Beautiful playing man. That neck figuring on the Ry Cooder strat is just magnificent.
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro yes its a beautiful neck nice and thick too
@vayabroder729
3 жыл бұрын
One of the big exponents of those pickups was Mark Farner with early Grand Funk Railroad on his Messenger guitar. They sounded great even though he ended up switching the bridge pickup with a humbucker; like John Fogerty did on his Rickenbacker 325. That was a thing starting in the late ‘60’s; a lot of players stuck humbuckers on their guitars, especially in the bridge position.
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
Great comment thanks
@Stlie1
3 жыл бұрын
I just have to say that this channel has been a godsend. Would be cool to find out how close one can get to that Coodercaster tone with low end gear though. We can't all get the originals AND stay married, If you know what I mean...
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
Pleasure.. You can pretty much use any kind of 60s gold foil to great effect before having to resort to a replica.. Which may look cool but they don't sound right imo
@stendell09
3 жыл бұрын
You had me at Mercy
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
🙏
@tomasjones3755
3 жыл бұрын
Same for me. Nice playing, mate. Reminder of days when my band did that tune; with B-3 & Tenor/Alto Sax... ahhhhh
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
@@tomasjones3755 it's killer with a B-3!!
@silverpairaducks
3 жыл бұрын
@@tomasjones3755 gotta have horns
@tomasjones3755
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGuitarShow It was pretty bad-ass. 12 yrs of groovin music; Blues, Rock, R&B/Funk. Our singer was a vocal stylist. He nailed it; from Mel Tormé to James Brown (and too many others, in between)
@coltonius
2 жыл бұрын
“All the old ones sound the same.” - this guy, talking out his @$$ 😆
@TheGuitarShow
2 жыл бұрын
The old ones sound better imo
@justinrayguitars6024
3 жыл бұрын
I bought a set of the Guitar Fetish gold foil pu's and put in a Strat. I actually done a video of installing them and a demo. People in the comments could actually see the disappointed look when I started playing. I have a customers 65 Audition in the shop now that has the real thing.
@TheGuitarShow
Жыл бұрын
I agree I had Mojo Pickups replicas and they didnt sound so good imo - the real thing is way better
@jonnybeck6723
3 жыл бұрын
I've messed about a bit with swapping pups and always enjoy it... though not every experiment is successful the learning is always fun (for me anyways). Me latest trip to the laboratory was with an Ibanez AF 55 from 2016 which still had the rosewood on mahogany neck and tho' played beautifully the ceramic humbuckers were dismal ...so The neck got a wonderful old (30 or 40 years?) Ibanez "Flying Fingers" Humbucker and the bridge rec'd a chrome P-90 to fit a standard HB ring.... They're balanced and sound too good to be true. Hope all's well wichew guys ...cheers
@CarstenGoeke
2 жыл бұрын
Lately i´ve got a Danocaster Telestyle Guitar with an Arcane Goldfoil Prototype in the Neck. Never had experience with these kind of pickups. I love it. To me they got a P90 like character, with a lot of character. 😊✌🏼 Cool video!
@TheGuitarShow
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment
@michaelalbee4484
2 жыл бұрын
I've looked for the original pickups on ebay and they generally run about $189.00 each, which if I'm not mistaken, is a lot more than 80 quid.
@TheGuitarShow
2 жыл бұрын
Theyve gone up - blame covid as everything you want has gone up
@guitarnationtv
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your guitar knowledge Guitarman Ramon is it true you have your own Rowebucker Gold pup under development with an Alnico bar magnet, yay! ?
@TheGuitarShow
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I dont have any pickups under development.- but for single coils and humbcukers I recommend Alan Dingwall pickups
@michaelcraig9449
3 жыл бұрын
If you are sorry about the sound, why would you release it? Wouldn't it be the logical thing to record it over?
@HarryPagetFlashman
3 жыл бұрын
Great video, Ramon. Thanks very much!
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
Pleasure Henry
@HarryPagetFlashman
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGuitarShow I have a '62-style Fender Japan Tele with a repro GF in the neck. I can't say it's anything special to my ears. Will be keen to check out the originals and see if there's a marked improvement!
@unbekannt1320
3 жыл бұрын
Is there a technical difference between the old ones and the replicas (wiring, magnets etc.), which explains the different sound? Or why is not possible to copy them?
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe its the magnet properties (rubber magnets)
@7Miralas
3 жыл бұрын
Try some hershey bar pickups. The ones with low output. Very warm, fat, articulate but open sound. You can find them pretty reasonable price yet.
@cyberprimate
3 жыл бұрын
I read their design are similar to gold foils. Maybe it's the metal cover that darkens them.
@7Miralas
3 жыл бұрын
@@cyberprimate Chek the video with Blake Mills playing one Stratotone h44.
@LukeMaynard
Жыл бұрын
I'll put in another vote for the Gemini replicas, if replicas are a direction you need or want to go. I think one of the big issues is that the originals were unpotted pickups, and virtually every pickup maker today does wax potting, which prevents pickups from being too microphonic and feeding back, but at the expense of that last 15% of tone. especially in the high end and upper harmonics that makes all the difference to the ears. I had a "Marlin" guitar , made in Japan in the 1960s, with the best-sounding slide pickups I've ever heard to date. They were also unbearably noisy and the guitar was beaten to death and unplayable for anything but slide. I think a lot of the magic comes from those noisy, over-sensitive pickups. Wax potted pickups, even the ones specced to sound like Gold Foils, just sound like a soprano trying to sing with her mouth full of cotton balls. Rob at Gemini does offer unpotted variants by special order, even though they're not common anymore. I think that'll get closer to the originals than even the very good replicas from Mojo and Lollard.
@TheGuitarShow
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the heads up on Gemini replicas - Ill check them out
@greham
Жыл бұрын
@@TheGuitarShow I've got both Guyatone and Teisco neck replicas from Gemini. Even a Suprocaster. Great stuff, honestly. People take my Tele w/Bigsby and always compliment the neck tone.
@promerops
3 жыл бұрын
A replica?! Curses, foiled again!
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
Lol
@stratcat4450
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting content as always. At 1:58 you say the cooder guitar has an original Tesco pup. Does that mean from the Tesco cheap guitars of the day? My first electric guitar was a tesco like they had at department stores back then. It was so terrible I'm surprised I even kept trying to learn how to play! Might be interesting to try to find some of those at garage sales or lawn shops.
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
Tiesco - not Tesco - Tescos is a food store in England. Yes the guitars themselves can be challenging to play but any guitar can be modded into something very playable with a talented luthier.
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro!
@stratcat4450
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGuitarShow yeah I figured I spelled it wrong. I hope the food stuffs are better than the guitars ha ha
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
@@stratcat4450 haha its okay kind of mid range I guess.
@duffman18
2 жыл бұрын
I'd be very confused if I got a guitar pickup with my tesco meal deal
@tomsnow2872
2 жыл бұрын
Wow an actually good guitar player that is reviewing pickups, incredible.
@TheGuitarShow
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Tom!
@BadMotivator66
3 жыл бұрын
you and that guitar sound great, maybe it's your breakfast that makes the difference to pickup tone haha
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
Lol I did have an amazing breakfast this morning... Scottish oats and honey.
@BadMotivator66
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGuitarShow lovely fibrous tone!
@YOutsider
Жыл бұрын
you should describe the ‘magic,’ as you say. i have a guitar with mojo dual foils that i’m Not loving.
@TheGuitarShow
Жыл бұрын
I agree the Mojos didnt do it for me either
@oliviermalhomme9923
Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, we mostly hear the reverb of the room, which changes - the tonal balance of the pickup output in the amp.
@ronmoes42
Жыл бұрын
To me the custom shop pickups sound great, I have a prewired pickguard 69 model, those pickups are good. The hype fender tries to created does not stand, the replica's seem to be chinese made, and it's certainly not looks what sells, tone should always speak for itself, infact you can hear it, it is the reason why people like fender over gibson.
@jonathanbilben7767
Жыл бұрын
Did you build the Ry Cooder replica? I’m curious where that pickguard is from. It’s incredible.
@TheGuitarShow
Жыл бұрын
Yes and no I put the parts together the pickups were fitted here in the UK
@chrisbardolph
2 жыл бұрын
Just picked up a 60s Teisco pickup. I wonder what the cost was to produce one of these vs the prices they fetch these days, lol.
@TheGuitarShow
2 жыл бұрын
Exactly Chris
@cyberprimate
2 жыл бұрын
Any experience with the 'Hershey bar' pickup by any chance ?
@TheGuitarShow
Жыл бұрын
No but I'd like to try!
@carmatemar
Жыл бұрын
Talking vintage..Are the ones with the screw poles in the middle considered to be originals? How do they compare with the ones having the screw poles on top? Thank you
@TheGuitarShow
Жыл бұрын
I've had both and they all sound quite similar
@carmatemar
Жыл бұрын
@@TheGuitarShow in a good way?
@TheGuitarShow
Жыл бұрын
@@carmatemar yes absolutely
@asharpbflat7179
8 ай бұрын
Mercy mercy mercy 💜
@TheGuitarShow
8 ай бұрын
Yes sir
@asharpbflat7179
8 ай бұрын
@@TheGuitarShowthis song means a lot to me and when rarely and unexpectedly someone plays it, my heart is full! :)
@TheGuitarShow
8 ай бұрын
@@asharpbflat7179 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@garrytalley8009
3 жыл бұрын
I find it not great advice purchasing something that is suppose to be vintage used online because there are so many people that are untruthful about what they are selling. And when you do find the vintage parts and they are honestly the parts they never seem to sell at reasonable prices anywhere near what people that suggest you buy those parts online say they will cost. Too many times have I looked for such parts just for a major disappointment and waste of time.
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry you feel that way, I feel that about replica stuff that purports to be vintage correct, more than often it sounds nothing like the real deal. Ill try to do a follow up video to let you guys know the really good gold foils worth looking out for! Thanks
@johnpick8336
3 жыл бұрын
Great Cover of Mercy Mercy Mercy. Gold Foils were on many of the cheapest guitars that learners played. If you look back at photos you will not see many pro studio players using gold foils ?
@TheGuitarShow
Жыл бұрын
This is somewhat true
@grosebud4554
3 жыл бұрын
Gemini pickups makes replicas that sound just like them on Instagram. He even makes a tele bridge size pickup that’s based on the string through lap steel pickups that sounds great. What do you recommend for a capacitor when running the guyatone?
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
I like a dublier cap at a normal tele style capacitance
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
Not heard of Gemini but if you want a pup that dosnt need a route then it's a better to get a replica. Thanks
@voxshall
2 жыл бұрын
Great video. What rreplica did you try?
@TheGuitarShow
Жыл бұрын
Mojo Pickups - in the end I didnt care for them
@motiv311
2 жыл бұрын
i need to learn how to play that!
@TheGuitarShow
2 жыл бұрын
I'll post some slide lessons up soon. Thanks
@goss1961
3 жыл бұрын
Too much reverb. I have to concentrate to ignore the post-note 'clang' to hear the actual note character. Lots of KZitem demos overdo the reverb.
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
I use this amount when I'm gigging as well I love ambience.
@richpedals7117
3 ай бұрын
reverb/delay and overdrive/fuzz/distortion are the curse of pickup and guitar demos. It kind of defeats the purpose of demonstrating what something sounds like when you slather it with reverb.
@silverpairaducks
3 жыл бұрын
Mercy mercy mercy
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
🙏
@silverpairaducks
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGuitarShow cannonball Adderally and nat are MAJOR influences
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
@@silverpairaducks so cool!
@silverpairaducks
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGuitarShow could you do a transcription of a Nat solo....those trills...
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
@@silverpairaducks I promise very soon
@Les537
3 жыл бұрын
I think it's fair to say 99.9999 percent of repeat viewers knows what you are going to say before you say it in this case. You mean you like the old and rare object more? I don't believe it! It would be fun to watch you do some blind test of 58 les pauls vs off the shelf (with a relic to hide behind) les paul.
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
Good point here, thanks - No the originals are not so rare and cheaper than the replica. We did a comparison of a les paul 58 and a japanese one on the Bob & Ramon Show - thanks!
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
For repeat viewers- Ive never gone on record yet about the comparison between replicas and originals - I've been asked a lot so I thought I'd finally state my opinion on them.
@Stlie1
3 жыл бұрын
So the replica made by Mojo not as good?
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
The originals are unbeatable in my opinion Stepfan
@Stlie1
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGuitarShow Thanks! What about the steel bridge pickups?
@TheGuitarShow
3 жыл бұрын
@@Stlie1 same but they are very hard to find
@Stlie1
3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGuitarShow I just bought one. I have read something about harnesses, but is that in relation to the steel bridge?
@Stlie1
3 жыл бұрын
I, mean I can put the foil straight onto my Strat, no problem?
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