a set of Monty's PAF's and russian caps.
I had been reading about different PAF clones and decided that although the Gibson MHS pick ups in my 63 re issue 335 were good I liked the idea of changing a couple of things to further improve an already great guitar and really make it my own. After reading and listening to a couple of reviews I decided to go with the Monty's.
I contacted Matt Gleason and initially was going to buy them and get a local luthier to fit them but after some email conversation with Matt I discovered that he would fit them for me as he does luthier work in his workshop as well as making pick ups. He also suggested that he fit some russian caps he had acquired to improve the tone controls on my guitar.
So I drove over to his workshop and he did the work while I waited. I have to say that Matt, and Tim who works with him are great guys...very good at their jobs and it was a pleasure to sit in the workshop and chat about music,guitars and tattoos with them.
I had rehearsal with the band that night so had the opportunity to give the guitar a proper blast with the new pick ups and they did not dissappoint. Although I will be honest and say there is not a night and day difference...they do have a bit more clarity to them and they have opened the guitar up a bit too so I'm extremely happy that I had them fitted. Our keyboard player noticed that I was cutting through better and I hadn't mentioned to any of the band that I'd had anything changed so the difference was noticeable.
All in all I'm happy I had the upgrade done and I can't recommend Matt and Tim enough...although it's an hour and a half drive from me I will be using them for any other tech work I need doing from now on..until of course they are too busy with the pick up side of things.
- “To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.”
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They won't have done any harm, but they haven't changed anything either - that's all down to the pickups.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
As long as they haven't done any harm then I'm good with it....the pick ups have improved the tone of the guitar without doubt
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
No .
But it does look much nicer!
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I then made it sound even better by changing the corner protectors to proper Vox ones.
I just need to find a smaller version of the Vox gold strip for the top of the grille and then it will sound amazing .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Congrats on your 335.
Been uploading old tracks I recorded ages ago and hopefully some new noodles here.