cool pic of Brian and some Beauties

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is it cool or is it cool? Cool

Man, this must be heaven....

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Oh yes, heaven must be all the money those guitars are worth!!! lol!

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YEAH!!! Really cool! Has anyone seen that wider pic of that set???!! Rolling Eyes

White Falcon appear in it...

Subject: Re: cool pic of Brian and some Beauties Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:45 pm

cool, pict. I see the white falcon in the open case there... those SRV boots
are kinda frightening. Smile

looks like SRV gave him the vest too.

someday maybe he'll do a video exclusive of his personal studio.. eh,then again maybe monkeys will fly outa my butt.

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tvthewiredturtle wrote:: cool, pict. I see the white falcon in the open case there... those SRV boots
are kinda frightening. looks like SRV gave him the vest too.

Yes, you`re right, but i guess this pic is from the late 80ies or very early 90ies.

What do you think how i was looking at that time? Shocked

btw: a technical question: the Pick ups are Gretsch Filtertrons, right?
At what time TV Jones came in the Setzer sound? From "Dirty Boogie" or earlier?

Subject: Re: cool pic of Brian and some Beauties Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:26 am

Brett wrote:: btw: a technical question: the Pick ups are Gretsch Filtertrons, right?
At what time TV Jones came in the Setzer sound? From "Dirty Boogie" or earlier?

This is from Tvjones own words ( nicked from a mag, a small part of a huge interview)

In the late summer of 1998, Rich asked me to come up
with a vintage reproduction of the Filter’Tron for Brian’s new
Hot Rod model that Gretsch was going to introduce in 1999.
Brian chose between several samples made by other pickup
makers. I didn’t have all the Filter’Tron parts I needed, but I
knew of some American-made parts I could use that would
make a huge difference. At the time, the Brian Setzer
Signature pickup had a thinner, Gibson-style Alnico magnet.
For a Filter’Tron it had sort of a dull tone. I’m not sure what
alloy the metric pole screws were made from – they were
shaped with a sphere. The original Filter’Tron had #6
Fillister-head screws with a cylindrical shape to the heads,
and a thicker Alnico magnet, which makes a big difference.
All of the sample pickups were taken to Brian and he did a
blind test. It took a couple of days to hear about the results,
and luckily, he chose my pickup. About a week later I got a
call from Fred Gretsch. He asked me if I could fly to Japan to
show the Gretsch pickup factory how I made the new Hotrod
pickup. I also visited the Terada Guitar Factory in Nagoya, to
see how the Gretsch guitars were made A couple of weeks
before I was tinkering around with guitars and pickups, and
the next thing
I know Fred
Gretsch is on
the phone
going over the
trip to Japan
with me and
making sure I
had a passport.
After
returning from Japan, Fred Gretsch and his wife Dinah were
visiting in Los Angeles and they asked if they could stop by
my shop and meet me in person. While at my shop, Fred
asked if I could work for the Gretsch Guitar Company as a
liaison between his endorsees and The Gretsch Guitar
Company. That’s when the relationship with Gretsch really
started and it’s been wonderful ever since.
In the summer of 1999 I was helping Fred design some guitars
for the Gretsch Historic line. He asked me to fly to Korea
to visit two or three guitar factories and several pickup factories,
in order to help with the Electromatic, Syncromatic, and
Historic guitars. That was a great experience. Before my trip
to Korea, I was asked to come up with a couple of “good
looking Gretsch pickups” that would be used in these guitars
– ones that wouldn’t look like a typical Humbucker or P-90.
When you see the term “TV Jones Design” it basically means
I designed the look of the pickup. I also gave a little input to
how much output they should have. They’re basically stock,
entry-level pickups designed for less expensive guitars. Some
of these pickups use Alnico, and some use ceramic magnets.
TQR: So it all started with that one Filter’Tron reproduction?
Yep. It all started
with the
Filter’Tron.

TQR: What were the “shortcomings” in vintage or reissue
production pickups that you set out to elimi -
nate and how?
The big problem I saw
with the current Gretsch
Filter’Tron was that the
pickup cover was almost
twice as thick, which
dampened the fidelity,
and the use of ceramic
magnets versus Alnico
magnets. That was a big
problem. The ceramic magnets are too hot and the trebles are
kind of bright and brittle compared to the Alnico, which are
smoother. As a player, I find I have more musical control
with Alnico magnets. I can control dynamics and overall
tone, depending on how light I pick or how hard I dig in.

Another problem I found with the reissue Filter’Tron was that
the pole screw heads were spherical. The original Filter’Tron
pickups had Fillister head pole screws, which are shaped
more like a cylinder. I found that the string-to-string separation
was better with the Fillister head poles screws. I did a
test where I removed the pole screws for the B string on the
stock factory pickup and by removing the pole screws, I saw
that pole screws from the G and the E string still picked up
the B string almost at full volume. I did the same test with
the Fillister heads and I heard a great drop in volume.
TQR: We were surprised to hear that every screw and
every part used in your pickups is made in the
USA.
All USA-made, and every
time I have these parts
made they’re all inspected
before they go into the
pickups. I have every part
analyzed… I have metallurgists
check everything
out. I may be a little
insane… We keep the
prices down by ordering larger quantities of parts. Being all
made in the USA, it’s hard to keep prices down, but so far
we’ve been able to do that. That main thing is that the quality
doesn’t suffer.
Another issue with the stock factory pickup was that the
bridge pickup wasn’t tall enough. That’s crucial with the
Filter’Tron – you want to get the bobbins close enough to the
strings for maximum growl. You also want to have a balanced
output with the neck pickup. So I went ahead and designed a
completely independent bridge pickup. The shape of the bobbin,
the way it’s wound, the pole screw alloy, wider pole to
pole spacing…it’s a completely different pickup. Many guitar
manufacturers over the years have always had just one
pickup that they put in all positions. … I try and do a lot of
little things that add up and make a big difference in the end.
TQR: You also used a different technique that was vastly
different from how Gretsch was winding them.
The pickups made in the
‘90s and early 2000 era
were wound with thinner
magnet wire, so it’s going
to generally have a darker
tone with a little more output.
The ceramic magnet
was used to bring out the
treble and give it some
sparkle. They sound pretty
cool at low volume, but
you really hear the difference
when you play with a band or at stage volume with the
Alnico pickups. The use of ceramic magnets helped keep the
cost down in production.
TQR"

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Great read. Thanks TV!

Subject: Re: cool pic of Brian and some Beauties Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:39 pm

cool pic of Brian and some Beauties Brian210

From the same photo session......Great Photos!
Must admit when you said 'Brian and some beauties i thought you meant gals!!!!

Subject: Re: cool pic of Brian and some Beauties Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:53 pm

Good lookin gals are nice, but guitars WOW!!!!!!

"my wife told me if I bought one more guitar she'd leave me..
sure gonna miss that ol' gal!"

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RadiationSteve wrote:: From the same photo session......Great Photos!
Must admit when you said 'Brian and some beauties i thought you meant gals!!!!

sorry, but i guess for a guitarplayer it´s the right term... Wink

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tvthewiredturtle wrote:: Good lookin gals are nice, but guitars WOW!!!!!!

"my wife told me if I bought one more guitar she'd leave me..
sure gonna miss that ol' gal!"