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The vintage set in my Bluesbird are IMO magical. -Dave-
"Magical"..... a word I often used to describe those.
It particularly comes to mind after you listen to some recordings of them. You hear sounds/tones that you didn't even notice were there as you played.
 

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...and all this time I was under the impression you were a guy.
Ahhh the internets.

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Fun info about that cartoon. It was published in 1993 in the New Yorker. '93! It remains to this day the most reproduced New Yorker cartoon in the magazine's history.
 

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Fun info about that cartoon. It was published in 1993 in the New Yorker. '93! It remains to this day the most reproduced New Yorker cartoon in the magazine's history.
And it's still as hilarious and even more relevant today as it was 27 years ago, thanks to the gathering of the trolls!
 

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Also, the lack of braces reminds me of my Kimberly bass, where the top flattened out and the action rose until it became unplayable and irreparable. $.02, etc.
 

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Rickenbacker makes an HB1 humbucker. But I don’t think its the same.
 

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Those are not the HB-1 pickups on that series, fwiw.
I wish they would use the HB-1s on other guitars.
I think your reply was to the video posted, but infact the HB-1 re-issue was first used in the S-100 mid of 2014 already. Only the early S-100s in 2013 and first half 2014 came with little buckers, afterwards the model was changed. So the second part of the video shows the S-100 with HB-1s!
Ralf
 

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I think your reply was to the video posted, but infact the HB-1 re-issue was first used in the S-100 mid of 2014 already. Only the early S-100s in 2013 and first half 2014 came with little buckers, afterwards the model was changed. So the second part of the video shows the S-100 with HB-1s!
Ralf
Reply was in reference to the original video posted, not the replacement video.
 

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I need to get a pair, because if they sound like HB1s then they're a consideration for those of us that dislike the Fender HB1s!

i think those Fender HB-1s sound good, especially in semi hollow/hollows. unfortunately for Fender HB-1's "Not being a vintage Guild HB-1" has morphed into "Fender HB-1's don't sound good." and of course reading what others post on the internet...but I have heard some great video clips of them, and that is just thru my phone or computer. do you really think a Newark Street pickup will sound nicer than a Fender HB-1?
 
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