I don`t know about the fretboard radius but can tell you about the
electrics. I believe that the original models had a 5 meg vol control.
This means that the vol control would have placed virtually no load on
the pickup but also would not have had such a good, even sweep as a
modern one. However, in the quest for re creating the orignal tone
there is an argument for removing all controls from the guitar and
feeding the "CC" pickup straight to the jack socket and doing all the
vol controling at the amp.
Also, original tube amps of that period would have presented a huge
input inpedance meaning that - again - there was very little load on
the pickup. Low load equals better response.
I suspect that the reason for the 5 meg vol control was simply that
these were readily available radio spare parts of the day. As was the
original choice for the Strat selector switch.
Will
I've never had a chance to see a real gibson ES-150. Anyone know
what
the fretboard radius of this guitar when Charlie Christian would have
played one? I guess they always describe pre-war 150's and post-war
150's. How much did they change?
