Replace Pickup on George Benson GB10?

[Jazzman301]

The hand wound Kent Armstrong floating PAF is an awesome pickup AND it can be coil tapped to boot! Really great sounding pickup and well worth the expense.

Kent Armstrong Adjustable Built-In PAF (Handmade)

Michael is a great cat to deal with as well.

'Mike
ps no connection to djangobooks or Michael. Just a happy repeat customer.

[Section Player]

Absolutely cool to ask, sorry if I sound pushy, I often wonder about the same things. From personal experience, I know I'm prone to futzing with gear a little too much, and not hitting the tough part of practicing as often as I should. You are probably no where near as bad as me Half the fun of playing a great guitar is wondering about changes that get you closer to the tone in your head. Then some talented guy like Peter Bernstein or Rodney Jones comes along and dang? They still sound great on the same guitar I think needs an upgrade!

No offense, I'm reading my own weakness into your questions and I'm happy you asked and wonder about it, as I have (why did they put it there in the first place?) If I had more time and a 2nd GB10, I think I would router it out and do the body mount larger buckers, just to see what it sounds like. And, then maybe pick up a Sadowsky Jimmy Bruno and compare those! But, I really should stop and get back to transposing some Wayne Shorter or Wes, or Peter Bernstein, or work on my chord soloing, or harmonics or descending arpeggio sweeps, or.... You see, I frequently suffer from GAS, so I assume everyone else does.

Don't mess with that guitar!

Yedbox, thanks for elaborating on that. We all need (well, I need) your reminder about what's the top priority, which is the playing itself. Also, I suspect we've all had the experience of that "first" guitar or second or whatever, that was almost unplayable and we didn't realize it as beginners! So, I guess most of us are thus infected with a fascination with instruments and gear. I love this GB10 and won't mess with it, but at the same time I know there's always a "better" guitar out there. This Sadowsky talk is killing me. I want one!