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    "California" Pickups

    Does anybody (DrumBob?) know who made these? Could it have been a 'backdoor' for Duncan after he signed an exclusive OEM deal with Kramer (a la Park/Marshall)?
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    Ignored thread

    Apparently I have one. No idea why. I must have mis-clicked. Any idea of how to "un-ignore" things?
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    Prismatone?

    This picture was part of a Mojotone email with the subject Acoustic Guitars & Our Pickups That Charge Them Could it be?
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    I've got your Adirondack Spruce right here!

    Log drivers near Glens Falls, New York, on the Hudson River. Circa 1890s. - Photo from Adirondack Mountain News
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    "break in time"

    How much play-time do you find it takes for a good flat top to "find it's voice." My primary acoustic was bought essentially 'new old stock' a couple of years after it was made (2001). Sounded pretty good when I got it, and a bit better after a few years, but I've found it's really only after...
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    Ugh

    Musician's Friend/Guitar Center has now picked up Sweetwater's filthy habit of calling to see if you need to purchase anything.
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    66 vs 66-J

    Is there a 66 schematic somewhere to compare? I took a look at the 66-J (actually 99 J) schematic on the Prowess site. There doesn't seem to be any 'thrown away' gain there. The instrument volume control setup is kind of wacky, like the 5E3 Deluxe, but the mike channel is even stranger, and...
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    Dual Screw Pickup Mount Adapter

    For people trying to retrofit 3rd party pickups to your 80's Guilds with three screw adjustments, TV Jones has an adapter available: https://tvjones.com/dual-screw-mount-adaptor/ Spacing for the bass-side screws on the TV Jones adapter is 5/8" (0.625") according to their tech folks. That's...
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    Truss rod adjustments

    Had to make an adjustment on a guitar. Change of seasons, and all that in a temperate four-season climate, where you need to humidify guitars in the winter. And I got to thinking. Some guitars need and adjustment twice a year. Spring and fall. I've seen some guitars that need to be adjusted...
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    What kind of company?

    Martin is a flattop acoustic guitar company that made some electrics. Fender is an electric guitar company that has made some flattop acoustics. Epiphone was an mostly archtop acoustic guitar company that made some electrics and flattops before they were bought by Gibson. Gibson has arguably...
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    Spruced up!

    Well that's about as nicely quartersawn as you can do. :) Nightbird GG
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    Nightbird Kent Armstrong Pickup and surround

    If anybody's looking to restore their Nightbird, there's an original Kent Arnstrong pickup and mounting ring on Reverb, listed as a Guild 80's pickup. Probably the bridge model. IMHO, they sound pretty crummy, but if you want to bring yours back to stock, there it is. (no relation to seller...
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