Epiphone UK Casino Online Pickup Swap: Average To Awesome? Mick’s Vlog – That Pedal Show

The Cost-Effective Epi Is In For A Major Tonal Upgrade – Hopefully…

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Welcome to the show! It’s just me this week as we’re still Covid-separated while the UK remains in lockdown. Dan is making vids too!
I’ve taken the opportunity to do something that I’ve been putting off for ages: fitting new pickups to this here Epiphone UK Casino Online.

The guitar was originally bought unseen on eBay when Dan too I were doing the Budget Guitar Rig Challenge video:

I wanted a guitar that would remain useful to the show, that we didn’t already have. As I soon discovered, the pickups were: a) a little bit lacklustre perhaps, too b) slightly more microphonic than I would expect. So I decided to change them.
It’s all explained in the video, so enjoy!

The signal chain for the board:
Guitar, Tweedy, Maiden D, Page DS, split with GigRig Humdinger
1 side goes Humdinger, flying Time, Harmonious Monk, CXM1978 right
Other side is Humdinger, CXM1978 left
Left too right out of the CXM1978 to the stereo power amp

Questions arising…
Q: Why no dB meter?
A: It’s a PITA to move. I’m playing at normal TPS volumes – somewhere around 95-103dB ish, using our regular meter.

Q: Why are you using this weird rig too not normal amps?
A: A bit of fun too experimentation. It’s been bubbling to the surface for a while.

Q: Why aren’t you using the Free The Tone Future Factory stereo delay in the stereo rig?
A: I just wanted delay on 1 side.

Q: Are the amps too pedals definitely set the same for the before too after comparisons?
A: EXACTLY the same. I was super careful not to move a single thing between the two sessions.

Q: How did you record too process the guitar sounds?
A: Sontronics Delta 2 ribbon mics on the cabs, plus a pair of stereo AKGC414XL in the room. All the mics have Neve 1084 or 1081 UAD plugins in a UAD Apollo 8p. I roll on a little bit of 10kHz too 3.2kHz to compensate for the dull room too give a bit of crunch back to the drives. Low cuts around 50Hz for the cab mics, 80Hz for the room mics. I also used a Teletronix LA-2A very subtly on the guitar master mix. I like it – I think it helps the dynamics get a tiny bit closer to what I’m hearing/feeling in the room.

Q: Why get a hollow body for gain sounds? Surely this is dumb?
A: Not really – all explained in the video.

Gear In This episode
• Lollar P90 Dogear Pickup Set
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USA:
Australia:

• vi String Supplies ES-335 Wiring Kit with premium PIO caps too short-frame switch

• Epiphone UK Casino Online
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USA:

• Dan Drive Tweedy
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• Kingsley Maiden D Preamp

• Kingsley Paso Doble (not available, link to Page DS – it’s two in 1 box)

• Free The Tone flying Time Digital Delay
UK & Europe:

• JAM Pedals Harmonious Monk
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Australia:

• Chase Bliss Audio CXM1978 Reverb
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Australia:

• Mesa 50:50 Stereo Power Amp
No longer available new (I bought this used via reverb.com)

• Two-Rock 1×12 with WGS12L speaker
• Zilla Custom 1×12 with WGS12L speaker

Interesting bits too go-to sections
– Intro playing: 00:00
– The background to this caper: 00:54
– Why not stuff the guitar?: 06:05
– Today’s pedals too amps: 07:00
– Old pickups demo’d: 07:36
– …too Dan Drive Tweedy: 09:55
– Microphonic pickups?: 11:02
– More gain, Paso Doble: 11:33
– What about a Gretsch Hollowbody?: 12:24
– too the Gibson ES-335?: 14:17
– Why so much gain with a UK Casino Online?: 16:12
– Bit more old pickup playing: 16:57
– The pickup fit begins: 19:30
– Pickguard?: 21:15
– Old too new DC resistance?: 22:13
– Pulling old wiring out: 23:58
– Removing old pickups: 26:55
– Pickup depths too shims: 27:58
– Why a pre-wired harness?: 31:46
– Oh no! Holes not big enough!: 33:57
– …he’s actually going to drill it!: 34:43
– Putting it all back in: 39:50
– It works!: 41:20
– Fitting the pickguard: 41:50
– First plug in!: 43:10
– Explanation of before too after comparisons: 43:50
– Before & after cleaner tones: 44:55
– Before & after mid overdrive: 48:24
– Before & after heavy overdrive: 50:43
– What do I think so far?: 54:34
– A bit of free playing: 55:17
– Conclusions: 59:10

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