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    Is this a real Seymour Duncan?

    Must be a JB, then.
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    Is this a real Seymour Duncan?

    @Dave the Barbarian welcome to the forum. According to the Duncan site, the DCR reading is closer to the JB Jr or Red Devil. How does it sound?
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    Brightening a dark sounding humbucker with equalizer

    Why do dark pickups still work and work very well sometimes? The Invader is a classic, so is the Tone Zone which comes stock in the bridge of many pricey Ibanez guitars.
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    A2 in a JB what changes?

    To quote @Aceman - you got the wrong amp, worse: you got the wrong rig 😁
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    NGD incoming! Mod platform - Ideas?

    Yes that can be tricky, the secret is: DON'T PUSH DOWN! Let the drill do the work, you just guide it. When you strip transmission oil pan bolts, or even cross-thread them you learn how to get better coordination, those fsckers are an absolute pain to sort out 😂😂 If you're not happy with the...
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    If you want to your amp to sound tighter, you use a TS9 . . . right ?

    The pickup solution can be a bit tricky and it can turn out to be quite expensive if it's a one trick pony, say Full Shred or Nazgul. Even tight pickups like Distortion or Black Winter can push plenty of bass into a dirty amp, but tbh I don't have enough experience with guitar -> dirty and loud...
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    NGD incoming! Mod platform - Ideas?

    Wrapping some tape around the drill bit helps to avoid going too deep into the wood.
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    Where/when did "modern" guitar tone begin?

    How about 6-7-3? With presence on zero-null-nada-zilch? 😅 That's how my 50w 6L6 is set on both blue and red, give or take. Boosted out front, of course. A lot depends on the speakers and the cab used, but still, I like my mids and I'm not playing out. I struggle to get a good, mid scooped tone...
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    If you want to your amp to sound tighter, you use a TS9 . . . right ?

    This guy does it too:
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    Where/when did "modern" guitar tone begin?

    That's a great comparison! How about two Whitesnake albums: Slide It In and 1987 (recorded in 1986 btw!), the shift in tone as recorded is dramatic, a few years apart only. So I stick with 1986 as the year when the "modern" guitar tone was born. Going by what I hear when listening to the...
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    There is no good way to direct wood-mount pickups

    I think the denser foam used in the current production Jackson & Charvel works very well. Also, Ibanez use short & wide springs, they have this 3-4mm thick foam sitting in the pickup cavity with a round hole cut to size for the spring to sit in there snug when you install the pickup. What gets...
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    Where/when did "modern" guitar tone begin?

    That's pretty harsh, there's some epic work recorded and played live with these amps. Not trying to start a flame, just sayin'
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    Where/when did "modern" guitar tone begin?

    Precisely 40 years ago I'd say. Master of Puppets and Van Halen's 5150 came to mind straight away for modern guitar tone. I don't link it to any specific amp and I guess much of that recorded tone was studio magic.
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    UOA5 rough cast

    Yes, my favourite JB now has a RCA5 magnet.
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    Middle Humbucker for an HHH

    I like the paint work, quite unique.
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