Show your USAs!

[toejam]

What is a trembucker? And how do they sound? Also what does gassing (GAS) mean? The only USA guitar i have is my gibson.

A trembucker is the original name given to tremolo-spaced pickups, what is now known as F-spacing (Fender or Floyd spacing). Gibson humbuckers had a different pole piece spacing on their pickups than Fenders, and some people didn't like their Floyded guitars not having the strings line up, so you can get pickups with standard or F/Trembucker spacing.
The original "trembucker" that Seymour Duncan designed was called the Parallel Axis, because it puts two pole pieces next to each other (parallel) and the string will sit between them.
You can read about them on Duncan's site.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/electric/humbucker/cutting-edge/patb2_parallel/

The weird thing, Jackson seems to use trembucker spacing for their guitars with the TOM bridge instead of standard, as the PA trembucker matches up perfectly (not to mention the JB I pulled out of it was also trem-spaced).

And GAS means Guitar/Gear Acquisition Syndrome.

[stevoc]

My only remaining USA...

[Mr.C]

[Advv]

Just paid for this one today!

[Phantom Hawk]

Nice Soloist there, Advv. Looks like an early Select series. Always liked the EDS finishes. Whats the serial so we can get a build date for it ?

[zebutcher]

The four down are CS Archtops.

The Blue Archtop Pro was replaced by Schecter Mercury CS from '89.

[The Mitch]

Here we go!
KV2 SW/BlckBvls
KV1 Cracked Mirror

[Advv]

Nice Soloist there, Advv. Looks like an early Select series. Always liked the EDS finishes. Whats the serial so we can get a build date for it ?

It's a fusion custom from 1990. I've been craving EDS finishes recently so when I saw this reverse EDS, I couldn't resist. The serial number ends with 16. It's something along the lines of 0000016. I forget how many 0s before the 16 though.

[Jacksonguy666]

A trembucker is the original name given to tremolo-spaced pickups, what is now known as F-spacing (Fender or Floyd spacing). Gibson humbuckers had a different pole piece spacing on their pickups than Fenders, and some people didn't like their Floyded guitars not having the strings line up, so you can get pickups with standard or F/Trembucker spacing.
The original "trembucker" that Seymour Duncan designed was called the Parallel Axis, because it puts two pole pieces next to each other (parallel) and the string will sit between them.
You can read about them on Duncan's site.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/electric/humbucker/cutting-edge/patb2_parallel/

The weird thing, Jackson seems to use trembucker spacing for their guitars with the TOM bridge instead of standard, as the PA trembucker matches up perfectly (not to mention the JB I pulled out of it was also trem-spaced).

And GAS means Guitar/Gear Acquisition Syndrome.

That is similar to what i thought, but the fact that the non floyded guitars have it as well confused me, but i ve noticed that dimarzios come in regular and f-spaced, but duncans have a seperate model? But i could put either in a guitar? the only downside would be the pole pieces not matching up?

[MakeAJazzNoiseHere]

It's the only one I've got, and the only pic of it I've got, though it's cleaned up a bit now... DK1, black ghost flames.

[toejam]

That is similar to what i thought, but the fact that the non floyded guitars have it as well confused me, but i ve noticed that dimarzios come in regular and f-spaced, but duncans have a seperate model? But i could put either in a guitar? the only downside would be the pole pieces not matching up?

You can get any Duncans in regular or trem spacing. For instance, take the JB... its model number is SH-4 (I think the SH stands for Standard Humbucker), and the trembucker version is the TB-4. http://www.seymourduncan.com/product.../sh4_jb_model/
Some people claim they can hear a difference if the pole pieces don't line up to the strings, others can't.

The Parallel Axis line is just a different beast altogether.

[Sharkfin]

Here's '87 Snakeskin, w/ out flash & with. It looks very different and really pops with the flash. A few interesting details are the stinger by the heel of the neck and also the 'jewel' thing on the headstock, which is the way I got it from sleazeBay.

[petez0r]

Here we go!
KV2 SW/BlckBvls
KV1 Cracked Mirror

jesus dude, that KV1 is so sexy, i know its probably been asked but is that a CS job, or you do that yourself.

[The Mitch]

jesus dude, that KV1 is so sexy, i know its probably been asked but is that a CS job, or you do that yourself.

Thank you.
It's a custom shop KV1

[Sharkfin]

My 1988 'San Dimas'

It's nicer in person, the pics don't do it justice!