Has anyone tried Ray Butts in a Jet? How do they sound?
I am on the verge of doing this myself, Tavo was nice enough to post the below video in one of my threads, not sure if you have seen it Audept.
Thanks, Fred!Yeah I just dropped a pair in my VS silver jet. They are as good as any vintage Filtertron I own. They have this loose tone unique to the old ones.
I didn’t even wait to try the TVjones that it came with.
was a super easy swap out with a standard soldering iron.
highly recommend
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Happy to help, personally I love every sound clip I have heard of the RB's but they are all in hollowbodies, they will be going in one of my guitars at somepoint but I dunno, am still on the fence if I'd want them in a jet or not.I had missed this somehow. Thanks so much for posting, Stefan. This answers all my questions and changes the direction I may choose to go in. Now begins the process of deciding who will be the transplant recipient.
I have always intended to put RBs in the quilt top 6120 despite it already having TVJ Classics but the reason for my post is to explore the possibility of using them in one of my Jets or Penguins. The doublecut WP was in line for T-Armonds in Filter mount, but I may re-think this option. Decisions, decisions .....Happy to help, personally I love every sound clip I have heard of the RB's but they are all in hollowbodies, they will be going in one of my guitars at somepoint but I dunno, am still on the fence if I'd want them in a jet or not.
You have some fine examples that I'm sure would suit a set of RB pick ups, I don't envy your decision lol, I struggled so hard to make a call on pick ups for my anniversary. Maybe one of your falcons or the quilty 6120?
Oh yeah RBs in a dc penguin would be cool.I have always intended to put RBs in the quilt top 6120 despite it already having TVJ Classics but the reason for my post is to explore the possibility of using them in one of my Jets or Penguins. The doublecut WP was in line for T-Armonds in Filter mount, but I may re-think this option. Decisions, decisions .....
Am pretty sure he does, on the RB webpage he states that wax potting may be needed in high volume applications, or something along those lines, am sure he'd do it if you asked.Would it be possible for Tv Jones to make a wax potted Set of Ray Butts?
Would it be possible for Tv Jones to make a wax potted Set of Ray Butts?
Yeah I just dropped a pair in my VS silver jet. They are as good as any vintage Filtertron I own. They have this loose tone unique to the old ones.
I didn’t even wait to try the TVjones that it came with.
was a super easy swap out with a standard soldering iron.
highly recommend
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I do occasionaly play some chugs and i already had hs filtertrons squeal like crazy until i put in wax myself.there's no point in that honestly... Vintage Filtertrons were not wax potted and part of the sound of Ray Butts Filters are the unique construct of the bottom plate and the open quality of tone from the absence of the wax potting. You may as well get a set of light wax Classics at that point. FWIW the R.B. do resist microphany with up to medium gain overdrives and fuzzes at loud room levels but if you want to go to chug and doom territory w your amp or pedals, then you start doing the shimmy dance around the amp to stifle the inevitableMind you this sez A LOT about the wind and built quality of Tom's pickups because my vintage deArmonds squeal like little beyotches w any medium gain drive pedals, yes my non wax T-armonds eat up that Marquesan overdrive w ease.
I do occasionaly play some chugs and i already had hs filtertrons squeal like crazy until i put in wax myself.
So are you saying that if waxed they would almost Sound like a regular tv classic?