As promised... GFS Info!

pinto79 · October 11th, 2005, 10:50 PM

I got my new GFS Lil Puncher Neck today! I put it in my Kramer Classic III, which is like a Tele, but with a Floyd Rose Tremolo. I also have a GFS Lil HOT puncher in the bridge position. I believe the body to be Poplar, and the neck is Maple with Rosewood fretboard. Please be aware that this is a particularily dark sounding guitar. I have both pickups wired to a Switchcraft 3 way blade switch, and AllParts 500K Push-Pull Volume pot and an AllParts 500K Linear taper tone pot and a .022 cap. The push-pull splits both pups, leaving the rearward most coil activated.

In humbucking mode, the bridge model is like a hot PAF, just the right amount of sizzle and thanks to the brass baseplate, it has a generous helping of snap without any "twang" in the traditional sense. When split, it's a tad quieter, quite like most Tele singles I have heard and similar in tone, but like any humbucker, is not a perfect single, but it tries pretty hard. Probably the best split I've heard from a higher-output pup.

The neck,which is deemed "Modern Vintage" in humbucking mode is a dead-ringer for an older PAF. Clear and round with just enough edge to cut through. When split, it's identical to the Schaller pickup that came stock in the Kramer. It does the single coil thing perfectly, nice and Tele-ish... very buttery and round.

If you need a humbucker sound and a Single coil sound in the same guitar, you can't go wrong with these two. Especially for the price. Even if you pay full price from the GFS EBay store, you won't pay more than $90 for the pair, including shipping. It's really a great deal.

Here's pics:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...dy-GFSPair.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...kPupGFSH36.jpg

I'm open to questions or comments!

[Moderator's edit: Trevor, please don't post (embed) any more photos of that size. There's a nice red note next to the box where you type your posts to remind you. Thx.]

Trevor

cvansickle · October 12th, 2005, 06:42 AM

Good for you! Personally, I did not care for the GFS Fatbody set I installed in my ASAT. I took them out after a week, and installed Duncans. Much more to my liking.

Fatbody? Hardly. A more fitting name would be "Hoover."

bug music · October 12th, 2005, 09:26 PM

Is that this one ?
http://store.guitarfetish.com/casetcvililp.html

I've been looking at the "Vintage" 5.5K neck pup. I was hoping to hear a bit more about them. I've heard a bunch about the "Hot" ones but not much about the "Vintage". A lot of people seem to be down on the GFS stuff. For the price though I was thinking of giving it a shot.

pinto79 · October 12th, 2005, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bug music

Is that this one ?
http://store.guitarfetish.com/casetcvililp.html

I've been looking at the "Vintage" 5.5K neck pup. I was hoping to hear a bit more about them. I've heard a bunch about the "Hot" ones but not much about the "Vintage". A lot of people seem to be down on the GFS stuff. For the price though I was thinking of giving it a shot.

Almost, I have this one: http://store.guitarfetish.com/lilhotpuhuov.html

and this one:
http://store.guitarfetish.com/lilpumvinepi.html

They're a bit hotter than the cool vintage. Works well for my "rockier" needs.

The key is to not put them in and expect them to sound like "Insert Boutique Pickup maker here"'s pickups. They have to be experienced for what they are; a well made budget pickup.
For me, I'm not a single coil kinda guy, but I love the way a Tele feels. I would have liked a DiMarzio FastTrack2T bridge and Pro-Track Neck, but they don't make a neck version and I'm not about to route out my Kramer for a bigger pickup, so it's perfect to me. I also really like the chrome blades. Matches nicely with the hardware.

For the price, you can't really go wrong. Also, I've tried to find GFS's used, but no one is selling them as far as I have found. Looks like a winner to me!

InstituteOfNoise · October 12th, 2005, 11:46 PM

How about a clip or two? When both pups are on (middle position) are the balanced or is one a bit hotter?

cvansickle, I have a GFS Fatboy in the neck of my Squier 51 and it is great! Must be the Basswood??? Also have a GFSLiverpool in the bridge. Great pup too. I have some clips of them in 2 threads on my Squier 51 Modder Forum... http://www.instituteofnoise.com/squier51

pinto79 · October 13th, 2005, 12:06 AM

I can record a clip, but I don't have a way to host it...

both together is pretty balanced, but not a position I use very much...

InstituteOfNoise · October 13th, 2005, 12:13 AM

Can you make an MP3? Try and make it at 128kps quality if you are able. If you can, keep the size down under 2Mb, you can email it to me and I'll host it for a short bit. My email address is in my profile. I'll then post the link.

pinto79 · October 13th, 2005, 02:18 AM

I'll get something recorded tomorrow night.

Thanks!

bug music · October 13th, 2005, 04:07 PM

Thanks Pinto, I was looking for something to put in the neck of my squier Tele Special. It has a bridge humbucker now, and a lame strat neck pup that's gotta go. The bridge pup isn't too hot (but sounds surprisingly nice) so I thought the vintage 5.5K may balance pretty well with it. I was thinking of trying to build a "noiseless" Tele with a splitter switch on the tone knob so I could still get the single coil sound off the neck when I needed it. How quiet are the ones you got ? Thanks.

john s · October 13th, 2005, 05:04 PM

Glad you like your pups. I'm just waiting to get my Mij Paisley back which is having the cool punchers fitted.
Looking at your photo...the bottom string looks a little bit off of the blade?..is there any noticable drop in volume on that string?
John.

pinto79 · October 13th, 2005, 09:06 PM

BUG: They're nice and quiet. even under neon lights.

John s: The angle of that pic isn't perfect. the string is over the end of blades, but not outside. The balance is very nice!

InstituteOfNoise · October 13th, 2005, 10:27 PM

Pinto, here's your clip of the GFS Lil Puncher's. As a recap the neck is a Lil Puncher and the bridge is a Hot Lil Puncher.

MP3 comments... When you listen to the track, the cleans are done: Split neck on the left, Split bridge on right. Dirty rhythm is Bridge humbucking and the solo is done with the neck humbucking.

Amp is a Line6 AX2 using Marshall JCM800 Clean, JCM800 Dirty and Mesa Boogie Rectifier for the solo.

Here's the clip... http://download.instituteofnoise.com...il_puncher.mp3

pinto79 · October 13th, 2005, 11:02 PM

Thanks for hosting the clip Andy!

What do you all think of the tones?

Trevor

bug music · October 14th, 2005, 05:28 PM

Thanks for posting the clip Pinto and IoN. It's tough to tell from the clips on the guitarfetish site alone. There seems to be a pretty wide range of tones. Sounds very good for the price range. For $30 I think I'm gonna try the vintage neck, it sounds much better than what I've got in there now. Thanks.

InstituteOfNoise · October 14th, 2005, 05:34 PM

I've hard a few of the GFS stuff now and in person they all seem to have this airy precense-like quality no matter the overall tone coming out of them. Not saying that's good or bad, but just an observation. Like you said for the money they are great. And like any pickup, the wrong combination of pup to wood will sound crappy.

bug music · October 15th, 2005, 07:45 PM

Ordered my "cool vintage" neck pickup, and decided to check harmony-central to see if there were any reviews there. Check the last line of this review, in the comments. Made me spit a mouthful of beer on my monitor and keyboard. :)
http://www.harmony-central.com/Guita...uncher-01.html

teledude66 · October 15th, 2005, 08:54 PM

i got the lil puncher in my newest project, today was the first run thruogh my regular rig, it was awesome, full on thruogh my ratt really sang split it was a real good OD tone, i will get the neck pup as soon as funds allow... i bought mine thruogh GFS website not off ebay, mainly because i didn't have to wait for an auction to end and also because it was only a 2$ diff from where said auction ended, yesterday a front pup auction ended for 2$s more than the website sells them for, is it just me or is this the goofiest thing you ever heard, i think i would at least set my max bid at what the store sells them for...some people...lol

bagpipe · October 16th, 2005, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bug music

Check the last line of this review, in the comments. Made me spit a mouthful of beer on my monitor and keyboard. :)
http://www.harmony-central.com/Guita...uncher-01.html

Hey, at least hes "re-using" - thats what they teach the kids nowadays!

john s · October 16th, 2005, 06:43 PM

Have just tried my new pup's and am more than pleased with them. They manage to sound like a normal? Tele pup but have a very full sound but not like H/B.
I run through a Fender Twin..Custom 15 and they are perfect for the bender stuff. I like the fact that they are totally noisless . I would definately buy GFS again.

Fuzzyhead · October 17th, 2005, 10:13 AM

Thanks for the clip! That was quite awesome for a PU presentation.

John E · October 17th, 2005, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by InstituteOfNoise

I've hard a few of the GFS stuff now and in person they all seem to have this airy precense-like quality no matter the overall tone coming out of them. Not saying that's good or bad, but just an observation. Like you said for the money they are great. And like any pickup, the wrong combination of pup to wood will sound crappy.

That's kind of what I'm looking for... I won a set of the Liverpools for $29 a pop, they're going into an Artcore small bodied ES-335 copy; I also won a set of 50's tele pups for $16 BUCKS!! I'll post the results after I get them loaded up...

InstituteOfNoise · October 17th, 2005, 12:13 PM

You'll dig the Liverpools I think. Totally a vintage vibe and unbeatable for the price!

bug music · October 22nd, 2005, 11:07 PM

Well, I installed my "cool vintage" Lil Puncher neck pup Thursday night. It balanced perfectly with the 7 K bridge humbucker in my Squier Tele Special. I must say it is the best and fattest sounding "low budget" pickup I've bought. InstituteOfNoise hit it right on the head, the GFS's sound airy and open (there's no better words to describe it). In fact a friend I used to play with, called me last week to sit in on a small room mellow jazz kind of duet gig (background bar music where nobody really listens, he play bass a drum machine, and sings) Friday night. I brought my newly Bigsby'ed '67 Harmony Meteor, my only jazz guitar (really psyched to play it with the new Bigsby). I'm not really a jazz player, but it's just a bunch of 9th and 13th chord 12 bar blues the way we play it. I brought the Squier, my permanent backup guitar. At the start of the second set I started playing the Squier a bit (at 3/4 volume), and I couldn't put it down, the jazz tones off the neck sounded so cool ! The "cool vintage" is really FAT and HOLLOW, and incredibly quiet ! My only complaint is I wish it was a bit more microphonic like my old jazzbox sound, but I guess you can't have everything ! I can't wait until I get a gig where I can play on the bridge again (and at full volume), I think my Squier just became my most versatile guitar. I'm very happy with my $30 purchase. I'm now a GFS fan ! Just my $.02.
- Jay

Doug 54 · October 23rd, 2005, 09:57 AM

Anyone try the Lil Puncher 'Cool Vintage' rear pup??

How is it clean?? Any twang??

October 11th, 2005, 10:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
pinto79 TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Posts: 60	As promised... GFS Info! I got my new GFS Lil Puncher Neck today! I put it in my Kramer Classic III, which is like a Tele, but with a Floyd Rose Tremolo. I also have a GFS Lil HOT puncher in the bridge position. I believe the body to be Poplar, and the neck is Maple with Rosewood fretboard. Please be aware that this is a particularily dark sounding guitar. I have both pickups wired to a Switchcraft 3 way blade switch, and AllParts 500K Push-Pull Volume pot and an AllParts 500K Linear taper tone pot and a .022 cap. The push-pull splits both pups, leaving the rearward most coil activated. In humbucking mode, the bridge model is like a hot PAF, just the right amount of sizzle and thanks to the brass baseplate, it has a generous helping of snap without any "twang" in the traditional sense. When split, it's a tad quieter, quite like most Tele singles I have heard and similar in tone, but like any humbucker, is not a perfect single, but it tries pretty hard. Probably the best split I've heard from a higher-output pup. The neck,which is deemed "Modern Vintage" in humbucking mode is a dead-ringer for an older PAF. Clear and round with just enough edge to cut through. When split, it's identical to the Schaller pickup that came stock in the Kramer. It does the single coil thing perfectly, nice and Tele-ish... very buttery and round. If you need a humbucker sound and a Single coil sound in the same guitar, you can't go wrong with these two. Especially for the price. Even if you pay full price from the GFS EBay store, you won't pay more than $90 for the pair, including shipping. It's really a great deal. Here's pics: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...dy-GFSPair.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...kPupGFSH36.jpg I'm open to questions or comments! [Moderator's edit: Trevor, please don't post (embed) any more photos of that size. There's a nice red note next to the box where you type your posts to remind you. Thx.] Trevor __________________ 92 MIM Fender Telecaster 01 MIM Fender Telecaster 88 Kramer Classic III (Tele w/ OFR) 86 MIJ Squire Strat 05 MIC Squire Strat 89 Ibanez RG750FA 89 Ibanez RG750VP 85 Jackson Rhoads 95 Jackson PS-2 85 Performance 70's ElDegas Les Paul Copy

October 12th, 2005, 06:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
cvansickle Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA USA Posts: 741 5 Photos	Good for you! Personally, I did not care for the GFS Fatbody set I installed in my ASAT. I took them out after a week, and installed Duncans. Much more to my liking. Fatbody? Hardly. A more fitting name would be "Hoover." __________________ Death Or Glory - Who Dares Wins!

October 12th, 2005, 09:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
bug music Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Taxachusetts Posts: 706 2 Photos	Is that this one ? http://store.guitarfetish.com/casetcvililp.html I've been looking at the "Vintage" 5.5K neck pup. I was hoping to hear a bit more about them. I've heard a bunch about the "Hot" ones but not much about the "Vintage". A lot of people seem to be down on the GFS stuff. For the price though I was thinking of giving it a shot. __________________ "When I die they're gonna say He couldn't play sh*t, but he sure made it sound good" - Hound Dog Taylor

October 12th, 2005, 11:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
InstituteOfNoise Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 658	How about a clip or two? When both pups are on (middle position) are the balanced or is one a bit hotter? cvansickle, I have a GFS Fatboy in the neck of my Squier 51 and it is great! Must be the Basswood??? Also have a GFSLiverpool in the bridge. Great pup too. I have some clips of them in 2 threads on my Squier 51 Modder Forum... http://www.instituteofnoise.com/squier51 __________________ Chime... http://www.myspace.com/TheBandChime Clip Vault... http://www.myspace.com/andyztunes Institute of Noise Productions... http://www.myspace.com/instituteofnoise Home of the L.A. Line 6 Users Group... http://www.instituteofnoise.com

October 13th, 2005, 12:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
pinto79 TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Posts: 60	Clip... I can record a clip, but I don't have a way to host it... both together is pretty balanced, but not a position I use very much... __________________ 92 MIM Fender Telecaster 01 MIM Fender Telecaster 88 Kramer Classic III (Tele w/ OFR) 86 MIJ Squire Strat 05 MIC Squire Strat 89 Ibanez RG750FA 89 Ibanez RG750VP 85 Jackson Rhoads 95 Jackson PS-2 85 Performance 70's ElDegas Les Paul Copy

October 13th, 2005, 12:13 AM	#7 (permalink)
InstituteOfNoise Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 658	Can you make an MP3? Try and make it at 128kps quality if you are able. If you can, keep the size down under 2Mb, you can email it to me and I'll host it for a short bit. My email address is in my profile. I'll then post the link. __________________ Chime... http://www.myspace.com/TheBandChime Clip Vault... http://www.myspace.com/andyztunes Institute of Noise Productions... http://www.myspace.com/instituteofnoise Home of the L.A. Line 6 Users Group... http://www.instituteofnoise.com

October 13th, 2005, 02:18 AM	#8 (permalink)
pinto79 TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Posts: 60	Clip... I'll get something recorded tomorrow night. Thanks! __________________ 92 MIM Fender Telecaster 01 MIM Fender Telecaster 88 Kramer Classic III (Tele w/ OFR) 86 MIJ Squire Strat 05 MIC Squire Strat 89 Ibanez RG750FA 89 Ibanez RG750VP 85 Jackson Rhoads 95 Jackson PS-2 85 Performance 70's ElDegas Les Paul Copy

October 13th, 2005, 04:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
bug music Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Taxachusetts Posts: 706 2 Photos	Thanks Pinto, I was looking for something to put in the neck of my squier Tele Special. It has a bridge humbucker now, and a lame strat neck pup that's gotta go. The bridge pup isn't too hot (but sounds surprisingly nice) so I thought the vintage 5.5K may balance pretty well with it. I was thinking of trying to build a "noiseless" Tele with a splitter switch on the tone knob so I could still get the single coil sound off the neck when I needed it. How quiet are the ones you got ? Thanks. __________________ "When I die they're gonna say He couldn't play sh*t, but he sure made it sound good" - Hound Dog Taylor

October 13th, 2005, 05:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
john s Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Perth Western Australia Age: 59 Posts: 353	lil puncher 01 cool Glad you like your pups. I'm just waiting to get my Mij Paisley back which is having the cool punchers fitted. Looking at your photo...the bottom string looks a little bit off of the blade?..is there any noticable drop in volume on that string? John.

October 13th, 2005, 09:06 PM	#11 (permalink)
pinto79 TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Posts: 60	BUG: They're nice and quiet. even under neon lights. John s: The angle of that pic isn't perfect. the string is over the end of blades, but not outside. The balance is very nice! __________________ 92 MIM Fender Telecaster 01 MIM Fender Telecaster 88 Kramer Classic III (Tele w/ OFR) 86 MIJ Squire Strat 05 MIC Squire Strat 89 Ibanez RG750FA 89 Ibanez RG750VP 85 Jackson Rhoads 95 Jackson PS-2 85 Performance 70's ElDegas Les Paul Copy

October 13th, 2005, 10:27 PM	#12 (permalink)
InstituteOfNoise Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 658	Pinto, here's your clip of the GFS Lil Puncher's. As a recap the neck is a Lil Puncher and the bridge is a Hot Lil Puncher. MP3 comments... When you listen to the track, the cleans are done: Split neck on the left, Split bridge on right. Dirty rhythm is Bridge humbucking and the solo is done with the neck humbucking. Amp is a Line6 AX2 using Marshall JCM800 Clean, JCM800 Dirty and Mesa Boogie Rectifier for the solo. Here's the clip... http://download.instituteofnoise.com...il_puncher.mp3 __________________ Chime... http://www.myspace.com/TheBandChime Clip Vault... http://www.myspace.com/andyztunes Institute of Noise Productions... http://www.myspace.com/instituteofnoise Home of the L.A. Line 6 Users Group... http://www.instituteofnoise.com

October 13th, 2005, 11:02 PM	#13 (permalink)
pinto79 TDPRI Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Posts: 60	Thanks for hosting the clip Andy! What do you all think of the tones? Trevor __________________ 92 MIM Fender Telecaster 01 MIM Fender Telecaster 88 Kramer Classic III (Tele w/ OFR) 86 MIJ Squire Strat 05 MIC Squire Strat 89 Ibanez RG750FA 89 Ibanez RG750VP 85 Jackson Rhoads 95 Jackson PS-2 85 Performance 70's ElDegas Les Paul Copy

October 14th, 2005, 05:28 PM	#14 (permalink)
bug music Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Taxachusetts Posts: 706 2 Photos	Thanks for posting the clip Pinto and IoN. It's tough to tell from the clips on the guitarfetish site alone. There seems to be a pretty wide range of tones. Sounds very good for the price range. For $30 I think I'm gonna try the vintage neck, it sounds much better than what I've got in there now. Thanks. __________________ "When I die they're gonna say He couldn't play sh*t, but he sure made it sound good" - Hound Dog Taylor

October 14th, 2005, 05:34 PM	#15 (permalink)
InstituteOfNoise Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 658	I've hard a few of the GFS stuff now and in person they all seem to have this airy precense-like quality no matter the overall tone coming out of them. Not saying that's good or bad, but just an observation. Like you said for the money they are great. And like any pickup, the wrong combination of pup to wood will sound crappy. __________________ Chime... http://www.myspace.com/TheBandChime Clip Vault... http://www.myspace.com/andyztunes Institute of Noise Productions... http://www.myspace.com/instituteofnoise Home of the L.A. Line 6 Users Group... http://www.instituteofnoise.com

October 15th, 2005, 07:45 PM	#16 (permalink)
bug music Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Taxachusetts Posts: 706 2 Photos	Ordered my "cool vintage" neck pickup, and decided to check harmony-central to see if there were any reviews there. Check the last line of this review, in the comments. Made me spit a mouthful of beer on my monitor and keyboard. :) http://www.harmony-central.com/Guita...uncher-01.html __________________ "When I die they're gonna say He couldn't play sh*t, but he sure made it sound good" - Hound Dog Taylor

October 15th, 2005, 08:54 PM	#17 (permalink)
teledude66 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lawndale,N.C. Age: 42 Posts: 2,741 20 Photos	i got the lil puncher in my newest project, today was the first run thruogh my regular rig, it was awesome, full on thruogh my ratt really sang split it was a real good OD tone, i will get the neck pup as soon as funds allow... i bought mine thruogh GFS website not off ebay, mainly because i didn't have to wait for an auction to end and also because it was only a 2$ diff from where said auction ended, yesterday a front pup auction ended for 2$s more than the website sells them for, is it just me or is this the goofiest thing you ever heard, i think i would at least set my max bid at what the store sells them for...some people...lol __________________ The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist.

October 16th, 2005, 06:43 PM	#19 (permalink)
john s Tele-Meister Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Perth Western Australia Age: 59 Posts: 353	Cool LIL Punchers Have just tried my new pup's and am more than pleased with them. They manage to sound like a normal? Tele pup but have a very full sound but not like H/B. I run through a Fender Twin..Custom 15 and they are perfect for the bender stuff. I like the fact that they are totally noisless . I would definately buy GFS again.

October 17th, 2005, 10:13 AM	#20 (permalink)
Fuzzyhead Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bonn (Yer-up) Age: 25 Posts: 1,350 23 Photos	Thanks for the clip! That was quite awesome for a PU presentation. __________________ about me: blog, photos & musical preferences

October 17th, 2005, 12:13 PM	#22 (permalink)
InstituteOfNoise Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 658	You'll dig the Liverpools I think. Totally a vintage vibe and unbeatable for the price! __________________ Chime... http://www.myspace.com/TheBandChime Clip Vault... http://www.myspace.com/andyztunes Institute of Noise Productions... http://www.myspace.com/instituteofnoise Home of the L.A. Line 6 Users Group... http://www.instituteofnoise.com

October 22nd, 2005, 11:07 PM	#23 (permalink)
bug music Tele-Holic Join Date: May 2004 Location: Taxachusetts Posts: 706 2 Photos	My GFS follow up "cool vintage" neck... Well, I installed my "cool vintage" Lil Puncher neck pup Thursday night. It balanced perfectly with the 7 K bridge humbucker in my Squier Tele Special. I must say it is the best and fattest sounding "low budget" pickup I've bought. InstituteOfNoise hit it right on the head, the GFS's sound airy and open (there's no better words to describe it). In fact a friend I used to play with, called me last week to sit in on a small room mellow jazz kind of duet gig (background bar music where nobody really listens, he play bass a drum machine, and sings) Friday night. I brought my newly Bigsby'ed '67 Harmony Meteor, my only jazz guitar (really psyched to play it with the new Bigsby). I'm not really a jazz player, but it's just a bunch of 9th and 13th chord 12 bar blues the way we play it. I brought the Squier, my permanent backup guitar. At the start of the second set I started playing the Squier a bit (at 3/4 volume), and I couldn't put it down, the jazz tones off the neck sounded so cool ! The "cool vintage" is really FAT and HOLLOW, and incredibly quiet ! My only complaint is I wish it was a bit more microphonic like my old jazzbox sound, but I guess you can't have everything ! I can't wait until I get a gig where I can play on the bridge again (and at full volume), I think my Squier just became my most versatile guitar. I'm very happy with my $30 purchase. I'm now a GFS fan ! Just my $.02. - Jay __________________ "When I die they're gonna say He couldn't play sh*t, but he sure made it sound good" - Hound Dog Taylor

October 23rd, 2005, 09:57 AM	#24 (permalink)
Doug 54 Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ohio, Dayton area Posts: 603	Anyone try the Lil Puncher 'Cool Vintage' rear pup?? How is it clean?? Any twang??