Any Loudness Fans? Rare Pickup Find

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MetalHeart said:
Ok I get it it, my bad (y) so his pickups are 9.5k?
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From what I gather, like all of us, his taste in pickups evolved and that he has used the SD 59, Custom 5, and even the custom/59 hybrid. This effort was to recreate the Thunder in the East tones. He was using Gibson pickups at the time. The result is an overwound hot PAF@9.5k which would be about 6000 winds vs 5000 for a standard PAF
 
Fiesta Red said:
California State Fair at Cal Expo. Saw it from the bleachers on the right side of the stage.
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Nice , I was on the left
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Finally got it installed. It took me a minute to get used to it. Mainly because I’ve been playing 17k bridge pickups for a long while now. These measured in at 10k on the bridge and 8k on the neck. The are bright like a PAF, but still bring the heat. Dare I say the closest thing to an EVH pickup that I’ve heard out of my Jose Marshall, in that the highs just sizzle? These cut really well, harmonics are easy and all of the Thunder in the East tones are right there. It’s only fitting that they go in my Rising Sun

The big bonus is that I did a push pull switch and the split tone in the middle position are great
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scottosan said:
From what I gather, like all of us, his taste in pickups evolved and that he has used the SD 59, Custom 5, and even the custom/59 hybrid. This effort was to recreate the Thunder in the East tones. He was using Gibson pickups at the time. The result is an overwound hot PAF@9.5k which would be about 6000 winds vs 5000 for a standard PAF
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9.5k is what the Slash 2,0 is albeit with Alnico 2 , I wonder if this is just similar with the Alnico 5
 
scottosan said:
Finally got it installed. It took me a minute to get used to it. Mainly because I’ve been playing 17k bridge pickups for a long while now. These measured in at 10k on the bridge and 8k on the neck. The are bright like a PAF, but still bring the heat. Dare I say the closest thing to an EVH pickup that I’ve heard out of my Jose Marshall, in that the highs just sizzle? These cut really well, harmonics are easy and all of the Thunder in the East tones are right there. It’s only fitting that they go in my Rising Sun

The big bonus is that I did a push pull switch and the split tone in the middle position are great
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Thats one hell of a guitar !!!
 
scottosan said:
Finally got it installed. It took me a minute to get used to it. Mainly because I’ve been playing 17k bridge pickups for a long while now. These measured in at 10k on the bridge and 8k on the neck. The are bright like a PAF, but still bring the heat. Dare I say the closest thing to an EVH pickup that I’ve heard out of my Jose Marshall, in that the highs just sizzle? These cut really well, harmonics are easy and all of the Thunder in the East tones are right there. It’s only fitting that they go in my Rising Sun

The big bonus is that I did a push pull switch and the split tone in the middle position are great
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Don't know about the pickups but that guitar is a thing of beauty !
 
jabps said:
Yep, it's actually Scottosans own special body cut from Chubtone.
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Yup, in between a dinky and standard size. The neck is unique as well. A little thicker than standard offerings
 
scottosan said:
Yup, in between a dinky and standard size. The neck is unique as well. A little thicker than standard offerings
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The necks on both my Chubtones are the #3 Vintage C.

Smidge beefier than their #1 Standard. The C is very comfortable, has a great feel and a very fast neck as well.
 
hammered said:
Saw them open for Motley Crue in Sacramento 1985 and at the San Jose Civic in 1986

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Awesome! I saw them headline the Pomona Valley Auditorium in Southern California right around that time period. I think capacity was about 2,000.

Opener was Poison, who put on an extremely high energy show but with CC Deville running around in circles and not even attempting to play anything other than noise during any of his guitar solos. Second up was Cinderella, who sounded great but not nearly the same level of energy.

Then Loudness came on and blew the roof off the place. Such good times!
 
Nice guitar :cool: Big Loudness fan here (y) what I'm wanting to know is where you get those Grinch jammies :love:
 
TexasBaritone said:
Awesome! I saw them headline the Pomona Valley Auditorium in Southern California right around that time period. I think capacity was about 2,000.

Opener was Poison, who put on an extremely high energy show but with CC Deville running around in circles and not even attempting to play anything other than noise during any of his guitar solos. Second up was Cinderella, who sounded great but not nearly the same level of energy.

Then Loudness came on and blew the roof off the place. Such good times!
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Poison opened here also
 
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