thcraymer's Music Gear Setup

A true veteran in my gear, I've had this guitar since my teens. It was my second electric (my first was a cheap strat), and a huge improvement! The flamed amber maple top looks amazing, the pickups have a warm creamy feel to them, the sustain is relatively long, this guitar is very versatile for playing both clean, mellow style, as well as heavier distorted/fuzz, and sounds great on both! I'd highly recommend it!

For me it's quite important to have a whammy bar on all my electric guitars, and had to have one on my Les Paul too. However, Bigsbys tend to be rather expensive, so I opted for the cheaper counterpart, the Bigsby B500. This tool, the Vibramate V500, allows you to install the Bigsby B500 with ease onto any Les Paul, SG, or similar guitar with a tune-o-matic bridge, without drilling any holes! Even better, not only is it cheaper to get this and a B500, but it comes in black too, which is exactly what I was looking for!

I've put these humbuckers in my Cort Les Paul. The reason why was because the stock pickups could sometimes get muddy, and I wanted to have a coil-split option too, while keeping the clean Alnico ii tone (but without the occasional muddiness), so these pickups were perfect! I installed them easily using a solderless harness, they were a perfect fit. The Les Paul sounded better than ever, much cleaner sound, and the option to coil split too, making the guitar extremely versatile! The pickups not only sound but look great too (the Les Paul itself is amber, but I changed most of the hardware to black, so the black pickups fit perfectly aesthetically too). Not to mention, they are far cheaper than any of the big brands (Seymour Duncan or DiMarzio) but just as great in quality! I would highly recommend them for any guitar with humbuckers!