Recent content by Ascension

Different definitely fuller bigger sounding and smoother. More suited to Texas Blues and rock tones and to my ear they feel a little hotter. The bridge in particular is nice. They work very well in the maple neck real swamp ash body Silverado. Not as airy and chimy as the surfer II set...

Good stuff but does nothing to really condition a fret board. You need to get oil back in a dry board and just any oil is not a good thing. I have rescued many guitars from pawn shops that were neglected and filthy with super dry boards after I got the gunk off. My KOA Carvin was by far the...

I went to a full scooped Strat set in the 95 Washburn USA Silverado I have. Haven't seen much on these so thought I would drop a review. I have a Surfer II set in my other Silverado so waned this one to be a more modern smoother fatter tone but still have the character of a real strat...

Came out of the 95 Washburn Silverado I rescued from a Pawn shop. Long leads very clean pickups. I reused the original cover so have the white Seymour covers from the scooped set I replaced them with. $55 each shipped and PP in the lower 48. All 3 were standard so no RW/RP. $150 if you buy all 3.

The Dimarzio Gravity Storm. Very big and warm but not muddy with a nice cut also for solos one of my favorite Dimarzio pickup sets but in particular the bridge. Saturday Night Specials. Unique almost an acoustic like character when running both together clean but also can rock hard. Unique...

My 50 watt PRS first gen real Archon and my US built Custom 50 heads both sound fantastic at a whisper. Will destroy 98% of the low wattage amp that folks talk about for bedroom amps at low volume. It's all about the amp design. I just sold my Boogie F 30 combos because it was absolutely...

Pulled out the 2014 Carvin DC 600 tonight and played it a little. Tweaked the action checked intonation and just gave it a good work out. Really like this one, super fast neck with the slim profile option and it really sounds great. Need to play it out a lot more. Really like this pickup combo...

Both the Wilkerson 100's on my US Washburns and the Ghoto 510 on my Kiesel Delos have absolutely no loss of sustain to a regular 6 screw bridge. I have owned many with 6 screws including the PRS US system, they had no increase in sustain over the 2 posts. It's all about set up, but my favorite...

Swapped bridge saddles and have been doing other tweaks to this one. Haven't been playing it out enough because it needed saddles. Had String saver graphite saddle that had cracked at the adjustment screws before I got it from the previous owner somehow. Replaced them with a new set of metal...

The best real one-man band I have ever seen was this guy. Old friend of mine and is sadly no longer with us. Built his set-up with his dad its unique was a very special guys.

Thanks will check that stuff out!

Would throw the Saturday night specials in the mix also. Both run together clean have a unique almost acoustic like character. They work very, very well in a semi Hollow. I just pulled the set I have had out of my Carvin AE 185 I am about to sell, and I am going to drop them into my Carvin SH 60...

Found the email, thanks.

Two of the best sounding low volume amps I have found are my pair of US built 50 watt PRS heads. My first gen Archon 50 and my Custom 24. Both will absolutely kill at a whisper. The Custom 50 cleans in particular are amazing at super low volumes, but the crunch is not shabby at all either. Much...

Could not find the email on the new site for some reason but will call again on Monday.