X160 Rockabilly versus Starfire III?

[AlohaJoe]

The later Corona 160s are smaller in size than the Westerlys. You cant see it in pic but they are about 1/2to 3/4 inches smaller and thinner.

I wonder if that's true for the 150s as well. Aren't they the same body?

 

[matsickma]

I have been messing around with all different models of DeArmond pickups. I found the general tone of the pickups on the Rockibilly , DeArmond 2000, to have a similar tone to the origional Dearmond Model 200 except the Model 200's have greater output and a little less bright upper end. When compared against the Gretsch reissue Dynasonics the output of the Dynasonic and Model 200 seems about the same but the Dynasonics seem to be a bit more distorted. A big problem I find with the Gretsch reissue Dynasonics is the very large Alinico pole piece magnet really "pulls-off" the frequency on the low E-string. I haven't found any practical pole-piece height that can cure this effect.

M

 

[Sarah93003]

I will try to get the serial number and the dimensions of this guitar and hopefully it can be determined exactly what it is. Thank you all for your very valuable input.

Sarah