PAF Paper Tape Size?

[Possum]

....

The tape thing is kind of like the tele bridge string wrap, people expect it to look right. There's ways to get an authentic look but it takes too much time and is rarely called for.

[David Schwab]

The tape thing is kind of like the tele bridge string wrap, people expect it to look right. There's ways to get an authentic look but it takes too much time and is rarely called for.

Just stop doing it and people will get over it.

When they ask about it ask them "why?" When they realize they don't have an good answer it might make them think a bit.

That might stop customers from asking for silly stuff, like chevalij's recent post where someone wanted the bridge pickup in a Strat set to sound like Gilmore (that would be a Tele on the old recordings, and an EMG-SA on newer stuff), and a Frusciante neck tone (Jazzmaster!), etc.

OK.. wishful thinking.

I mean there's nothing wrong with making a repro, and a lot of you guys do a great job of it. Maybe I'm just getting old and looking at younger players and wondering "what's wrong with these people?" lol They have a skewed version of what vintage gear was all about before it was vintage.

I mean when someone says "vintage voiced" what is that exactly? The way an old pickups sounds now? Or the way it sounded back then? Or the tone people got with a combination of stuff, like Clapton's Beano tone... people forget about the Rangemaster treble booster, and that he soudns like he had the tone controls turned down. But they expect that tone right from the pickup. I had a customer once that was obsessed with SRV. He kept saying he wanted that tone, and I said, well you can use the same gear as he did... nothing tricky going on (except playing though a half dozen amps at the same time), but good luck trying to sound like him! I tell them to find their own voice, and use their heros as inspiration.

But I'm a player first. I was a big Stanley Clarke fan when I was younger. I could do Stanley down to a T. Then one of my high school friends, who was a scary good guitarist, said he got to meet John Mclaughlin. So I thought if I got to meet Stanley, and he asked me to play something, what would I play? An imitation of him? That was my epiphany, and since then I try to get my own tone, so I sound like me. I like to tell these stories to my customers when they have unreasonable demands! lol

You see the same thing on the Talk Bass forums where most of the younger guys think Precision basses only sounded like Motown! And then don't know how to get that tone either. I went to see Nikka Costa at Webster Hall in NYC on Monday, and they were doing this very 70's soul/funk thing, complete with the clothing, but the bass player had no clue how to get that tone on his P bass. He was getting more of a dub reggae tone, with all the highs and mids rolled off. It lacked any definition and punch, and made me want to smack him with a whiffle bat and say "let me show you how it's done son!" Of course he was playing through an SVT so that didn't help matters either.

Possum pointed out a nice black tape from Pearl Paint not long ago. Personally I get more excited when I see Duncan and Dimarzio pickups with circuit boards on the bottom... looks more high tech.

[PoorMan]

I'll just use this...

[kevinT]

Now that tape will keep the coils nice and tight and protected. In fact, the tape is tamper proof. The coils will self-destruct if one tries to remove the tape....

I watched a Modern Marvels episode on the History Channel about tape. It gave the history of Duck Tape....it was quite interesting....

[David Schwab]

I'll just use this...

He he he... you can make some Duckbuckers!

You don't like the Stew-mac tape?

Here's the stuff Possum found:

Black Crepe Masking Tape

[PoorMan]

He he he... you can make some Duckbuckers!

You don't like the Stew-mac tape?

Here's the stuff Possum found:

Black Crepe Masking Tape

I like the Stewmac 1/4" tape, but I also wanted the wider paper tape that they don't carry. I was at work and couldn't measure the wider size (and was being lazy) so I posted the question here.

Belwar was nice enough to help me out with some 1/2" paper tape. I've been meaning to try the pearl paint tape, I just wasn't sure of the size. I'll order some of that too.

EDIT: Or not...Pearl wants almost $9 shippnig for $4 worth of tape (I am very low volume). I think I'll pass and stick with the tape I got from Belwar which is very nice.