![]() There's a clip on Youtube of a standard Epi Tbird fitted with SD SSBs, but the guy does say they're not a drop in replacement. The black hardware one is the Korean version - no longer made, so you are at the mercy of eBay, unless one pops up here at a sensible price. Question: is this one (black hardware one) the korean version, which I would personally imagine to be better? ![]() Then the only difference is the knobs, and if I really wanted to locate 3 vintage RI epi knobs I'm sure it wouldn't be difficult. I suppose I could always buy a black hardware one, as I'd get the headstock hardware I like, I could replace the bridge with a chrome badass or similar, and the stock pickups are at least passable until I upgrade. So I guess this then begs the question, which of them will best fit the custom pickups I want to put in, or do they both have the same pickup route? I have a problem, in that I very much like the look of the silver hardware on the body, but love the look of the black hardware on the headstock, I'm considering making some b*****d child of the two, though not set on that.Īs for the pups, I think I'd be replacing them regardless (though there is a vague chance of me keeping them if I bought the non-terrible vintage guitar pickuped one). You are right on the Alpine front, I didn't read the thing properly (I do know it's Alpine but wasn't paying attention and picked a word beginning with A that sounded cold and white!) They are both described as limited edition, as in mass produced in China for a limited period. This is classic Catch-22, as the only reason to buy one of the new ones is the chrome pickups, but as soon as you get it you'll have to replace them. (That's a link, by the way, in case you don't believe me). The new Chinese ones look nice, if you like a bit of chromey bling, but the pickups are, as someone suggested above, guitar pickups and, just to make the point as strongly as possible without actually shouting ** bloody awful**. The original Korean ones are very nice basses, finished to a high standard and with decent hardware and electronics. I think you'll find it's Alpine White (pedant alert, but I got pulled up on that once).
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