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Good to know .

I could be remembering wrong, it's been a long while since I've had one.

On my last 2 Strats I replaced the bridge pickups. The 1st one was with a Seymour Duncan mini humbucker of some description (it was a long while ago, but I think it was a JB Jnr) and it wasn’t bad. On The 2nd one I used a DiMarzio SDS-1, which is voiced like a P90 and I liked that better. I still had to wire both to an independent tone control to tame the highs, something I do with Teles too.

That’s a very fine guitar, good choice.

Conversely, an Epiphone Uptown Kat, with replacement pickups is a potential route.

If you’re happy to consider a double cutaway, then the Casino or the Casino Coupé (if you can find one) is a fine P90 beast. This is my modified Coupé…

At least it wasn’t a bass, where that sort of thing can be a real bash to the wallet. You can still use those strings of course (if you can stop that slippage), you’ll just have to put up with poor intonation on the G string. That said, I’d just bite the bullet and get some acoustic strings, your ears will thank you.

Listening to a lot of Simple Minds recently, Charlie Burchill definitely deserves mention in this respect.

+1

I always reckon you can’t go wrong with a Yamaha, their gear always punches way above its price point.

A good day for common sense, for a change and, as always, a good day for the lawyers.

IIRC the two jack sockets are for if you are hooking up another cab (I could be way off base here and I’m more than happy to be corrected by those who know better/for sure). However, just plug the micro amp into either socket, you’ll be fine.

Greetings, Iain.

I remember entering the competition in the NME to win that guitar. I also remember not winning and thinking that the winner’s tiebreak answer was pretty good (I loathe the NME because…) and a worthy winner.

That works .

Yep! Therein lie the important chord tones, which will add flavour to your soloing.

A common mistake is for folk to stick to the minor pentatonic when improvising, whether the key or chord is major or minor. Try and make sure you’re complimenting the chord by emphasising the 3rd note. A lot of players tend to play through the scales from one end to the other. Stand out from the crowd by making some interesting, intervalic jumps (Carl Verheyen is the king of this, check him out). Don’t be in a hurry to show your chops too early, build to a crescendo and release (the solo from Stairway is a great example of this).

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