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Topic: Steel Guitar Shock! 3 PPs and a Hybrid |
Mike Scaggs
From: Nashville, TN
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Posted 7 Sep 2017 5:02 am
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Had a great time in the shop last night with good friends Randy Beavers, Mike Bourque, Damir, and yours truly. In the house was a 1964 #6 wrap around, #1 Zum Hybrid, and the 2 Emmons lacquer guitars I just finished restoring. Both PPs and the Hybrid have chrome 705 pickups while the 64 had Emmons pickups in it.
Obviously Ruby is waiting for fret-boards to show up in the mail....
Randy decided to put some Klusons on his Hybrid along with the 705s for a test. We sat around and A/B'd these guitars, talked shop, had a lot of good laughs, and yes, drank a beer. (the puppies slept through the whole thing HA!)
The results were pretty great too. The Zum/PP test was very close indeed. I think the red PP (Ruby) had just a hair more mids but then again we are talking lacquer vs Mica too. With that being said it would hard to tell them apart with a blindfold test we all agreed.
The two Lacquer Emmons were pretty close too the difference being metal vs wood necks and of course the different style changers. As some of you know the Blue guitar belongs to Damir and the red guitar (Ruby) is headed to Florida in a few weeks to meet up with her new owner.
Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVKXjne_6ho&feature=youtu.be
 _________________ I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you
Zum double Hybrid 8x9, 64 Twin (JBLs), p2pAmps Bad-Dawg, p2pAmps Tremendous Reverb, Visit my website www.p2pamps.com
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Carl Kilmer
From: East Central, Illinois
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Posted 7 Sep 2017 5:40 am
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Video here:
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Mike Scaggs
From: Nashville, TN
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John Lacey
From: Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 7 Sep 2017 7:34 am
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So the next video should be the shoot-out between the PP and the Hybrid. PPPlease!! |
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Mike Scaggs
From: Nashville, TN
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Posted 7 Sep 2017 7:35 am
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John Lacey wrote: |
So the next video should be the shoot-out between the PP and the Hybrid. PPPlease!! |
I actually made that video and my phone messed up  _________________ I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you
Zum double Hybrid 8x9, 64 Twin (JBLs), p2pAmps Bad-Dawg, p2pAmps Tremendous Reverb, Visit my website www.p2pamps.com |
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John Lacey
From: Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
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Posted 7 Sep 2017 8:47 am
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Too bad, Mike. Least you considered it. Did you guys notice any difference with the Klusons on the Hybrid? I'm always interested in Hybrid talk as I have one. |
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Mike Scaggs
From: Nashville, TN
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Posted 7 Sep 2017 9:26 am
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John Lacey wrote: |
Too bad, Mike. Least you considered it. Did you guys notice any difference with the Klusons on the Hybrid? I'm always interested in Hybrid talk as I have one. |
Randy said he noticed it big time but he also put some chrome 705s in there too. Hit Randy Beavers up and he will tell you the scoop _________________ I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you
Zum double Hybrid 8x9, 64 Twin (JBLs), p2pAmps Bad-Dawg, p2pAmps Tremendous Reverb, Visit my website www.p2pamps.com |
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john widgren
From: Wilton CT
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Posted 7 Sep 2017 12:47 pm Hybrid
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I ordered my Hybrid with the Gotoh(Kluson type)tuners and the headstock that is designed for them by BZ. The late great John Hughey turned me onto the idea when we talked about his Hybrid. I played my Hybrid guitar with the Gotoh/Kluson type headstocks for a while and then switched to the standard headstock with modern tuners. Well... the newer style tuners were definitely an improvement in terms of back-lash, and the guitar did sound great. I played it that way for a few years. About 6-8 months ago I switched back to the Kluson style tuners and headstocks. I like the way they sound a lot. Better to my ear IMHO.
JW _________________ Steel Guitar Services:
Live performance and recording. Instruments, repairs and lessons. Fresh bait/discount sushi.
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Bobby Boggs
From: Upstate SC.
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Posted 7 Sep 2017 1:15 pm
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Wish Mike would post some clips of the 64. Or maybe he has and I missed them? |
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Mike Scaggs
From: Nashville, TN
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Posted 7 Sep 2017 3:18 pm
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Bobby Boggs wrote: |
Wish Mike would post some clips of the 64. Or maybe he has and I missed them? |
No clips of the 64, sorry. My camera messed up so all the video I thought i took was black... _________________ I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you
Zum double Hybrid 8x9, 64 Twin (JBLs), p2pAmps Bad-Dawg, p2pAmps Tremendous Reverb, Visit my website www.p2pamps.com |
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Bobby Boggs
From: Upstate SC.
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Posted 7 Sep 2017 6:44 pm
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Bobby Boggs wrote:
Wish Mike would post some clips of the 64. Or maybe he has and I missed them? |
Mike, I was wishing Mike Bourque would post some clips of the 64. I think he's the owner? Maybe not.
Enjoyed your clip. Thanks for sharing.
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Mike Scaggs
From: Nashville, TN
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Posted 7 Sep 2017 9:28 pm
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Bobby Boggs wrote: |
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Bobby Boggs wrote:
Wish Mike would post some clips of the 64. Or maybe he has and I missed them? |
Mike, I was wishing Mike Bourque would post some clips of the 64. I think he's the owner? Maybe not.
Enjoyed your clip. Thanks for sharing.
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Hey Bobby,
You're right, that is Mike's 64 and she is pretty cool man. I nudge him for some clips and also, check his Facebook... _________________ I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you
Zum double Hybrid 8x9, 64 Twin (JBLs), p2pAmps Bad-Dawg, p2pAmps Tremendous Reverb, Visit my website www.p2pamps.com |
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Damir Besic
From: Nashville,TN.
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Posted 9 Sep 2017 7:47 pm
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ha...yes I had tons of fun, I just didn't know there was beer available great o see all of you guys, and hear all those great guitars... that '64 Mike brought was just unbelievable ... he was lucky to get that from Barrett , whoever passed on that guitar because some "crooked pillar issue" BS could be very very sorry... guitar looks and plays great, and sounds fantastic... you can ask Randy Beavers if you don't trust me.... bottom line, great bunch of guys, great guitars  _________________ www.steelguitarsonline.com |
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