Poor Man's L-5?

**raylinds** · 08-14-2024, 08:16 PM

Originally Posted by Boze

Looks great, nicely done!

What year is your Broadway again? I'm surprised the Fralins aren't a night and day difference like the Pures in my Emperor and the 57 Classic in the Zephyr. As soon as I plugged in this blonde MIK Broadway I got for my friend I thought "yeah, these pickups are also terrible."
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It's a 2023 and they have new Alnico Pro pickups. I have read they were much improved. Although now that I have spent more time with the new pickups and have tweaked the amp and tone controls, I can notice a more substantial improvement, but probably not as much as you experienced. Beautiful guitar!

**lawson-stone** · 08-14-2024, 09:47 PM

Now you need to find yourself an L5 style pickguard to complete the transformation.

**Rickco** · 08-14-2024, 10:52 PM

Just in case someone else caught the fever there's a really sweet Peerless made '97 on reverb right now in London for $670. All youd have to do is put some better pickups. I really like '57 classics in these. I dont think they sound so much like an L5 but more like a really nice Tal. Peerless was the Terada of Korea.

**raylinds** · 08-15-2024, 08:05 AM

Originally Posted by Rickco

Just in case someone else caught the fever there's a really sweet Peerless made '97 on reverb right now in London for $670. All youd have to do is put some better pickups. I really like '57 classics in these. I dont think they sound so much like an L5 but more like a really nice Tal. Peerless was the Terada of Korea.

I had a Peerless Gigmaster Jazz a while ago and it was a very nice guitar.