Greetings, comrades!
The inspiration for this one was the soon to be released fender Thinline Super Deluxe. Full of Tango Orangey goodness, TV Jones pickups and a rather incongruous Jazzmaster style block neck.
Well I loved the idea of the Thinline with the Filtertrons, slighlty less the Tango thing, and was equivocal about the neck. Oh, and I wasn't sure about paying £1600 for the thing or laying down a deposit with it unplayed.
Anyway. Serendipity brought a 72 Thinline my way. And, like Frank Sinatra, why not?
Great guitar. Lovely to play. Lovely to look at. But the 'Wide Range' pickups are anything but, frankly.
Cut a long story short, some delightful chaps in the States sorted me out with this:
A fun evening of tools and soldering irons and all the rest of it, and we have this. I stress I am no luthier and this has taken me to the limit of my abilities, but I'm both a bit proud and very pleased with it. Regrettably the fair Mrs Moans and the minor Moanses have long since hit the hay, so your baying cries for sound samples will have to wait. All I now need is a rattle can of orange paint.
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Inactivist Lefty Lawyer
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interesting idea with the Filtertrons.
Length and elegance is pretty much all I aspire to, amigo.
Although it just needs...
Sounds really tempting! I've got Mojo '52 single coils in my thinline at the moment, but I'd like to get a fatter/fuller sound so thinking of switching the neck pickup out for something else - these Filtertrons sound like they'll get me there whilst also retaining some of the kick-ass-twangy-tele-ness.
Enjoy.