The Retro Rocker
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Got the ‘burst F50r in the shop...
Got the 2005 sunburst F50r in the shop.
I’m having the factory-installed Fishman Matrix Natural 1 removed and having my favorite K&K pure mini w/volume control installed. I played it live and even tho the guitar sounds stellar acoustically, plugged in it paled in comparison to all the other I have with the K&K. I tried different preamp configurations and even without the preamps... nah!
And I don’t know WHAT they used for saddle material on this particular guitar, but playing acoustically and A/B-ing it with the “Kristofferson”... it sounds so good, I decided not to swap it. The pickup that’s coming out is SO thin, my luthier is going to put a in spruce shim and see how that sounds.
Fingers crossed...I’ll get it back later this week.
Got the 2005 sunburst F50r in the shop.
I’m having the factory-installed Fishman Matrix Natural 1 removed and having my favorite K&K pure mini w/volume control installed. I played it live and even tho the guitar sounds stellar acoustically, plugged in it paled in comparison to all the other I have with the K&K. I tried different preamp configurations and even without the preamps... nah!
And I don’t know WHAT they used for saddle material on this particular guitar, but playing acoustically and A/B-ing it with the “Kristofferson”... it sounds so good, I decided not to swap it. The pickup that’s coming out is SO thin, my luthier is going to put a in spruce shim and see how that sounds.
Fingers crossed...I’ll get it back later this week.