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Old 10-11-2018, 08:10 PM
Jaden Jaden is offline
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Originally Posted by cuthbert View Post
We can do a quick OT, this is my 2018 Southern Jumbo:



As you can see it's based on a 1954-1960 SJ, round shoulders, with few modern tweaks (Tusq saddle and nut, Grover rotomatics...that I plan to replace).

I don't have a recent pic of my SC but it's the old model based on her 1964 Country and Western, this is a pic of her guitar:



Unlike the original the reissue has a relatively thick neck (thicker than the SJ) and a 44mm nut instead of a 42 mm (as you can see the neck is slim and even if she's a minute woman she can easily cover with her index all the nut width), that is the only thing I don't like of the guitar, it's phenomenal, the mahogany sides and backs are slightly figured and the guitar is very light.

The SJ has a deep bass like a Martin, the SC is ideal for strumming with sweet mid and high end.

Coming back IT are you talking about the 75 creamback?

https://celestion.com/product/141/g12h75_creamback/

Or the 65?

https://celestion.com/product/26/heritage_series_g1265/

Those are not described as creamback but were OEM for Marshall JCM800 and 900 combo as far as I remember.

Regarding the greenbacks, their effect and comparison with the Bulldogs (Alnico blue) on the AC30 are quite interesting: the Vox become more aggressive, especially at full saturation. Brian May used AC30 with greenbacks for certain Queen songs in the early 80s when he wanted a more "modern" cutting sound, "Flash", "the Hero" and "Hammer to fall" I think were recorded with greenbacked AC30s, while Marshall become a little more "voxed" with greenbacks: I use my Slash AFD100 head with the greenbacks and I think the amp sounds fuller than Slash's sound, at least on youtube.

This cabinet is the 425 purple limited edition originally made for the Hendrix stack, it has G12Cs that were special greenbacks, but a greenback is always a greenback, here there is a comparison for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHRizpPXyDk
Beautiful guitars, lots of background info I didn’t know about like the celestion blue speaker. I know there are veterans of the electric guitar on this board, but I hope younger folks can pick up some tips here too.
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