Im sorry, One more time - Regreasing original Sealfasts

[Max405]

Hahaa!
It’s all my fault. It always is!
Don’t worry Bob. Everything will be fixed when you get your Cameo!

JD

[Jimmy blue note]

Hahaa.
You guys dont get it.
That crappy ass grey chord contributes to the "special" sound the GJS makes. I proved it yesterday.
I have a crappy old Gibson grey cord from my fathers 175. I tried it on one of my L5s yesterday through closed back headphones and you can actually hear the acoustic and electric sound mixing. Then, I switched to nice shielded cable and the mixed sound went away, and was less bright for sure.
I LOVE that mixed sound.
LOVE it!
Thanks boys.
JD

Hey Max405, you do realize that what the amp hears at the other end of your cord doesn't care what's being played or what kind of jack, right? Your signal path has a grey cord on it. You can get a frequency signature of that wiring and find out exactly what kind of filter your trusty cord and jack is creating. Then, through simple resistors, capacitor and a barrel jack housing, create an internal notch filter, maybe even a unity gain circuit so you don't lose signal strength if you don't want that gain crank at the amp... or not, and you can have your sound, and the solidity of a reliable physical connection. All through the miracle of analog electronics.
If you're still unconvinced, put a sliding bypass switch, and you can have the best of both worlds.
Just sayin'

[mauibob]

1279560[/URL]]Hey Max405, you do realize that what the amp hears at the other end of your cord doesn't care what's being played or what kind of jack, right? Your signal path has a grey cord on it. You can get a frequency signature of that wiring and find out exactly what kind of filter your trusty cord and jack is creating. Then, through simple resistors, capacitor and a barrel jack housing, create an internal notch filter, maybe even a unity gain circuit so you don't lose signal strength if you don't want that gain crank at the amp... or not, and you can have your sound, and the solidity of a reliable physical connection. All through the miracle of analog electronics.
If you're still unconvinced, put a sliding bypass switch, and you can have the best of both worlds.
Just sayin'

What a great idea! I wonder how you would incorporate acoustic induced variations in the cords’ transfer function.. That seems to be of fundamental importance…

But when. I play, it’s would still be crap….

[Max405]

Don’t cut yourself short Bob.
You are still playing. At an age Long after all of my ancestors were worm food. You did it right.
That GJS will always be OUR baby. This guitar will be cherished, in honor of the guy who lovingly owned it for 40 years and the sad widow who was forced to part with it.
Jimmy, are you saying leave it as it is? That would be my choice. And I love the sound it makes.
I am not the type that has 4 guitars and ALL of them must sound the same. One of the reasons I had have this guitar back (in addition to I love it, and it’s a Johnny..) is I don’t have a floater guitar. And I personally think this particular Floater guitar is the best one ever made. And it is still in near new condition.
When I brought the guitar in to Lark Street to change out the frets, Ian Davlin thought I was busting his balls. He didn’t believe it was a 43 yr old guitar.
And thanks to Bob, it stayed that way. Maybe the way he gently plays those arpeggios..
Thanks guys. I am charged up about this passion of mine once again.
Btw, This what I’ve been doing during my short absence..

[Jimmy blue note]

Jimmy, are you saying leave it as it is? That would be my choice. And I love the sound it makes.
I am not the type that has 4 guitars and ALL of them must sound the same. One of the reasons I had have this guitar back (in addition to I love it, and it’s a Johnny..) is I don’t have a floater guitar. And I personally think this particular Floater guitar is the best one ever made. And it is still in near new condition.
.

I was suggesting that that connection is shaky at best, one unfortunate misstep and you could wind up tearing the whole pickguard assembly off; these things happen and you can't plan for them not to. It's easy to have the input jack rewired into a wire going into the F hole, into an endblock jack where your connections are SOLID and will not effect the sound at all. Then make a little in-line filter that you can plug into the signal path that incorporates the original circuitry, or a filter that recreates the resistance it creates, and that plugs into the endpin, it sounds like the 1/8" assembly and cable because essentially it IS the assembly and cable, and all this could have a bypass switch if you choose not to have a custom Max405 sound but a cleaner straight signal. But it's up to you, and it avoids the frail and fragile pickguard and dedicated wire setup.
The sound you love without the hassle.
It's an option anyway

[Max405]

I was suggesting that that connection is shaky at best, one unfortunate misstep and you could wind up tearing the whole pickguard assembly off; these things happen and you can't plan for them not to. It's easy to have the input jack rewired into a wire going into the F hole, into an endblock jack where your connections are SOLID and will not effect the sound at all. Then make a little in-line filter that you can plug into the signal path that incorporates the original circuitry, or a filter that recreates the resistance it creates, and that plugs into the endpin, it sounds like the 1/8" assembly and cable because essentially it IS the assembly and cable, and all this could have a bypass switch if you choose not to have a custom Max405 sound but a cleaner straight signal. But it's up to you, and it avoids the frail and fragile pickguard and dedicated wire setup.
The sound you love without the hassle.
It's an option anyway

Awesome post Jimmy. I get it. Definitely a great idea and something to seriously consider going forward.
Thank you buddy.
Joe D

[wintermoon]

Don’t cut yourself short Bob.
You are still playing. At an age Long after all of my ancestors were worm food. You did it right.
That GJS will always be OUR baby. This guitar will be cherished, in honor of the guy who lovingly owned it for 40 years and the sad widow who was forced to part with it.
Jimmy, are you saying leave it as it is? That would be my choice. And I love the sound it makes.
I am not the type that has 4 guitars and ALL of them must sound the same. One of the reasons I had have this guitar back (in addition to I love it, and it’s a Johnny..) is I don’t have a floater guitar. And I personally think this particular Floater guitar is the best one ever made. And it is still in near new condition.
When I brought the guitar in to Lark Street to change out the frets, Ian Davlin thought I was busting his balls. He didn’t believe it was a 43 yr old guitar.
And thanks to Bob, it stayed that way. Maybe the way he gently plays those arpeggios..
Thanks guys. I am charged up about this passion of mine once again.
Btw, This what I’ve been doing during my short absence..

you've been captaining the Starship Enterprise?
well Shatner's in his 90s now, so.....

[Max405]

WM, Hah!
Another passion of mine. I just spent a fortune on new telescopes and I ended up, taking the best image with one that I had since 1982. I will never sell that old C8 because my mother looked through it one time and almost cried after she saw Saturn through the eyepiece.
JD