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Originally Posted by Stringswinger
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10-15-2019 05:24 PM
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Oh, what a thread.
Two things came to my mind:
1) When something is doomed ’outdated’ it is a time to start counting when will it be ’fresh’ again.
In 1960 Les Paul guitar was so old fashioned and ’papa’s guitar’ that Gibson stopped doing it. Then came 1965 when young guy Eric Clapton bought one used and from 1968 the LP has been their main models (I suppose SG sells better?).
2) One pickup archtop looks so good, but some like the sound of the two PU versions better.
Could one attach a similar weighing object as the bridge pu inside the guitar so it still looks good but dampens the liveliness of the top enough to avoid that 1-pu-brightness?
Remember: it was my idea!
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Originally Posted by Herbie
Do the single pickup versions follow a different bracing formula to intentionally make them more acoustic with the assumption that the customer is expecting a more acoustic tone by not having the bridge pickup? Or is it just a matter of putting another hole where the bridge pickup is?
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
Anyway: beside the pu hole, everything could be made inside.
Of course there is still one question left: why!
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At least with the current L5 the bracing is the same except for the limited 2014 L5P that was Asymmetrical braced instead of P.
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My understanding is that the WESMO has one less brace than the CES.
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I removed the bridge pickup of my ES 175 a while ago. I didn't notice any meaningful change in the tone. At one point I might to do a more careful comparison by putting the bridge pickup back without wiring it (as a dead weight). But my 2013 ES 175 sounds as dark and smokey as ever without the bridge pickup. It's a very obvious tonal character when I compare it with my Byrdland.
HeadRush?
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