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Originally Posted by neatomic
The blue clipper that came in this aluminum box was truly horrible. 80 Grit sandpaper sound.
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12-05-2017 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rpguitar
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
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Originally Posted by helios
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if the strings were chromes, it could have been a bad G string. I have had them buzz on a guitar where other types of
strings do not
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They were indeed Chromes. Now that's odd... I use TI Swing 12-50 flatwounds normally on a guitar like that. I wonder what the reason would be for a steel wrapped string to buzz like a sitar on frets 7-10 whereas a nickel wrapped string would not? (Assuming it would not...)
I left my contact info in the event they sorted it out, but have not been contacted. They probably are waiting to see if someone will scoop it up online without the hassle.
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Hi all,
Just spotted this little beauty on ebay uk today. No connection...
Gibson L5 Wes Montgomery signature | eBay
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I have wondered if the Wes L5 is constructed differently than a CES or if they are the same. The few I have tried were noticeably brighter than the CES’ I have tried and of course only having one pickup will change the sound but are there other differences? Another thing I have always wondered about was why they didn’t flip the pickup. It is supposed to be Wes’ guitar after all. I’m sure it might be psychological but after I flipped the neck pickup on my ‘70 L5 CES it sounded a little clearer and more focused. I don’t know if in terms of the science involved if there should be that kind of sound difference but it seemed to have one to me and for his signature guitars to have a traditionally oriented pickup seems weird.
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Originally Posted by rio
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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I'd like to get a WesMo one day, but for this guitar I would want a fairly dark tonality, not bright. And almost everybody says the WesMo is for some reason brighter than the L5-CES.
Is there a high-quality humbucker out there that is known to be seriously dark that I could swap in?
Or maybe I should talk to Pete Biltof or somebody about winding me a too-dark-for-most-cats humbucker?
Good luck in your quest, rp. I always find your archtop adventures most inspiring!
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Originally Posted by Flat
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I have a ‘97 Wes that I bought new and always thought was a little bright. After some reading and then a conversation with Jason Lollar, I replaced the ‘57 classic with a high wind Lollar Imperial and that warmed it right up! I wouldn’t change a thing about it. The TOM bridge sounds fine the way it is, stays in tune, rock solid. I did have it Feitenized years ago, which made a mild difference with tuning, though not sure anyone would notice.
Apparently, a higher wind brings out the lower frequencies a bit, as confirmed by Mr. Lollar, and in my limited experience (N of 1) it seems to be true. But I’d still like to find a blonde CES some day.
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Originally Posted by rio
Where is that information coming from?
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I hate bright sounding archtops. I have 3 L5 Wes'. They sound plenty dark and rich to me. Well Rita is a tad bright I would say. Nothing a tone knob won't fix. I never use a bridge pu. Why would I want all the extra weight and unnecessary hardware. I think the Wes L5 is the best guitar on the market. At least for me it is.
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Remember Wes used his thumb not a pick, so brightness wan't an issue.
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Originally Posted by jads57
Wes Montgomery: a player's perspective | MusicRadar
This article does say that at some point he had the PUP reversed.
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I have scrutinized all the Wes photos I could find to see what saddles he had on his tuneamatic bridges. They seem to be nylon, not metal. I switched the metal bridge for a nylon saddle version on my Wes, and it removes the metallic ring that the original bridges have. I tried wooden, but it mellowed the sound out too much. I found the metal saddles on the guitar to be annoying. Too thin and bright sounding. My 1966 L5 CES came with nylon saddles so I knew what sound I was after with my Wes L5.
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Originally Posted by yebdox
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I have a GraphTech ResoMax bridge with StringSaver saddles on my L-5CES. I got the recommendation from someone here on JGF. They provide a really clear-but-warm tone that is close to the original metal saddles, but without any of the weird overtones or pinging.
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Originally Posted by JazzNote
I know the photo was used for the album cover of "Genius of Wes Montgomery." But the way the image in Dr. Jeff's photo is offset, with the jet black background--I find it just stunningly evocative.
Last edited by Flat; 12-11-2017 at 03:13 PM.
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Yeah, I‘d love to have that poster sized as well. It so captures the spirit ...
but there is so little available online in terms of Wes or Django posters. I searched for a bit and with very little results.
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Since quality posters or Wes (and other jazz greats) are rare, framing the actual album cover is a cool option.
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I suspect that if someone manufactured Wes Montgomery posters, it would be a million cellar. No typo there, they would end up storing a million of them in their cellar.
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Stringswinger I'll have to disagree with your cellar premise. Based on the support here at JGF, I believe there would only be 999,972 in their cellar!
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