Ibanez PM3C

[Dub]

This might be a seriously interesting guitar for anyone into jazz or swing. I figure, if Tim Lerch likes it, how bad can it be. It’s not expensive.

[drlj]

I watched his review the other day.
He said he bought it from Sweetwater.

[Dub]

Sept 13, 2024 10:55:39 GMT -5 drlj said:

I watched his review the other day.
He said he bought it from Sweetwater.

Yeah, I thought that was interesting too.

I noticed he swapped the flat wounds it came with for 11-52 (I think) round wounds.

[Marshall]

Sounds very good. Nice tone from the neck single coil.

[majorminor]

Looks cool. I've always wanted try an ES-175CC.

[howard lee]

In Tim Lerch's hands, it sounds great.

[Marshall]

$1,600 at Sweetwater

[Dub]

Sept 13, 2024 11:03:10 GMT -5 howard lee said:

In Tim Lerch's hands, it sounds great.

I’m guessing pretty much anything would sound great in his hands.

[John B]

I'd love one of those.

[drlj]

I wonder how many pieces of Bit-O-Honey he got in his candy bag.

I have never liked flat wound strings.

[epaul]

I just found out you can buy Bit-O-Honey by itself without the guitar part. That will save me a bundle!

[drlj]

Sept 13, 2024 12:33:38 GMT -5 epaul said:

I just found out you can buy Bit-O-Honey by itself without the guitar part. That will save me a bundle!

WHAT???🤯🤯🤯

[Marty]

I doubt they used a solid iron/steel plate to mount that Charlie Christen pickup like on the ES-150.

[Dub]

Sept 13, 2024 13:09:37 GMT -5 Marty said:

I doubt they used a solid iron plate to mount that Charlie Christen pickup like on the ES-150.

Interesting.

Do you have diagrams (or links to diagrams) illustrating how the Charlie Christian pickups were originally mounted? And, possibly, how it might be mounted in the PM3C?

I just find this interesting and don’t know much about how they were mounted.

[John B]

Sept 13, 2024 11:23:25 GMT -5 drlj said:

I wonder how many pieces of Bit-O-Honey he got in his candy bag.

I have never liked flat wound strings.

I have flatwounds on all of my guitars - electric and acoustic. I love the feel. The ones I'm using are "flattened" - round wound then they do something to them - so they're probably brighter than most flatwounds.

I've thought about trying out the nylon tapewound strings, but haven't gotten brave enough yet.

[John B]

Sept 13, 2024 13:14:01 GMT -5 Dub said:

Sept 13, 2024 13:09:37 GMT -5 Marty said:

I doubt they used a solid iron plate to mount that Charlie Christen pickup like on the ES-150.

Interesting.

Do you have diagrams (or links to diagrams) illustrating how the Charlie Christian pickups were originally mounted? And, possibly, how it might be mounted in the PM3C?

I just find this interesting and don’t know much about how they were mounted.

Here's a pic. Those bars are magnets (at least, they are on the EH, or Electric Hawaiian, guitars).



EH-150:

[John B]

Reproduction pickup diagram:





roswellpickups.com/product/charlie-christian-pickup-for-arch-top-guitars/

[Marty]

Getting that pickup in/out is a bit tricky due to the weight. You have to hold it by the coil and be damn careful. You rotate the pickup from vertical to horizontal as it goes in through the hole being careful not to knock the springs out of their holes. Once horizontal you line up one screw hole and get a screw started in the mounting plate. Then it's fairly easy to get the other two screws in.

[Russell Letson]

JohnB: I've used tapewounds (inspired by the Pizzarellis' setups)--not the LaBella Jazz Tapes but the (then) slightly less expensive Gallis. I was looking to take down the treble end of the Eastman's amplified sound, and they did that. But their acoustic sound was a bit anemic, so I went back to the now-even-pricier Thomastik BeBops. I have a set left, and I might try them on a different guitar--maybe the Broadway with its DeArmond single-coil, if they're long enough to fit the bass side of the Frequensator tailpiece.

[coachdoc]

Most of my guitars have strings on them. They help.