Recent content by Ball&Chain

Re: Agile 3100's seem too good to be true

So, I tried out a couple EVH Wolfgang Specials at GC this weekend. They only had 2 there unfortunately. They had the hardtail and the one with the evh branded floyd, both with maple boards. The hardtail was a MIJ for $1200. I think I read somewhere before about the sloppy neck joints and it...

I found these videos recently. Pretty interesting series of a guy building a strat from scratch. Too many to imbed, so here are links in order. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZSDzBv_rIA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67axCaw9Bdc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2Wxw3YFHsg...

Re: Your First Guitar(s) and Such--- Not this guitar but one exactly like it, color and all. Martin Stinger strat copy.

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About a year ago, I decided to try out a Vox Amplug. They sound like they should be wonderful devices for convenient plugged in practice sessions. Just the amplug and some headphones and you are good to go. I got the "Metal" version and just couldnt get along with it. It had more of a scooped...

I decided to gut the Michael Kelly Patriot again and try a different wiring scheme with some new pots. I got a couple Alpha 500k push/pull pots from Sam Ash to go with a new allparts 500k CTS pot I've had for awhile. The guitar was set up as a 2 vol, no tone with a 3-way toggle. I've never been...

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I guess that would be new speaker day. The WGS Retro 30 came in today. I havent fired it up yet, but its installed and ready to go. It will be interesting to hear the difference. The difference in just the overall build of the speakers is telling enough. There is at least a couple pounds...

I'm looking to upgrade the Celestion Rocket 50 in my newly aquired Blackstar HT-20. As it is, the amp is fairly dark and lacking that mid range crunch Im after. I'm looking for a more classic 80's metal tone with the crunchy mids and tight lows. Something like this which happens to be a WGS...

So the Blackstar HT20 came in today. Not bad for just winning the auction on Monday. As you can see, it came in nicely packed in the original packing and complete with footswitch and owners manual. This thing looks brand new. I couldnt find a scratch on it and barely any dust though inevitably...

I'm looking to spend about 50 bucks new or used.

This should be interesting. Hopefully it gets here this week.

I've bought used gear from a GC that I frequent before. Their used gear policies are generally really good, allowing for a nice 30 day or so return policy etc. Question is, if you spot a decent piece of used gear from an out of state GC, how does it work? Do they send it directly to you, or to...

500 bucks and under, used or new. This will be a practice amp, so sounding good at low volume is a real plus. Would prefer 1x12 though would probably go for a 1x10. High Gain - Old school metal tones. Tight lows, warm highs. Dont care for fuzzy or ice picky treble tones. Effects arent...