NoNameBand Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 Hello all, I have finally taken some bad pictures of my recently acquired TransBlue H-150 from Brent and picked it up at PSP this year. The guitar has a great feel. I can't describe the difference in the way the neck feels between some of my other 150 and Les Paul types but it definitely feels flatter, more comfortable in the hand, action is consistent all the way up the neck and very low action. It feels better than any of my other guitars. I made some changes: SD Pearly Gates neck & bridge pups, NOS '60 Gibson 300k volume pots, vintage '58-'60 Bumblebee tone caps, vintage style CTS 500k tone pots, TonePros locking bridge & stopbar (Nickel), a cream poker chip and cream speed knobs. Not sure if I will install a pickguard as the guitar has Not been drilled for one. I know many folks (really smart ones) may disagree with some of the options I have chosen. However, I wanted to get as close as I could to a vintage sound. I'm not sure if I have achieved it as I don't have a vintage Les Paul to compare, but I have to tell you, I love every aspect of the sound of this guitar; clean & dirty, neck & bridge pups, blues, clean jazz everything sounds good. It has everything I've always wanted a guitar to sound like. Brent, thanks for the guitar. It's awesome.
kbp810 Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 That looks really cool with the cream knobs... hope you don't mind, but I might end up "borrowing" that look for my blue H150 That is a great playing guitar with one heck of a great looking top - bet it's a lot of fun paired with that Hiwatt!
skydog52 Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 I like that look. Glad you are happy with the new hardware. There is only one person you have to please and you accomplished that! Enjoy that blues machine.
smurph1 Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 That looks really cool with the cream knobs... hope you don't mind, but I might end up "borrowing" that look for my blue H150 That is a great playing guitar with one heck of a great looking top - bet it's a lot of fun paired with that Hiwatt! Stole the words right outta my mouth..congrats Mark!!
DetroitBlues Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 That looks really cool with the cream knobs... hope you don't mind, but I might end up "borrowing" that look for my blue H150 That is a great playing guitar with one heck of a great looking top - bet it's a lot of fun paired with that Hiwatt! +1
Doug Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 Sounds like that one is a keeper. Also- Love the reflection of you in the bridge pickup.
heritagefan7 Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 That is a really sweet git!...I dpn't know about the sound, but the look is both vintage and stunning IMHO. Super nice!
bolero Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 wow that's nice.....I have a blue 150 with black knobs & have sorta wondered about lighter knobs like that...coulda gone either way it looks awesome!! lots of flame on that too...looks like you could dive right into it you should put a shark or surfboard sticker on there, heh
dbetts41 Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 Great looking guitar! What is your opinion on the pearly gates pickups? I have been tossing a pickup swap around for awhile and they are on my short list...
High Flying Bird Posted August 22, 2011 Posted August 22, 2011 It looks really nice Mark. I like the pick guard on it.
blueox Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 Very nice. I also would go with a pickguard, but it's your blues to play.
Kuz Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 I love the changes, I am with you all the way. She looks incredible!
FredZepp Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 That is sweet.. Nice specs and great look.. ( I like the pickguard..)
DavesNotHere Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 That is beautiful! It looks good with or without the pick guard. I lean to no pickguard. Show off that finish!
FredZepp Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 That is beautiful! It looks good with or without the pick guard. I lean to no pickguard. Show off that finish! +1 it looks good either way... while I like the look with the PG. I have an ASB 150 that I use without a PG and never think about it needing one.... Love those cream knobs... great look.
DetroitBlues Posted August 23, 2011 Posted August 23, 2011 No pickguard. If that was a solid top, i.e. no figuring, then by all means cover it up. But that guitar as a sweet book matched flamed maple top! Show off the grain!
NoNameBand Posted August 23, 2011 Author Posted August 23, 2011 Great looking guitar! What is your opinion on the pearly gates pickups? I have been tossing a pickup swap around for awhile and they are on my short list... I love the Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pups. Everyone gets so caught up with the boutiques. I have ShepTone Tributes in one of my 150s. I have Gibby Classic 57s, Gibby 490-498, Gibby Mini Hums, OBL, Seth Lovers and so on. The big deal seems to be the Gibson pup winders that Throwback uses. SD Pearly gates are wound on this machine using the same materials and process as were used back then. There are 2 machines, 1 is with Throwbacks and the other is with Seymour Duncan and has been used longer there than at Throwbacks. Also, Seth Lover himself worked at (Gibson & Fender) and with Seymour Duncan for a few years. Nobody knows or knew more about the '50s humbuckers than Seth Lover. He invented them. Warren Haynes & Billy Gibbons among others, swear by them as being the best PAF '59 recreation. All of the boutiques are trying to reverse engineer the process, Seth Lover invented the process and knew it better than anyone. If you ant an accurate '59, I believe SD has them. Some boutiques may have improved on them in their minds, but so did everyone else including Gibson. If it were true, no one would be looking for a '59 PAF. Everybody has their opinion, but I know I like them very much, maybe more than any other pup I have tried, especially, in this guitar.
dbetts41 Posted August 24, 2011 Posted August 24, 2011 Thanks for the feedback... I to have tried some of the boutique ones as well... but want something with that extra umph... Now back to that great looking fiddle of yours...
Thundersteel Posted August 24, 2011 Posted August 24, 2011 No pickguard. If that was a solid top, i.e. no figuring, then by all means cover it up. But that guitar as a sweet book matched flamed maple top! Show off the grain! Ditto!
bolero Posted August 24, 2011 Posted August 24, 2011 I love the Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pups. Everyone gets so caught up with the boutiques. I have ShepTone Tributes in one of my 150s. I have Gibby Classic 57s, Gibby 490-498, Gibby Mini Hums, OBL, Seth Lovers and so on. The big deal seems to be the Gibson pup winders that Throwback uses. SD Pearly gates are wound on this machine using the same materials and process as were used back then. There are 2 machines, 1 is with Throwbacks and the other is with Seymour Duncan and has been used longer there than at Throwbacks. Also, Seth Lover himself worked at (Gibson & Fender) and with Seymour Duncan for a few years. Nobody knows or knew more about the '50s humbuckers than Seth Lover. He invented them. Warren Haynes & Billy Gibbons among others, swear by them as being the best PAF '59 recreation. All of the boutiques are trying to reverse engineer the process, Seth Lover invented the process and knew it better than anyone. If you ant an accurate '59, I believe SD has them. Some boutiques may have improved on them in their minds, but so did everyone else including Gibson. If it were true, no one would be looking for a '59 PAF. Everybody has their opinion, but I know I like them very much, maybe more than any other pup I have tried, especially, in this guitar. seths are my fave SD pup I have a pearly gates that sounded fantastic in an old tokai love rock, but I put it in my 535 & it sounds nowhere as good as the throback sle101 that used to be there funny I have a blue 150 as well, was thinking of trying it in there....maybe they work better in a maple cap solid body than a hollowbody....could be my ears are just used to the throback that was in there....that set of throbaks were amazing, that's for sure, very ballsy but articulate & great clean as well are the seths and pearly gates wound on the same machine? haven't done research to compare the mfr techniques of seymour. I do find the '59's very bland compared to the wolfetone legends, lollar imperials, and aforementioned sle101's I've swapped around as I said before, we are truly lucky to have the pickups & parts choices we have these days....thanks to the internet allowing guys to sell out of their homes/advertise cheaply etc!
NoNameBand Posted August 24, 2011 Author Posted August 24, 2011 seths are my fave SD pup are the seths and pearly gates wound on the same machine? haven't done research to compare the mfr techniques of seymour. I do find the '59's very bland compared to the wolfetone legends, lollar imperials, and aforementioned sle101's I've swapped around The Seths, '59s, Pearly gates and Antiquity's are all wound on the same machine. I do believe that the Pearly Gates sound better in a solid body. They also sound good in a Strat, especially, in the bridge. They even make a Pearly Gates humbucker to fit in a single coil slot.
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