Building my whitelist

I live in Nashville (where they make the Gibsons) and heard some guys talking about certain models that had a certain sound. Said they really don't know why some of them sound the way they do. Difficult to recreate the combination of factors that created the sounds that certain years had. I think alot of it is more myth than reality, because personally some of my favorite guitars have been cheapies with a cool grit to them, but there's probably something to it. I think part of it might be that the pickups are often more overwound now than they used to be and that kills alot of the sound. All imho - but just a guess based on various guitars I've played. I really don't know though. It's almost like you've gotta just swap parts and try different guitars just to see how they sound, because it's often difficult to predict in advance.

By the way. My favorite HH that I've played was an old univox. Actually had a slight crack in the body where the neck was. It wasn't a shredder (had a nearly flat neck if I recall), but it had such a cool vibe about it. Gritty is the word I'd use - you know that kind of sound that makes you make a "face" while you're playing? I'm not sure of this, but I heard people say Kurt Kobain played one on one of his albums. I think I had just loaded it with some generic pickups that I liked the sound of, but it had such a cool vibe. I almost kept that one, but ended up selling that one because it was selling for so much on ebay.