Recent content by 54stratlover

Hello all and thank you for previous advice. I finished the magnet swap in the mayhem set. Alnico 2 in the bridge and alnico 3 in the neck. After about a month I like the switch better than the ceramics. Here’s the “but”. I still like the Alnico 2 MUCH better in the JB pickup. My surprise...

I recently bought a charvel so cal pro mod for a good price and am starting to mod it. It came factory with the Mayhem set. The pickups are fine in their own way, but I am not really falling in love with them. I was considering a magnet swap before buying different pickups. I looked over the...

Just heard a trick, that sounds interesting. There is a lot of talk about "old" wood, and vintage guitars. I heard of this trick second hand from a guy at the gibson acoustic factory. I guess it applies in context to acoustics, but if it works, I don't see why it wouldn't work on an electric...

Tried them out yesterday. JVM..... I liked it. 4 very usable channels, (good clean w/reverb) Great footswitch. I liked the way that the amp was linear in nature and easily usable. 2 master settings for boost function. Only complaint.. 100w with no 1/2 power setting. I live to work the...

Does anyone know anything about this amp? http://emeraldcityguitars.com/rivera_rig.htm

I have one of these cabs and recently got another one. I love them they are oversized, and ported in the front. I think they are deeper than my other (smaller) 2x12s. I have used them with my power block, thd, and tonemaster. I picked up the black one for 140 bones. the blue amp and cab I...

http://users.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/fx-desc.htm#Wah http://users.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/fx-order.htm not sure if these have been posted yet, but they are pretty good for reference material.

I gave a disappointed review of the Crate Power Block earlier. the review was based on a non functioning unit. I went ahead and took your advice and sent it back. The replacement arrived quite promptly (approx 2 days). I am using it to amplify a Line 6 tone port. I have used 2 different...

I bought a Crate Power Block at GC on sale for like 70 bucks. I haven't used it till yesterday (bought it 1-7-07, over the 30 day return period.) Plugged it in and turned it on, and ........... nothing. The front led turns on and off, then on and off. It does this until power switch turned...

I like to play slide occasionally, but get discouraged by some of the string noise. After watching the Derek Trucks vids on the other threads, It made me wonder about using flatwound strings. http://www.pyramidstrings.com/st-guitar.html Does anyone use them? What are the pros, and cons? Craig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMxG90vP-aU think about that. Looks to be in a small club also.. Unbelievable.

am in the process of building a USACG guitar. It is going to be a "tele"ish guitar. the pups will be arranged like this Bridge: tele antiquity bridge Middle: tele antiquity neck neck: PAF antiquity neck (maybe custom order w/a 4 wire lead for splitting) fishman power bridge is an option...

I am starting to find myself being very drawn to the VOX sound. Lately I have been really getting into Kathleen Edwards. Her lead guitarist has this creamiest, almoust mournful tone. He plays a SG into what appears to be a Vox, and a 50's fender. I can not tell how he is splitting his...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G5qG9s02zY

who makes the good retrofit bridges, and fender parts? Is it Callihan? If so what is the website?