Bacchus BLS-59 with Greco Dry Z pickups installed

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I didn't much care for the VH59 pickups in my BLS-120. I Swapped in some JSMoore pickups with DMC covers, Faber steel studs and the clarity and responsiveness improved greatly but, something just didn't seam right to me. So, I pulled the zinc bushings and replaced with steel bushings and it really came alive, the low E had more snap to it and it had that brang or zing when you strum a chord.
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20 century boy said:
Before internet forums, I didn't know you could guess a guitar sound good from a picture. :oops:

Note bloom was a bit slower at 110 baud... Even slower sitting around the old teletype. If anyone else remembers a PDP 11/07, or an IBM 360/20.
 
NWOBHM said:
I didn't much care for the VH59 pickups in my BLS-120. I Swapped in some JSMoore pickups with DMC covers, Faber steel studs and the clarity and responsiveness improved greatly but, something just didn't seam right to me. So, I pulled the zinc bushings and replaced with steel bushings and it really came alive, the low E had more snap to it and it had that brang or zing when you strum a chord.
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More data that suggests the stock Japanese modern pickups aren't quite there?

Man those DMC covers are, well, GLORIOUS!!!! Yes I'm getting excited about PAF covers! They're very hard to get aren't they?
 
MIJvintage said:
With the Dry Z pups in now she's not really missing anything.
I would have to agree with you on the tone monster comment :D

Good to know that the Dry Zs worked well in the BLS (as if they wouldn't!). :)
 
JVsearch said:
Man those DMC covers are, well, GLORIOUS!!!! Yes I'm getting excited about PAF covers! They're very hard to get aren't they?
I got a few pairs of the early ones years ago for cheap. There kinda expensive now. http://davesguitar.com/dead-mint-club-parts
 
NWOBHM said:
JVsearch said:
Man those DMC covers are, well, GLORIOUS!!!! Yes I'm getting excited about PAF covers! They're very hard to get aren't they?
I got a few pairs of the early ones years ago for cheap. There kinda expensive now. http://davesguitar.com/dead-mint-club-parts

http://www.dmc-parts.com/

http://www.vintagecloneparts.com/

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