Mastery bait.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 8:03 pm
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Re: Mastery bait.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 8:07 pm
Why does he have a photo of Merle Travis's Bigsby as his header?
Re: Mastery bait.
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 8:15 pm
Maybe he's developing the Merle Mastery for those 10 guys out there who have em 
Re: Mastery bait.
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:49 am
Theres these: https://shop.tksmith.net/collections/tk ... ece-pickup
Re: Mastery bait.
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:16 am
IIRC he used to work for Bigsby or was inspired by him something like that. It's probably a JM pickup considering that is a huge chunk of his market and he works with Bilt Guitars a lot.
Re: Mastery bait.
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:27 am
Yeah my first guess would be JM too. Hope he does something unique! There are already plenty of awesome JM pickups out there... not that I wouldn't welcome more, but it'd be cool if something kinda broke out of the norm.
Also HOLY SHIT those TK Smith pickups are expensive! I didn't really think there was anything more expensive than Throbaks out there. That said, there are probably some even more ridiculous ones out there that I don't know about...
Also HOLY SHIT those TK Smith pickups are expensive! I didn't really think there was anything more expensive than Throbaks out there. That said, there are probably some even more ridiculous ones out there that I don't know about...
Re: Mastery bait.
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:32 am
The thing with those TK Smith pickups is they are a lot more involved in manufacturing than something like Throbaks or other super expensive pickups as he fabricates the housing from sand casting and bobbins and makes most of the parts himself instead of buying previously manufactured components and assembling it like most boutique pickup companies.
Re: Mastery bait.
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:55 am
Yeah, was looking at the construction and imagining that it was all custom... makes sense. But still, ouch!
Re: Mastery bait.
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 5:47 pm
EGC pickups are ridiculously expensive. I think its like $300 for one. At least for bass anyway. Not too mention the one in a million chance he chooses to respond to you.
Re: Mastery bait.
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:49 pm
I played the TK Smith guitars at NAMM. Dude was super cool, and the workmanship was good, but with a very much homemade vibe in the style of something your skilled-at-woodworking, Country-&-Western-loving Grandpa would make. The pickups DO sound incredible, though, and compared to the crazy prices of the guitars (the ones at the show ranged from like $6k-10k), they're a bargain if you really want that sound. I might spring for some if I come across the right body for them.