4.52am Issue: 033 11th May 2017 The And The Hangnails Issue
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DIY: PURPLE & GOLD<br />
Mojo Pickups Gold Foil P90 Soapbar<br />
Well, our resurrection (baby!) of the<br />
Sparkly Purple Les Paul Jr edges closer to<br />
completion, as this week Marc Ransley of<br />
Mojo Pickups fame especially wound us<br />
one of his quite beautiful Gold Foil<br />
Pickups. I talked about the whys before,<br />
but we needed something that was<br />
shaped like a P90 Soapbar, and that is<br />
what we got, and I really couldn’t wait to<br />
get it put in the guitar.<br />
Suffering from wobbly hands these days,<br />
it was also no hardship to have Marc wire<br />
us a loom/harness to go along with the<br />
pickup (mine would never look like this<br />
anyway – Mr Ransley is an artist when it<br />
comes to these things), so even for the<br />
technically challenged, it was no problem<br />
at all to connect the pickup to the loom<br />
and then the earth wire to the bridge stud<br />
and we were away.<br />
Of course, there are a few things left to<br />
do on the guitar, not least that the neck<br />
angle means that we have an issue<br />
getting a low action, so there is more to<br />
come, but the pickup sounds beautiful.<br />
I’ve used one of Marc’s Gold Foils in a<br />
Single Cut Junior before and it worked<br />
well, but this double-cut is lighter and it<br />
really seems to ring the notes out when<br />
they are clean. Probably sounds daft<br />
but there is almost a Rickenbacker vibe<br />
to the tone, certainly a bit of Byrds<br />
sounds authentic, and first album<br />
Stone Roses are nailed on as are<br />
Johnny Marr style arpeggios.<br />
Adding dirt is where these take off<br />
though, giving you a more bell-like P90<br />
tone and then something extra on top<br />
too. I used to be a P90 junky (still am)<br />
but Mojo’s Gold Foils add a certain<br />
something else on top that you just<br />
don’t get elsewhere (and I’ve tried<br />
some of the competition out there –<br />
and they are pale by comparison.)<br />
So a big step forward, and hopefully<br />
with some frettling and a bit of cover<br />
stick on the chipped paintwork we may<br />
be back in business.<br />
You can find out more about Mojo<br />
Pickups HERE but be prepared to spend<br />
some pennies, it is truly told, the Palace<br />
of Glittering Shiny Things
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