Hi guys
I did a search to see if it had been discussed before and came up with nothing in the first 20 pages of the search - which brings us back to 2008. So I thought it would be ok to ask.
Have people experimented with different Gibson or 3rd party pickups to get that Garcia Live Dead 1969-70 tone? From the pictures of the guitar, particularly that it had a large pickguard, I am assuming that it used Patent Number Pickups, not Patent Applied For.
These days there are so many people making excellent copies of the PAFs that I thought someone must have come close to the sound I am speaking about. I am thinking about Bare Knuckles, Duncan's 59, D Allen, etc.
Anyone mess around with some of these and have an opinion?
Also - what's the prevailing opinion - was Garcia mainly using the neck or bridge humbucker on his SG?
I did a search to see if it had been discussed before and came up with nothing in the first 20 pages of the search - which brings us back to 2008. So I thought it would be ok to ask.
Have people experimented with different Gibson or 3rd party pickups to get that Garcia Live Dead 1969-70 tone? From the pictures of the guitar, particularly that it had a large pickguard, I am assuming that it used Patent Number Pickups, not Patent Applied For.
These days there are so many people making excellent copies of the PAFs that I thought someone must have come close to the sound I am speaking about. I am thinking about Bare Knuckles, Duncan's 59, D Allen, etc.
Anyone mess around with some of these and have an opinion?
Also - what's the prevailing opinion - was Garcia mainly using the neck or bridge humbucker on his SG?
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"And I'm here by the road, tied to the load, that I picked up in ten thousand cafes and bars" - Barlow