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The Cream will only get better as time goes by..

Great demo! And it is so pleasing to hear a gear demo without the inevitable Mayer-Hendrix-Gilmour noodling!

Gibson Custom rules!:)

I prefer PG-102 for the bridge. I'd take either of the two for the front position.

Good demo, Joe! How do these Thro Bak Pickups compare to a Seymour Duncan Custom Shop Pearly Gates or A Whole Lotta Humbucker? Thoughts?

Like a race car, every little component adds up

TL082 sounds grainiers than others

From my point of ear, i consider the Power Stage Tubes as a kind of compressor besides to give an specific voice like the difference between 6L6 and 6V6. It is clear that every piece within an amplifier counts, but if your power tubes is in harmony with the tubes you chose for your preamp and the type of sound that the brand decided to give to that amplifier, magic will happen!

Hey! Thanks for the video! Do you think it’s a bad idea to have a 60w speaker for a 60w amp head! Thanks!!!

the sky is blue

Thanks Pat

The funnest part of moving polepieces for me has been the change in attack. Polepieces down, the pickup seems rounder on the pick-strike and more fit for sustain. With them up, the attack is way heavier w/ an immediate low-end “bump” that goes away (like a compressor knee), but you can over-do this. It can sound a bit like the bass overload from someone speaking too close to the mic. It kinda sounds like a WAY overwound single coil. It’s worth noting that the way it changes EQ is more nuanced than just adding treble, too. Polepiece changes seem to make some highs increase, and others decrease, in a strange but predictable way. Best way to hear it is to “feel” the difference as you try it yourself! ^some food for thought, for those trying this out

Some people prefer Jensen P12Q rather than P12R, what do you think bout it ?

Did you just wink at me..? (at 5.13)... yeah, won't be back...

Outstanding review! Thorpy's got a V2 now and it addresses the headroom flaw. Hope we get your take on it.

I went into this expecting to prefer the T Armond but, nope, I'm a Tele guy. 😅

Throbak koss pick ups are a step up again. If you get chance you need to try a set

Monty's took it for me had more clarity and was more open

55 Stagger does it for me. KC

👍🏿🤘Did you have a fav sir?

Hola desde Argentina. Tengo una 52 American Vintage modelo 2000 con el circuito antiguo. La ventaja del control de tonos es que funciona en las 3 posiciones: posición mástil mitiga los tonos oscuros del dark circuit y es muy útil para comping en el jazz. En la posición del medio con el control de tono a 0 agrega algo de agudos para la melo de un Standard. Subimos el tono en ésta posición y es una buena variedad de tonos para sólos. En la posición del puente el control de tono agrega y quita volumen para tener una variedad para sólos o melodías. Creo que Leo Fender sabía lo que hacía considerando que era amante de jazz y del country. Yo estoy muy contento con ese circuito se logran tonos y sonidos imposibles de lograr con el circuito estándar. Saludos desde Argentina te felicito por el tutorial muy bueno y claro. También me gustó mucho el que se refiere al circuito Braodcaster. 👍🎸❤

Adding a shim just made more space between frets and ringing strings as it will make if you loosen trussrode which eliminated the ringing of the strings on the first frets. That's all the difference in the tone

I've seen the previous video and it was a brilliant one. I saw the comments and didn't expect such a pro-level reaction, bravo! This video is excellent!

Very oil can like

I came here to learn more about pots thanks for the informative video. I had some New Pots installed on my LP by a technician as they were making buzzy sounds intermittently. I did not specify what I wanted as I don’t know much about pots at the time. The new ones behave differently to my old ones. Old ones you can hear a really gradual volume increase from 0-10. The new ones you hear a small increase between 0-4 and then 5-10 has sudden more noticeable volume increases. What should I be looking for in terms of Taper to get another set of volume pots that behave like my old ones ? Thanks so much for anyone reading this.

I don't think in guitar amps there's a whole lot of difference. In home audio there's a fairly substantial difference in good equipment.

Well done!

When you listen at 3:56 you can hear a big difference between A3 en A5. The A3 sounded much richer, the A5 sounded very mid focused. I give the A3 the first place.

The monty's seem much more 'direct' sounding. OX4's are more mellow and subdued (which can be a good sound, depending on what you're looking for). To me the OX4's are 'sweeter' and more muddy, while the Monty's have more clarity and string definition with more brashness.

I kind of like the toppier sound of the Waza. Little more clear. I had the BD2 Keeley Modded. Great boost pedal all around.

Clarity and dynamic sound which is different from typical humbucker sound. Great

In isolation I can see why people say Ooo the 909 is warm etc, but put it in a mix and the PT9 will come through a lot better.

The 55hz were intended for the Super Bass cabs...

Once again, a great comparison: thank you ! The Hex sound to me a bit brigther and slightly more articulate. The rounds are a tad more bassy and smoother. I think the rounds woud possibly fit better on single coils/T type guitars and the Hex on darker sounding guitars ? Feel: yes the round core feels just a bit slinkier to me too... Good remark on binding the round wounds before snipping ! Cheers !

Thanks. Great work.

I own a japanese tokai wich is a fantasy to play and hear, even unplugged. The level of love was that high, so i decided to maximize its potential, bought a set of KZ-115 A2 by Throbak and dude... what a lovely way of sounding! Its the so searched fat tele tone. And even being the neck pickup a little bit muddy, fixing the pickup height and the pole screws, that's the tone you've been listening all your life in the music you love!

GOLD..

literally everyone on earth prefers the 50s wiring but Gibson continues to not offer this?

Doesn’t sound very usable.

After trying the Midnight Vibe from R Weaver ( a Uni Vibe reproduction) and found it good, but a bit underwhelming, with no options (not even a very low speed), no expression, incredibly expensive and with 1 year warranty only... thanks to you I bumped into this one, with a pletora of options, fully valve driven and with 5 years warranty!! Now that's a company that backs up their workmanship! Now I am waiting for the box to arrive and it remains to be seen how it sounds, but from your demo I can hear that I already like it! Thanks for this informative video, are you payed by Effectrode?

Those valves! sooo warm

Its important to rememer the Hertiage G12M20 and Greenback Reissue G12M25 are reissues of different vintage Greebacks . The Greenback started out as the G12M20 and later became the G12M25 and both versions sound different . The G12M20s were made from 1965 to mid 1968 then spec and design changes were made in mid 68 such as changing the Voice coil formers and making changes to the doping . The 2 modern Greeback G12M reissues are representing different vintage Greenaback models . The differences you hear between these 2 reissues is in line with the differences you would hear between the 2 vintage versions

The Heritage can't be an exact copy of the original 60s and early 70s Greens because the Heritage speakers use different cones . The originals had Pulsonic cones but those are no longer Available because the Pulsonic factory burned to the ground in Mid 73 and the Pulsonic recipe and production methods were lost and nobody has been able to successfully replicate the pulsonic cones . The tone is in the cone.

So is this just a take on a Klon with more eq options? Thinking of buying it.

QUESTION: I have a HIWATT DR103 and would like 10" speaker options. Can you tell me if any 10" speakers with be compatible with the HIWATT sound? THANKS!

cool video :). i finally, after 45 years, bought a used 660/12 w/ toasters....... it is a masterpiece of a guitar..... i hope u get the tone u r looking for.... me too, i am not 100% happty w/ my ricky sound ...it is awesome some days and a lil to much to tame other days :)

I like the Effectrode more. Thanks for the video!

The difference could be purely volume down to a stronger magnetic field but to me it also sound stronger and more even in the lows.

The old way of using a fuzz face is best You dime the volume

Joe, I'm late to this party... but this is absolutely fantastic! I am imagining the hours spent to make this 19 minute video. Personally I liked the IV, 4 sound best overall... that is listening to this streaming at whatever kbps with whatever compression RUclips uses. Fantastic job!