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Wish I could have been there... As far as the pickups with metal
casings, I bet those are the Burns Trisonics Dave's been talking
about lately. Burns UK has recently started making them again after
some forty years. Many of the sixties Burns guitars sported these
pickups (including a Jazz Split Sound that are relatively easy to
find), but their main claim to fame is that they are the only stock
part (meaning, not hand-made) found on Brian May's famous 'Red
Special' (or whatever he calls it) custom guitar that he's played for
decades and that his dad and him built. My understanding is that
they play a major part in his unique tone. I wonder how they sound
for surf?
Ivan
--- In , "Marty Tippens"
<mctippens@e...> wrote:
> Man did Slacktone blow our collective hair last night! The special
guests were nice bonus too. It was a packed house with most of the So
Cal surf music community attending to celebrate the Slacktone 10th
Anniversary. Dave played a red sparkle Jaguar with his special mods.
Hes got metal casings on the pick-ups. I don't know if that
represents different pick-ups altogether but we'll have to ask him
when he wakes up. What a fun night!
>
> -Marty
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Ah, very good, Ivan. Those pick-ups do look like those Brian May jobs. I can't
tell you that he sounded any different with those pick-ups than he sounded with
the standard pick-ups on the back-up Jaguar he switched to later in the night. I
image there is a difference but it wasn't obvious to me. I understand he was
using a Memory Man and a tape echo but no tank. It was a great sound overall.
-Marty
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From: ipongrac
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Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 12:16 PM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Slacktone pickups
Wish I could have been there... As far as the pickups with metal
casings, I bet those are the Burns Trisonics Dave's been talking
about lately. Burns UK has recently started making them again after
some forty years. Many of the sixties Burns guitars sported these
pickups (including a Jazz Split Sound that are relatively easy to
find), but their main claim to fame is that they are the only stock
part (meaning, not hand-made) found on Brian May's famous 'Red
Special' (or whatever he calls it) custom guitar that he's played for
decades and that his dad and him built. My understanding is that
they play a major part in his unique tone. I wonder how they sound
for surf?
Ivan
--- In , "Marty Tippens"
<mctippens@e...> wrote:
> Man did Slacktone blow our collective hair last night! The special
guests were nice bonus too. It was a packed house with most of the So
Cal surf music community attending to celebrate the Slacktone 10th
Anniversary. Dave played a red sparkle Jaguar with his special mods.
Hes got metal casings on the pick-ups. I don't know if that
represents different pick-ups altogether but we'll have to ask him
when he wakes up. What a fun night!
>
> -Marty
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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