Coastie:
So that beauty is yours ... it sure explains the hot sound in bluespicky's video. Very fine tone I might add. Probably a little hotter than I like, but these are personal tastes.
My initial take on the BB is the pots are fine. They work well up and down, do exactly what they're supposed to do. And the tonal balance is just right. Either someday tuned this guitar up to get it that way, or it was that way from the factory. According to the previous owner, that's the way it came to him from the store.
So I probably won't mess with the wiring. In terms of p/us, I could definitely live with these SDs. But there's something so fine in a few other sets. Spent hours today listening:
- Bluesbird, SD 59s
- '66 ES 335, stock patent sticker p/us
- Epiphone LQ Les Paul, Ian Anderson p/us
- Epiphone Riviera, MIK, stock HBs
- partscaster tele with Tom Short p/us, undercover mini neck
Very different flavors. All more to the older, PAF sort of sound. Some louder, fatter than others. The SDs have great balance, a little spare sounding next to some of these other, warmer choices. The TS undercover mini in particular has a unique sort of overdrive sound ... this is the one I want to hear in the chambered bluesbird body. Also thinking maybe lightning could strike twice in the minihum dept. The Soloway Swan I got last year has Lollar Firebird minis, and is chambered with maple top ... one of the best sounding guitars I've heard yet.
So it looks like I'm mini bound for this BB.
MD