Guitars...what are you guys playing with TW and Dumbles

[Teleguy61]

Hey teleguy how do you like the keystones.I was thinking about getting some for a cheap strat copy I have.I was thinkin about trying the tele ones too

I really like the Tele Keystones.
Bill's take on a traditional single coil pickup.
I also have a set of his Microcoils, and of his twin blade humbuckers.
All are excellent pickups. The Keystones are the most accessible; they are the most closely related soundwise to stock piclups.
I like 'em.
Price is a bargain for the quality of the product.

[Cliff Schecht]

I haven't built any Dumble's yet (although I did just get some iron that will be great for one), but with my Trainwreck's I still play Tele's almost exclusively. Since I sold my Rocket and haven't gotten my new 4x6V6 Rocket started yet, all I have now is the same Express that I've had since I joined this forum. Still rocking strong with the Vitamin Q's that David Root traded to me and looking good in the headshell that Taylor build too. Funny enough, it was the two NOS A3801's that I found which brought me to this forum and the Trainwreck world. I still have the other one sitting on a shelf which is going in another Express clone after I drill out the chassis that Bob S. was kind enough to donate to me recently. I don't know why I would need two Express clones, but I can't justify not having two of them either . FWIW that chassis was going to become a Rocket before I stumbled upon a Bogen Challenger that fit the bill well and requires very little extra drilling for the conversion.

Here's a pic of my current setup, although I usually play a BF Deluxe with a few pedals for most gigs because the volume is still much more manageable than this setup. The Express is almost always set for 4 Ohms driving the 8 Ohm cab to help tame the volume a bit. It doesn't help that much though, this amp is still loud as piss.

The guitars are:
*2007 '52 AVRI Tele (with the best sounding stock pickups I've played in any Tele, the Fender Original Vintage Tele set that came stock). This is a great playing and great sounding guitar but since I have cheaper Tele's now this one mostly is used in the studio.

*MIM Nashville Tele with lots of fun switching options (13 different sounds)
Neck pickup is a SD Hot Rails with series/split/parallel switch (usually stays in parallel), middle pickup is a Wilde 280LM and bridge is a SD Tele Little '59 also with series/split/parallel. This setup is uber-versatile without being too clumsy. I like the switches over push pull pots because they stay put better it seems when one is rocking out. Also notice the straight bridge pickup and stainless steel bridge. After struggling for years with this guitar to tame the squeal in high gain situations, that stainless steel bridge instantly squashed that problem. This is currently my #1 gigging guitar.

The guitar on the right I just finished assembling yesterday. GFS body/pickups and EYguitar neck. I really regreted buying the EYguitar neck initially simply because it did not fit well in the neck pocket of the GFS. Also I wasn't as hot on the headstock black sunburst as I thought I would be when it got here. But once I got all of the chrome hardware on, I think the guitar actually looks quite cool. I wanted something different (lightweight Tele with a rosewood fretboard) and this fit the bill nicely. Also worth note are the GFS Fatbody pickups with Pbass polepieces. Over at TDPRI the neck pickup is infamous for being one of the best Tele neck pickups period (i.e. independent of price and brand) and the 10k bridge pickup should keep up nicely. This guitar also got a 4-way switch which I am new to but digging already, even though I'm missing string ferrules so I haven't got to string this up, set it up and play it yet! That's tomorrow...I can't wait!!

[dano-rator]

Hey teleguy how do you like the keystones.I was thinking about getting some for a cheap strat copy I have.I was thinkin about trying the tele ones too

I really like the Tele Keystones.
Bill's take on a traditional single coil pickup.
I also have a set of his Microcoils, and of his twin blade humbuckers.
All are excellent pickups. The Keystones are the most accessible; they are the most closely related soundwise to stock piclups.
I like 'em.
Price is a bargain for the quality of the product.

I agree... I put the keystones in a butterscotch squire and what an upgrade from that crap.

I have mine wired with a 5 way switch, the downside is that the bridge pickup is in the middle position and takes some getting used to to hit it on the fly. But I like having a few extra sounds on tap.

[Gibsonman63]

This one is rapidly becoming my new favorite. I am still dialing in a few things, but I am down to the small tweaks. Both pickups are Seymour Duncan mini-humbuckers. I put a smooth mellow one in the neck position and a really hot one in the bridge. I simplified the controls down to a single tone control. Tone pros locking studs, aluminium wrap-around bridge and Gibson historic pots. The taper is good, but they require just a little more effort than I like. I may have to go to the speed knobs to get more leverage until they break in a bit an loosen up. With an Express, you can get an astonishingly wide range of sounds with just this guitar and a cable.

1963 Gibson Melody Maker.

[jestaudio]

89' strat, custom wound Entwhistle singles,
Tele FMT with Sd's
98, Patrick Eggle Berlin Wall
2010 Blacktop Strat, custom wound HSS layout, Floyd Rose
Joe satch JS ibanez


out of all of them i keep going back to the strat, i,ve had pretty much every single coil going and settled on Entwhistle Pups, soundd great with my D build, My Rockster and my Dc5 Boogie

[Bob-I]

I don't find that high end guitars do much for me other than drain my bank account. I have a lot of less expensive instruments and several medium cost instruments.

My favorites...

Edwards Les Paul I bought while on a business trip to Japan. Beautiful piece I'd put up against a Gibby anyday. It has a big chunky neck and is very light, maybe 8 lbs.

Epi sheriton II from late 90s. I picked it up on a trade for a reverb unit it built from spare parts. The guy said it played ok but didn't sound so hot. When I got it I opened it up and found loller imperials and rs pots, wired really poorly, cold solder joints, bad grounds, you name it. After fixing all that it sounds amazing.

Gretsch power jet firebird. My most expensive piece at $1750 new. I wouldn't call it an expensive instrument to today's standards but the tv jones PUs sound great.

Warmoth double neck, 12/6. I got it from an estate sale listed as a no-name. It's 100% warmoth parts, strat style body with all gold hardware. I'd estimate it at maybe $1800 worth of parts and I paid $300. Setting it up was a bear.

Epi LP Jr 57. Another estate sale, swapped the PU for a fralin and it plays and sounds great.

MIM strat, tex-mex. the precursor to the jimmy Vaughn model. Bought in maybe 94-95 I swapped th e PUs for fralin blues. It plays and sounds great.

[Cliff Schecht]

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[stelligan]

don't laugh......
I have many "nicer" guitars but, this one gets the most time with the Dumble style amps. Squier '51 with a Duncan little 59 at neck and Bill Lawrence L500 at bridge. I am really a Strat guy. I just like humbuckers or Telecasters with these amps.

[Reeltarded]

I love those!

I am building a pair of telecaster white strats with tele pickups and no body contour, they look kind of like that. The middle pickup is also a front tele pickup. I don't love strat sounds, but I love teles that look like strats.