![]() It is easy to get sucked into it all when people describe an earth shattering difference when they change the PUs! I have lived with the stock PUs for 5 years of playing so it is not a snap decision of someone unfamiliar with the sound However they are expensive and I am not in a position to buy three types and compare! As a bit of a niche guitar there is not a huge amount of audio info out there but lots of furious debate on various forums about it. ![]() At the end of the day I can always sell them on if I don't love them or see much difference. Both sound awesome.Īs I have never done it before I thought I may take a punt for fun and buy some different PUs for the Firebird. I have played cheaper guitars for years, my other main guitars are a SG copy I got for £300 and a Mexican Tele. I am not someone obsessed with upgrading parts of a guitar thinking it will make me a better player. I have generally managed to get a sound I like out of everything with my amp. ![]() I should state I have always played stock pickups in all my previous guitars and the others I own. I generally play clean with some gain and get some grit as the amp warms up nicely. I have played around with various settings but even my lovely Fender Blues Junior valve amp can't seem to give it any sparkle. I have been able to wring a good sound from the neck PU and from both together but the bridge has always sounded thin and lifeless. The Wineomatic bridge features six large knurled knobs fanned out at the rear of the guitar that make it easy to tune the Lazer precisely.I have a Gibson Firebird from 2008 and bloody love everything about it apart from the sound I get from the bridge pickup. Unlike other headless beasts that require double ball-end strings, the clamp lets you use ordinary guitar strings. The secret to the Lazer’s compact size is an ingenious string-clamp at the end of the neck and the multi-purpose Wineomatic bridge and tuning system, both adorned with heavy-duty, industrial-strength chrome plating. Weighing in under six pounds and only 31 inches long, the Lazer features a full-sized, 25.5-inch scale, 24-fret neck, a humbucker and a single-coil pickup, master volume and master tone controls and three-position pickup selector switch. I can put the same effort into a Gibson and get back twice as much. If I pull the strings, I don’t get as much out of it as I put into it. I like the sound of a Strat, but just can’t play one. Johnny once described his main ax, the Lazer, as follows: “It’s really the closest thing I’ve found to sounding like a Strat and feeling like a Gibson. I was never a big fan of humbucking pickups, but the mini humbuckers on the Firebird have more bite and treble.” It feels like a Gibson, but it sounds closer to a Fender than most other Gibsons. “When I played it, I discovered I liked the way it sounded too. ![]() “I was initially attracted to the Firebird because I liked the way it looked,” Winter told Guitar Aficionado in early 2014. He performed the album’s stunning guitar work using a 1966 Fender Mustang, but the following year he adopted what would become his main guitar for many years: a 1963 Gibson Firebird V that he purchased in St. Winter came to the forefront of the electric blues scene in 1969 with the release of his major-label debut, Johnny Winter. But it is, of course, the guitars that will, in all likelihood, be the stars of the event. The auction is a significant trove of Winter’s personal effects, offering a rare opportunity for fans to see and purchase relics from the career of the celebrated electric blues guitarist. ![]() Other personal items include notebooks of handwritten music, a pair of purple velvet bell-bottom pants with a matching button-down jacket, a rattlesnake hat, a pink dragon kimono and, oddly, beard clippings. Zelinsky prototype, respectively-will be included in the auction.
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