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Just out in the latest Guild news email.. :shock: :shock: :shock:
Only pic I could find...none on the website.
Hot!!
Indeed! They really need to do an Aristocrat as well.twocorgis said:
Zelja said:I wonder if they are standard P90s or if they have been Franzified?
Kslam said:Zelja said:I wonder if they are standard P90s or if they have been Franzified?
I hope they haven't been too Franzified. I've played a few Franz equipped old Guilds recently and was disappointed.
I find on my CE-100D that the neck is fine but the bridge can do with some more grunt. Being modern "Duncan Franz P90 pickups" makes me think they will have more output than a vintage Franz but not quite that of a modern P90. I bet the bridge & neck will be different specs too.Walter Broes said:Kslam said:Zelja said:I wonder if they are standard P90s or if they have been Franzified?
I hope they haven't been too Franzified. I've played a few Franz equipped old Guilds recently and was disappointed.
Franz pickups can be a little thin into the wrong amp, and if the setup isn't all there. Well set up, into the right Fender amp, with some reverb, they're heavenly!
The prefix "T" stood traditionally for the "thin" version, so a kind of thinner X-500.walrus said:Would you consider this a "thin line"? Looks like it from the photo...
I could not find any specs regarding the body width.
walrus
Well, the way to set up a guitar like that, IMO, is to start out with the bridge pickup, get that as close to the strings as sounds good, then lower the bridge pickup until it balances with the bridge pickup, volume wise. It takes a while before you get it right there at that sweet spot, but it's worth it.Zelja said:I find on my CE-100D that the neck is fine but the bridge can do with some more grunt. Being modern "Duncan Franz P90 pickups" makes me think they will have more output than a vintage Franz but not quite that of a modern P90. I bet the bridge & neck will be different specs too.
A Franz pickup is physically very similar to a Gibson P90 pickup, but typically wound to a lower resistance - so we're wondering whether there are typical Duncan Gibson P90 clones under the hood, or a "wound for Guild" version that sounds more like the old Franz pickups.Chazmo said:Yeah, baby!
What is a "franzified" Duncan Franz pickup? Seriously, what are you guys referring to regarding the pickup? Just curious...
But the one and only picture does not look like it is a very thin body. Really hard to say without seeing the specs yet.walrus said:Thanks, SF, I should have realized that! I know some people like the wider body better, but the thin line will be more feedback resistant, especially since this appears to be a fully hollow body.
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