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And some curb feelers

.022 is the most widely used cap, it's recommended by almost every pickup manufacturer, I would give that one a try

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I haven't tried the RS pots, but compared to CTS,Mojo tone, DiMarzio the hamer pots, etc they are light years better sounding and feeling.. I don't know how they did it actually, because I've been rold part of the great sound of the original Centralab pots was a bunch of lead in the trace recipe which I don't think can be used now

https://www.vintageinspiredpickups.com/vipots These are amazing; I have a stash of centralab pots from 1949 and these sound about 85 percent as great, and they are not expensive

https://reverb.com/item/88907481-hamer-monaco-iii-2008-natural

It really does matter, this is what I use they are not expensive and the difference between this and just about any other capacitor is the others will just cut frequencies, with one of these vintage bumble bees your tone remains Musical as you roll through the tone knob, it's very easy to switch as some people here have mentioned, just try it and if you've got reasonable ears you will absolutely hear the difference, .01uf is the value Hamer used and it's a good one Another good free trick is making your tone pot no load, there are videos on this it's very easy, I could convert one to no load in about 1 minute now there are a bunch of harmonics and goodness that you can hear when the tone knob is out of circuit, Eddie didn't use one! But if you want to use it the slightest turn counterclockwise it comes right back into circuit and then you've got the full range like normal https://www.ebay.com/itm/176770129054?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=ZbhvBOrwRFK&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=ppEzB9IOQ76&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

An update! I got two very nice strong black plate RCA 6l6gcs from ebay, total cost $85, they are without a doubt the bomb.. in this amp 6l6gc to me sounds much better than el34s; super happy about this and now I'll look for another pair, but at half power it sounds phenomenal and the overdrive tone and harmonics are that Indescribable goodness that in my experience only comes with old tubes

Here you go- $975/offer with lollar p90 https://reverb.com/item/86291057-2001-hamer-usa-artist

I have both, love both..the Artist is noticeably lighter and sounds fantastic acoustically, very rich. They both benefit greatly from a graphtech nut (PT-6143) as the Hamer nut is plastic - huge upgrade

Beautiful..good price

https://reverb.com/item/88726459-hamer-usa-t62-1992-seafoam-green

Wonder what happened to this one? I think it's really sweet!

That is a good analogy:) there are many crate moters in those cars when you go to cruises; both perspectives are correct if it works for you And I think it depends on how highly you value the sizzle over the steak

These guitars are amazing, my 84 is I think the best sounding guitar I have.. that front pickup is shockingly good

I admire his good taste! He and I are in the minority I know, but I really can't see the case for a Floyd, I wish I could swap every one I have for a kahler

I'm just going to put together a set of old school RCA black plates from ebay, the cost is the same or less than the new ones

The case actually matches one of my amps! And my brother gave me a tiger stripe headband that I'm saving for just the right occasion 🎸🤔

This has now been listed by a different eBay seller for 1577 and free shipping

Great info, thank you all

I have a 96 Studio Custom that I recently changed the nut on, from the stock Hamer plastic one to a graphtech, pt-6143-00 is the one that fits hamers: it requires a little bit of filing to get the action ideal, but the difference in complexity of tone and great sound is massive, just FYI

https://watfordvalves.com/product_detail.asp?id=273 What do you think? Are these the right ones?

It is a Carvin V3 that I have done major signal path upgrades too, right now I've got mullard xf2's from back in the day in it and they sound really good, I might just try to get a quad of RCA black plate 6l6gc's, those are apparently the best of everything.. Winged C's get a lot of good press but they don't seem to be made anymore, does anyone know why not?

Can the experts chime in on what their choice of 6l6gc power tubes would be? I had a quad of new production JJ's in an amp that just went bad, everyone hates them but I actually thought that those sounded good, but I didn't have anything else to compare them to.. what sounds best to you guys? Thanks so much

Amazing pictures, that artist holy s***!