Wide Sky Guitars P125C
The Wide Sky Guitars P125C — one of the best guitars I've ever played. Full stop. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
In this episode the Wide Sky Guitars P125C Cutaway takes center stage — featuring Curtis Novak P90s and Emerson Custom Treble Bleeds, into the Benson Amps Monarch and Benson 2x12" via the Boss Waza Tube Amp Expander, with the Origin Effects Revival Drive Compact, Echo Fix EF-X3 Tape Echo/Analog BBD Chorus, Meris Mercury X Reverb, and R2R Electric Rangemaster OC202 Silicon.
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Patch Rubin builds Wide Sky Guitars from Hawaii's Big Island — one at a time, by hand, as sculptures that sing. The P125C is his signature model: a single-cutaway semi-hollow inspired by the cross between a vintage ES-125 and a Les Paul. Carved maple top over chambered mahogany body. Mahogany neck with 12" radius ebony fretboard. Contoured neck heel for full upper-register access. Trapeze tailpiece. At 6.8 lbs it plays and resonates like an acoustic guitar while responding like an electric — full low-end projection, woodiness in the fundamental tone, and detail and clarity that emerges clearly on volume knob rolloff. The Emerson Custom Treble Bleeds on both volume controls are explored in depth at 10:38 — essential for keeping high-end detail through the full cleanup sweep. Notable P125 players include Gary Clark Jr.
The R2R Electric Rangemaster OC202 Silicon is Chris Vincent's (@djlavalamp) silicon version of the Dallas Rangemaster circuit — built around a 1960s Mullard OC202 metal can silicon transistor rather than a germanium device. Silicon is temperature-stable at any ambient temperature — no warm-up, no drift on hot outdoor stages. The OC202 version uses a 6-position rotary input capacitor switch with a selection of paper-in-oil and mylar audio grade capacitors, plus vintage CTS potentiometer, NOS West-Cap paper-in-oil output capacitor, and Piher and Allen-Bradley carbon comp resistors. The 6-position switch is the creative feature: each input cap changes the frequency content sent to the transistor, shifting between tighter treble-focused boost and fuller, darker, more fuzz-like character — explored in detail from 16:50 onward.
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🎸 Wide Sky Guitars P125C | Curtis Novak P90s | Emerson Custom Treble Bleeds | 6.8 lbs
🎛️ R2R Electric Rangemaster OC202 Silicon | 6-Position Cap Switch | Origin Effects Revival Drive Compact
🎛️ Also: Echo Fix EF-X3 | Meris Mercury X
🔊 Benson Amps Monarch | Boss Waza TAE | Benson 2x12"
Recording: Universal Audio Apollo x4 | Lauten Audio LS-208 | Royer R-121 & R-10 | Sennheiser E906 | Ableton Live 11
