks not bad, and feels good. No problems for me yet. I opted for a wilkinson roller bridge to replace the stock TOM. Works not bad, though a bit rattly at times. I'm looking forward to comparing it to the B60 and stock bridge on the 5129.
The stopbar holes are bit of an issue for me too. I was able to find pearloid knob tops and manufacture a stud of sorts to screw back into the bushings and cover the hole. It looks not too bad, a hell of a lot better than open holes on the body.
That actually is a custom plexiglass pickguard, though not a Setzer I'm afraid. I came to the conclusion that making my own would be best (before I knew of Setzer's work). It turned out pretty good. Pictures don't do it justice, the gold paint looks better in person. It's still a bit of a work in progress. I still have some simple decals I want to throw on to finish it off, as well as the aformentioned pickup change.
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Aug 18, 2008 2:24 p.m. Proteus:
I'd suggest GFS Nashvilles or Hot Nashvilles then, with coil taps. Pretty effective.
I've had Agiles both with their ceramic and their AlNiCo pups; I prefer the ceramics on the AL-2500 I kept. (I have the "heritage cherry" with all-mahogany body & top. It's my favorite Lester.)
Since I've gotten used to the detailed look of Filtertrons and their surrounds, though, plain ol' 'buckers with their plain expanse of metal and dog-simple surrounds just look generic to me, like there's not enough functional BUSiness going on.
I would think that guitar would arguably be worth TVs!
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Aug 18, 2008 2:35 p.m. MarkW:
built4speed
I have one Agile that I have been waiting on forever for a few little mods:
Bigsby Install
GFS Mean 90's in Black Pearloid
Gold Pickguard
But here it is (w-stock hums) before...
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Aug 18, 2008 3:03 p.m. built4speed:
Proteus: I'm curious as to why Nashvilles over Liverpools? Wouldn't Liverpools being Alnico be closer to TVs than the Nashvilles? Or am I completely wrong with TVs being Alnico? Not trying to argue, just trying to pick your brain for info. If I go the retrotron route I want to be as close as I can to filtertrons.
I can sympathize with the plain bucker dilemma. They are pretty boring to look at, and nothing would look as sweet as TVs, nevermind how much better they would sound. I wish these stock pups sounded crappier sometimes, it would make the decision to replace them easier. It's not that the guitar isn't worthy of TVs, just my own mental block when it comes to upgrading pickups. I will flip-flop on the issue many more times before I have the funds to upgrade though, so it'll be interesting to see what I choose.
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Aug 18, 2008 3:25 p.m. Just Dropped In:
If I had to deal with plugging those stop-bar holes, I'd fit them with snug-fitting pieces of wooden dowel/plugs (flush to body). Then I would have a custom plaque made (rounded on each outer end). The plaque would be screwed down on those wooden plugs. Would have something engraved on said plaque of course.
