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  • tony99tony99 Frets: 6650
    tomajoha said:
    I tend to replace the custom-bucker anyway as I find them a bit meh. I think the more recent R8 neck is a wee bit slimmer than previous years too. My ‘20 R4 is certainly a fraction slimmer than my ‘14 R8
    what do you go for instead of custom bucks?
    Bollocks you don't know Bono !!
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  • Jonathanthomas83Jonathanthomas83 Frets: 3432
    edited January 2021
    tony99 said:
    tomajoha said:
    I tend to replace the custom-bucker anyway as I find them a bit meh. I think the more recent R8 neck is a wee bit slimmer than previous years too. My ‘20 R4 is certainly a fraction slimmer than my ‘14 R8
    what do you go for instead of custom bucks?
    I'm interested too. I must admit, I really liked the CBs in my old R8. What didn't you like about them @tomajoha?
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  • tomajohatomajoha Frets: 822
    @tony99 and @Jonathanthomas83 its totally personal preference. I tend to prefer Alnico 2, other than that I like OX4 or Mules . I havent tried the unpotted CBs so I cant comment on them.

    I think I have a pair of potted (2014) CBs if you want some to drop in to your new guitar if thats the sound you like
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  • hyperbenhyperben Frets: 1399
    edited January 2021
    CBs can sound really good but they’re a little unfriendly in the upper mids I find. Sometimes that’s a good thing if you want more of a T-Top type sound though. I’ve not heard that upper mid spike it any other repro PAF so be wonder how authentic it is. They’re great sounding pickups though, and worth swapping out? Probably not worth the cost for most people.
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  • Jonathanthomas83Jonathanthomas83 Frets: 3432
    @hyperben what would you recommend?

    @tomajoha, I'm intrigued with the OX4's must admit. Everyone raves about them.
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  • hyperbenhyperben Frets: 1399
    edited January 2021
    Wizz of Shed PAFs would be my choices. I really don’t like OX4s... they get a lot of love but I’ve always found them to be quite lifeless and colour the tone too much compared to others.
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  • tomajohatomajoha Frets: 822
    hyperben said:
    Wizz of Shed PAFs would be my choices. I really don’t like OX4s... they get a lot of love but I’ve always found them to be quite lifeless and colour the tone too much compared to others.
    I should have added my OX4 experience is with my ES175 so that's really not helpful for me to recommend them for a Les Paul.

     I recently had a set wound by JPG which I'm loving - keeping it Yorkshire 
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  • hyperbenhyperben Frets: 1399
    Well it’s all personal preference, but I couldn’t get OX4s out quick enough. Every couple of years I have another go with them but always feel the same about them and they’re out and up for sale again.
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  • OssyrocksOssyrocks Frets: 1660
    I found a difference in the CB’s in my 2014 compared with the three 2017’s I’ve had.

    I swapped them out of the 2014 for some Sheptones, but I kept them in all the 2017’s as they were so much better than my previous experience of them. I still have one 2017 and have no intention of changing the pickups as it’s such a nice sounding guitar.

    I have no idea what difference there is between the CBs from different years, but you can hear a difference.

    Rob
    Trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/58485/
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  • TINMAN82TINMAN82 Frets: 1844
    People still discussing these B-stock R8s?  ;)
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  • tomajohatomajoha Frets: 822
    Unfortunately 
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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 10961
    This thread will be there with Keef and the cockroaches.
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  • danishbacondanishbacon Frets: 2588
    TINMAN82 said:
    People still discussing these B-stock R8s?  ;)
    We’re just waiting for the £1500 ones to start showing up for sale! Soon!
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  • tomajohatomajoha Frets: 822
    @danishbacon disaster-capitalism  ;)
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  • markjmarkj Frets: 851
    hyperben said:
    Well it’s all personal preference, but I couldn’t get OX4s out quick enough. Every couple of years I have another go with them but always feel the same about them and they’re out and up for sale again.
    Not my favourite as well, totally agree with your comments. Just fitted a set of SB59’s from Sunbear pickups to my traditional and they’re absolutely stunning.
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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10333
    roberty said:
    @Hattigol oh my god mate I could eat that. Forbidden gummy! So beautiful
    I would pay to buy the guitar to witness that feat
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • rocktronrocktron Frets: 797
    Hattigol said:



    Are 2018s allowed in this thread? 

    Are Vintage V100 LP lookalikes allowed? This is the top of my Vintage V100AFD Reissued:-

    https://i.imgur.com/qD7oAx1.jpg
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  • tomajohatomajoha Frets: 822
    edited January 2021
    That is a remarkably similar finish
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  • danishbacondanishbacon Frets: 2588
    gibbo-01

    After 2 years looking for the right plaintop after selling my lemon.....

    Very hard to photograph, it's not as red as it appears.
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  • HattigolHattigol Frets: 8170
    The R8 thread lives! 
    "Anybody can play. The note is only 20%. The attitude of the motherf*cker who plays it is  80%" - Miles Davis
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  • tomajohatomajoha Frets: 822
    danishbacon said:
    gibbo-01

    After 2 years looking for the right plaintop after selling my lemon.....

    Very hard to photograph, it's not as red as it appears.
    Nice :) I like that amount of red, some of the others ended up looking like the tribute series guitars or coffee tables
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  • sbarker1978sbarker1978 Frets: 78
    Guys..........this thread is deader than Captain Tom. It's been years. Let's give it a rest after 166 pages
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  • Jonathanthomas83Jonathanthomas83 Frets: 3432
    Nah. They're awesome guitars.
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  • tomajohatomajoha Frets: 822
    As the OP I have to agree with @sbarker1978. ;
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  • LebarqueLebarque Frets: 3301
    tomajoha said:
    As the OP I have to agree with @sbarker1978. ;
    Just be glad you haven't commented on the 'word association' thread. 93 notifications every time I log in.  Worst mistake of my fretboard career.
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  • BoromedicBoromedic Frets: 4327
    sbarker1978 said:
    Guys..........this thread is deader than Captain Tom. It's been years. Let's give it a rest after 166 pages
    Bit harsh innit, blokes barely cold FFS. 

    Besides Gibsons are cool so long live the R8 thread and all who sailed in it.

    My head said brake, but my heart cried never.


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  • Jonathanthomas83Jonathanthomas83 Frets: 3432
    Whilst I sympathise with the OP, I don't get why people are so dead against this thread. It's a forum and perfectly acceptable to enjoy talking about this. We all had a great time when it started and I'm enjoying my R8, as are many others, I guess.

    It highlights a major flaw in the system though, the need to be able to unsubscribe from discussions that you start. @digitalscream (I know this has been discussed many times, sorry)
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  • JerkMoansJerkMoans Frets: 8372
    sbarker1978 said:
    Guys..........this thread is deader than Captain Tom. It's been years. Let's give it a rest after 166 pages
    I denounce you as a bourgeois revisionist, spreading capitalist running-dog counter-revolutionary propaganda.  To the Salt Mines!
    Inactivist Lefty Lawyer
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  • JerkMoansJerkMoans Frets: 8372

    Lebarque said:
    tomajoha said:
    As the OP I have to agree with @sbarker1978. ;
    Just be glad you haven't commented on the 'word association' thread. 93 notifications every time I log in.  Worst mistake of my fretboard career.
    I see your 'Word Association' and raise you 'Emp's perpetual car search' :grimace: 
    Inactivist Lefty Lawyer
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  • tomajohatomajoha Frets: 822
    The OP: "If it wasnt for that pesky thread..."

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