CrimesAgainstMusic
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OK, so I have already raised the question as to what's the deal with this new "S" version of the 58/15 pickup, which I happen to like , because it more mid-ranged focused that say its 85/15 S cousin (which I have learned to like by upgrading the steel SE bridge, with a megabuck brass one taming the brightness /thinness somewhat) ...
No one I guess has the new 58/15S LT yet, as they are waiting for the guitars to ship. But I'd like to know what the motivation was for it ...
But ... in the meantime, I'm lookin' at SE Custom 24-08 and discovering that ... TCI S... is a Pickup ? Not only that, it is an offshore made version (s) ???
I though TCI was a process. So I was thinking the "TCI" pickup is just a slightly modified 85/15 S .
I guess the problem for me is ... If I am spending upwards to $700 to $1000 dollars , on a "Communist Guitar" ... I need more clarity in what is happening with its pickups rather that feel the need for up to $450 dollars worth of upgrades (Mann Made Bridge + Pickups) factored in from jump street...
OTOH ...I'm rapidly snapping up low priced /high value guitars, priced so low that I don't care who made the pickup or its particulars, as long as it sounds good ! (From folks that actually put P90 pickups in guitars (made by heavens knows who) that that go a long way to reverse engineer the high priced spread...
No one I guess has the new 58/15S LT yet, as they are waiting for the guitars to ship. But I'd like to know what the motivation was for it ...
But ... in the meantime, I'm lookin' at SE Custom 24-08 and discovering that ... TCI S... is a Pickup ? Not only that, it is an offshore made version (s) ???
I though TCI was a process. So I was thinking the "TCI" pickup is just a slightly modified 85/15 S .
I guess the problem for me is ... If I am spending upwards to $700 to $1000 dollars , on a "Communist Guitar" ... I need more clarity in what is happening with its pickups rather that feel the need for up to $450 dollars worth of upgrades (Mann Made Bridge + Pickups) factored in from jump street...
OTOH ...I'm rapidly snapping up low priced /high value guitars, priced so low that I don't care who made the pickup or its particulars, as long as it sounds good ! (From folks that actually put P90 pickups in guitars (made by heavens knows who) that that go a long way to reverse engineer the high priced spread...
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