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John Bushouse

 

Post  Posted 6 Jun 2011 4:29 pm    
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What an awesome sounding pickup!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOYaQU7CjO0
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Orville Johnson


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Post  Posted 6 Jun 2011 10:37 pm    
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That thing sounds fantastic. The computer speakers give you a taste but wait til you actually hear one in the room. Awesome is right!
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Mark Eaton


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Post  Posted 7 Jun 2011 7:13 am    
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Nice demo, Orville! Cool
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Mike D

 

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Post  Posted 7 Jun 2011 8:47 am    
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I've put 'em two guitars over the last year and they are amazing sounding.
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Mike Neer


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Post  Posted 7 Jun 2011 9:10 am    
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That is a beautiful sound. A lot of rich overtones. Very impressive--I think it sounds better than the originals. Great work, Jason.
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Jay Seibert


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Post  Posted 7 Jun 2011 9:15 am     Lollar Monster
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Hey Orville,

Loved the demo so much I'm gonna have to put one of those on my Recording King "experiment" lap steel guitar. I have changed out the tuning machines, bridge, and nut hardware, and have been considering changing out the tone and volume pots. Do you have any recommendations for pots that will compliment that Lollar pickup?
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Tom Pettingill


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Post  Posted 7 Jun 2011 9:53 am    
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Thats a great demo, nice job Orville! Its definitely one of my favorite pickups that Jason makes.

Jay Seibert wrote:
... any recommendations for pots that will compliment that Lollar pickup?

As per Jasons recommendation, I used 250k pots and a .022 cap for the one I used in my UltraP and it was perfect. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=202372
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Orville Johnson


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Seattle, Washington, USA
Post  Posted 8 Jun 2011 7:05 am    
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Jay, I think I'd go with Jason's recommendations (noted in Tom's post). I'm sure he knows best how to get the maximum sound out of his pickups.
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Twayn Williams

 

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Portland, OR
Post  Posted 8 Jun 2011 9:45 am    
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Yes, that demo sounded really great, but then those Fender Tweed Deluxe amps are monsters and the blues tones you can get out of 'em are legendary.

To get a more accurate idea of the sound I'd also like to hear the same guitar played through a more common amp like a Fender DRRI/TRRI or a Fender Blues Jr./Hotrod Deluxe.

Just a thought!
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Orville Johnson


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Seattle, Washington, USA
Post  Posted 8 Jun 2011 9:59 am    
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There are more videos to be posted and I think we did use some other amps. It's been awhile since we filmed and I don't recall exactly but stay tuned.
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Jason Lollar

 

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Post  Posted 13 Jun 2011 4:25 pm    
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thanks everyone- we recorded that when- over a year ago??? There are a couple more vids with Orville playing two or three more pickups coming out and then Orville plays all of the pickups clean through a princeton reverb with a 12 inch speaker which is pretty close to a Deluxe Reverb.
Thanks Orville
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