Here's a beautiful 1996 Gibson Herb Ellis ES-165 in sunburst . More info and pix at www.guitarcollege.net/for-sal... More guitar demos here • Guitar Reviews & Demos
Hi Rich, nice guitar and I for one get a lot of good information from your videos and the playing is alway beautiful. I have a question; when you raise the pickup do you take off the pick guard and put the washers on all the screws? Maybe it's obvious but I wanted to ask. Thanks.
Rich - would felt washers work under the pickup ring or does it have to be nylon? Also - I know it's been a while since you've had this axe, but figured you'd have some insight into the difference between the two versions of this guitar - the one with a floating pickup vs. this one? I love your videos - appreciate your presence, and your playing is gorgeous! Thanks
Hi Rich I just acquired a Gibson165 Herb Ellis and remembered your video. You mentioned the nylon washer how thick were they and the D’Addario strings you liked which kind flat or round wound? Like your videos and thanking you in advance Harry Vancouver BC
Would you say that if you want two pickups, that you would be better off getting a ES-165 and having a luthier add a bridge pickup for you or buying the ES-175?
That's interesting about the nylon washers getting the pickup ring off the top. I want to try that since I have two Gibsons with pickups that buzz from the vibrating top. Have you ever had buzzing pickups on a guitar, Rich?
HI RICH. I just '' imported'' a japanese clone of the famous ES175... A GRECO 😊S50 of 1973, with two original MAXON pickups. I' ll let you know about this pearl in a while
Did Rich just say Thomastiks sound dead, and he prefers the sound of D'addarios? Did I hear that right? I think that comment just made my day. I felt like my ears were defective when I put Thomastick Bebops on my guitar--and I hated the sound I got. Even the Bebops sound dead. I know I'll get a ton of flack for saying that. I actually mix a set of 12s John Pearse for the E, A, and D strings. For the G and B I use 13s D'addario ProSteel. And for the high e, I use a steel 14. I love round wounds. I think I might have to try the nylon washers trick. Hey Rich, are there are thin top Gibsons or Heritages out there? I think the really early Gibson archtops had thin tops. I just prefer thin topns, and most of the Gibbys, Heritages, and Guilds I tried were all really thick tops.
@@RichSeversonGuitar Really? I love watching those videos where master builders build archies, but I didn't know that tap tuning is for thinner tops. Are you telling me that Eastmans are tap tuned? As much as I love their guitars, I dunno... I don't think so. Really?
No I'm not saying that. What I meant was if you find a Gibson with a thinner top it's probably thin because it was tap tuned. I talked with Rendall Wall at Heritage about tap tuning his comment was he didn't care for it because it left the top thin.
Thomastic Jazz Swing Series flatwounds are superb. At least every set I've used in the last 10 years has been. They make a few different types of flatwounds, if memory serves. I've found the Jazz Swing to be the best.
I've had a similar experience with the Thomastiks. Just very little life or character. I've stuck to the D'Addarios with at least one of my guitars, as well as the Optima Gold set, which has been a nice discovery in a nickel string.
Rich, at the 7:30 mark, you mention again that you replaced the pickup cover. Can i assume the original pickup then is the 490R ?? I ask because i have the exact same guitar and model year. If you had kept it, would you have changed the pickup? And what would you replace that 490R with ? I sometimes think it's just a tad too bright. Mine still has the tuneomatic bridge. How much would changing to a rosewood or ebony bridge change things?? Thanks !
