WOW! The new Gibson 491T Bridge Pickup! Like a smoother Explorer 500T...

A review on http://theguitarreview.com is coming on this pickup! Stay tuned!!!!!!!

A new pickup variety from Gibson! A ceramic bridge humbucker that's meant to crunch nicely, but not quite the out-and-out rawk of an Explorer 500T. It does a great job. You can play almost smoothly if you finger pick lightly, but the pickup is SUPER-responsive when you dig in to the strings. You can't quite get a clean tone out of these (like the 498T and 500T), but you sure can rock!

Fender FSR Straight 6 Stratocaster

I've recently purchased two Fender FSR Straight 6 Strats. One of which I have customized into a tribute to David Gilmour (I'll publish photos of my interpretation of my own "Black Strat" in another post in another time)... The Straight Six makes a nice basis for customized Strats...

These have great necks and frets, excellent body balance, a super-cool nitrocellulose finish (like my Highway 1 Stratcoaster), and that great Fender feel!

Here are some pictures of my second Straight Six, fresh out of the box!

So, let's look at some pictures!