Recent content by bellicose

I have a newer model Marshall Valevestate...the reverb only works up untill noon, anything past and the reverb cuts off and the volume on the gain channel cuts out if you're not touching the knob...can any of you give me pointers on how to solve this problem myself?

I just purchased a brand new sg special and the pickups leave a bit to be desired. I've never replaced pickups before, but I was wondering what set would match up nicely with the guitar. I play alot of heavy distortion saturated stuff at the bridge and i need the neck to be warm a smooth both...

post your fav heavy distortion amp eq settings (ex. gain-vol bass-mid-treble effects?)

I use cakewalk studio to record...i have to no way of recording live drums and i'm wondering what you guys use to lay down the precussion in your tracks (and where i can get my hands on it)...

i live in west texas, where the going music scene is low, fast metal...i know and play with many other guitarists....however, NONE of them knows music theory past a few pentatonic boxes...and i wanna get an edge on these guys, who are great guitar players... my question is, where can a heavier...

pardon my ignorance you theory heads but i'm a rather unschooled player... anyhow...i was wondering if the notes in a scale used to compose a song would be considered the key....for instance, if i took an Am pentatonic scale, used the ii iv & v notes as my chords, would the key of the song be...

I seem to be cursed with thin yet short fingers...Beginning at the 1st string using my first and forth fingers, i can only reach the 5th fret with comfort, 6th if i stretch.. :smack: ..It's kind of a drag having such small hands, but i suppose it's not vital to have longer fingers.... so, how...

When i am playing, say a chromatic scale, my little finger bows out involutarily, like a danty lady sipping a cup of tea...it slows my playing down and hinders my fretting...i have been feverishly slaving over scale patterns, etc., trying to correct this problem...anyone else out there have this...

I'm am considering dropping a Duncan Broadcaster in the bridge of my tele. Any of you out there have expirience with this pickup and would you recommend it?