Paul S

Bet they get a lot of disappointed male tourists.

The bridge pup was a drop in, the neck Maxon was a different size to the Artec, which needed some fettling to fit into the rout and a new pickguard - but by all accounts the Artec mudbucker is a drop in for Epiphone and Gibson. The dimensions are there on the Artec site somewhere.

This one still hurts Yamaha SB-35.

I have an old '71 Antoria short scale EB-3 and swapped both stock Maxon pickups for Artec ones. Stupidly cheap but a massively more mudbuckery.

Best I can come up with isn't even a Sabbath song but Ozzie's 'Mamma Mia I'm Coming Home'

That's got legs, I'd say.

My fave track from that album. Great stuff!

Don't know her but saw her live and enjoyed it very much. Great voice, loads of character. Great gig to get Blue.

What is an 'FSO' please?

Well, all the bits have arrived and been handed over to the guy who does my bits and pieces and he is going to make a start on it next week. Going to treat it to a new pickguard and 4 of these Ric-style jaunty, labelled knobs - treble/bass and volume/tone so I don't forget which one does what Plus a fat toggle pickup selector switch. It won't look exactly like a Ric and I don't suppose it will sound exactly like a Ric but near enough to keep me happy - plus it is going to cost me under £375 all in, which isn't exactly like a Ric, either. I'm allowing myself to get a bit excited about this Pics will be posted when done.

Laser-like logic, Mr Del-Var, with an unequivocal solution. Well done.

This is exactly the sort of thing I'm doing with my lot, too, and I absolutely love it. I like the way it kind of falls between a cover and an original as for every song there is room to go somewhere within the structure. Learning Hendrix's 'Stone Free' for Friday There's a Gary Moore 'Blues For Jimi' version with Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox that we are going to align with, except maybe we'll work out an ending

That's fine, it is your opinion. I like it. That's my opinion. The world still turns.

2 pickup set neck one on eBay at the moment. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/275119800421?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160811114145%26meid%3D7dadb398869443bb8a8eeee1e7fb2fb4%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D125104697088%26itm%3D275119800421%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2334524%26brand%3DDeArmond&_trksid=p2334524.c100667.m2042&LH_ItemCondition=3000

Indeed. But they weren't called the Sensational Alex Harvey ... oh, never mind

i suspect I'd have found your potato's singing voice slightly easier on my ears than Mr Lee, whose vocals I can't get my head round.

That can't be right. According to Wiki he formed the band.

A random observation. Years ago someone on here flagged up using La bella white nylon tapes for acoustics so I tried a set. Wow. Much livelier than the black nylon ones, sharper and middier, but still the same sort of feel. Not cheap just to take a punt on, mind.

That entirely depends upon your own perspective, doesn't it. I was a huge fan of SAHB, saw them multiple times. I saw SAHB without Alex when they toured, bought the album. IMO they were excellent - a totally different band to SAHB but still a fine bunch of musicans playing good music. You might not like what they did (have you even listened to any?) but no way were they 'awful'. Yet another 'I don't like it so it must be crap' type comment. Opinions may vary, folks Here on the OGWT

Time was that listings for Fakers were rigorously removed from eBay et al but it seems no longer so I guess the new management have other concerns. Be nice to see Rics and Fakers welcomed back in the fold here and openly offered for sale.

I totally wouldn't have an issue with is as long as the (word of the day) eponymous band's front man didn't actually believe the PR and treat the rest of the band like staff. So if my blues rock trio had a name change to the Alan McWhirter Band that would be cool. In fact I think I would prefer it.

Banjo Hangout Sounds like some sort of medical condition requring some sort of support undergarments.

This is precisely my experience with them.

Thanks, Davie. I wondered if it might be this but it seemed too simple!