Recent content by Baltar

Hello! I came across that vid on yt and got interested about Eric Bells pickups. He seemed to use Dearmond pickups in his Strat. Some say they are be bucker sized single coils. Is any knowledge about that in here? Cheers, Martin

I just pimped an older american deluxe strat; Middle is unchanged, Neck is coolrails from my local dealer and bridge is a pg-1b black matte i bought from thestratosphere on bay. The standard wiring is changed the following way .. - overall Tone - swapped mid and neck pu on the 5w switch -...

I'm putting together a Tele and would like to know your opinion. The more i think about pickups, the more do i loose the idea. I'm playing county,rock,bluesrock(i like some texasblues feel also) through my Blackface Twin (or my recent built brownface Bassman (112 cab Jensen neo tornado))...

Is there a steel block, i could use as replacement for a deluxe strats tremolo (Two pivot style bridge)? cheers

helo there, i recently noticed, od pedals aren't everything and i still haven't bought a fuzz :) me dig does crappy oldish distorted sounds like on magic carpet ride (steppenwolf) mainly. some hendrix territory would be nice too. issue as always is 'no useful store around to test pedals'...

I'm continously growing tired of my od (bad monkey) and my wah pedal (gcb95). The exhausting fact about the topic is, absolutely no shop in my whole country has even 3 of the 5 pedals i'd like to try. Perhaps anyone can give me some hints. I'm usually running the following setup ...

Just wondering if anyone recommends trying 5881 in a jcm800. Would they stand the 460v? cheers, B

thinking about eminence lil'texas for the 2204, what do you think?

I am servicing a friends guitar and don't get those knobs off easily. Due to i don't want to risk damaging it - are those knurled shafts, or should i try to get that glued-on rubber wraps off (screw behind?)? it's not the same guitar, but similar, just googled this pic ... (80ies elite...

is this a fake? ...edited away perhaps i'm wrong, but i think the headstock should say 'custom telecaster' and the neckplate should have muddy waters sig stamped in.

Hi! I've never noticed those - a local shop has wilkinson vintage strat tremolos in stock. They're black, what's a little strange to me, but the price looks like a bargain and it has a steel block A good choice for a strat with a little more tension (.11 strings)? cheers

Hi all, i seek those pickup sets to achive some very late 60ies tone and can't decide. which one would you prefer and why? (alternatives with grey bobbins welcome) cheers, Martin

is anyone using a dummy coil in his/her strat? i'd like to try this on my next guitar. if i understand correctly, i just need to remove the polepieces of an old unused singlecoil and connect it reverse poled. i've read a 10nF in parallel is useful to compensate treble loss. any experience on...

Hi Folks, i'm gasing for a second amp as alternative to my twin head clone. i always wanted to have an orange and can't decide between ad30 and rocker. both nearly cost the same over here (the plus of the ad30 for me is, that it's available in black *g*). To be honest a never had the chance...

is there any aftermarket pickup, that comes close to the strat '66 (maybe '65?)? they sound completely different to early 60ies pickups. some people call it piano(!?) like i think they just sound rougher played loud through a twin. cheers, martin