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Replacing Gretsch BT65s with The Creamery's Classic Black Cat Filtertrons

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bad_alicebad_alice Frets: 222
edited December 2022 in Gear Reviews
Hi folks, I thought some of you might be interested in hearing about the Filtertrons I installed in my Gretsch Player's Edition G6229BT Jet to take the place of the BT65s that were originally on board?
Why did I do this?
What did I replace them with?
And what does the guitar sound like now?
All will be revealed...
https://youtu.be/bdC5b9HX9_Y

Easily distracted and...oooh, look! A guitar!"
My Trading Feedback can be found here: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/62765/bad-alice/p1
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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7202
    Love the purple sparkle on that! Cool playing
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  • CountryDaveCountryDave Frets: 752
    Looks and sounds fab.
    Here is my forum trading profile - http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1290470#Comment_1290470

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  • bad_alicebad_alice Frets: 222
    edited December 2022
    Love the purple sparkle on that! Cool playing
    Looks and sounds fab.
    Thanks so much, both of you!
    The pickups have really exceeded my expectations, especially as the bigger companies who offer humbucker sized Filtertrons, #Lollar #SeymourDuncan wind those pickups to have a higher output than these do. 
    <scoots off to interwebz>
    Lollar Lollatrons: DC: Neck 4.4K, Bridge 5.3K
    Seymour Duncan Psyclones:     DC: Neck: 7.2k, Bridge: 8.19k
    (The Creamery Classic Black Cats:     DC: Neck: 4.1K,  Bridge: 4.6k)
    For lots of reasons I won't bore you with, I really wanted low wound/DC Filtertrons so it was wonderful to discover that Jaime at The Creamery could deliver exactly that. They're fantastic and have given this guitar the voice I'd hoped for. 
    The purple overspray worked out so well too and I'm so glad I decided to go that route. @lamf68 is such an incredible finisher of guitars thatI knew this one would be in safe hands. And, as always, he absolutely NAILED it. The learning from that experience is that silver or gold sparkles make a pretty damn good base for creating a sparkle finish in whatever colour you want. Getting a good finisher to deliver that being key though!

    Easily distracted and...oooh, look! A guitar!"
    My Trading Feedback can be found here: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/62765/bad-alice/p1
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