Recent content by BlackhawkRise

I've got an A8 magnetic spacer I want to install in a pickup with an A2 magnet. Which orientation does it go in? Will the A8 degauss the A2?

I'm thinking of picking up one of these. The warm audio one gets my first glance because it looks cool. Anyone got any recommendations? I'm mostly looking to get one because apparently that's what the Commodores used on the solo for Easy.

I've finally become good enough in my playing where I'm playing for crowds that my puny little AC10 can't keep up with the volume of the rest of the gang. I'm trying out combo amps just to get a feel for how they respond. I like the Fender Bassman because it does a great guitar sound and a...

Whats the allure of stereo amps and how do I access it? I currently have a nameless 110 combo amplifier and 212 modeling amp- I don't remember the name on that one either- and I have a PN-2 and a Dimension Chorus that I don't feel I'm getting the full use of. My two amps sit next to eachother. I...

It's weird to me how objectively my worst guitar, an Affinity Telecaster body that I've stripped and stained, paired with a no-name Strat neck, with Wilkinson hardware and Artec pickups, is the one that's inspired me to play the most. As far as sound it's a 7/10, playability 7/10, and...

Do you guys have any experience with hardwiring a humbucker in parallel? I know Stingray's come like that and a few of SD's smaller single coil sized humbuckers. I'm trying to make a guitar that's almost entirely original just for the sake of originality. unique headstock design, unique body...

I know a decent bit about guitar circuits, and I'm wondering if I got this all accurate. We we will leave effects out for the mean time. The signal comes from the guitar pickup producing frequencies from about 80 Hz up to maybe 16 kHz, depending on the pickup. The potentiometers load this down...

Anyone have any information about the Bluesbucker? It's supposed to be a P90 in a humbucker shape. Is it versatile enough to be the new bridge in my Single Humbucker Squier Strat? My ideal high gain sound is kind of like NIB Black Sabbath, but I want to be able to adjust my picking and use my...

Who does the best Foxx Tone Machine copy? I've seen clips of the Foxy Tone Box, but was wondering if there are any other good ones?

I posed this question in another thread, but thought it also deserved it's own. What is the highest frequency that's worth hearing on a guitar? Obviously guitars produce frequencies up to the range of human hearing, but a lot of those you could never hear in a mix or even in isolation. I guess...

I tried the R9 mod, although on my board it was R10, and replaced it with a 3k3 resistor, which set the max cutoff frequency at around 15k Hz. This made the usable range of the tone control a little more usable, but their is still a small deadzone on the lowest two brackets of the tone control...

I have a Squier Mustang and I noticed the low E was buzzing after I put a lighter gauge string on it (9s, where I had originally set it up for 10) Now there's a bunch of buzzing on the low E string on the lower frets so I decided to loosen the truss rod in quarter turn increments with about 2...

I've got a set of JBs sitting around and I was wondering what it would sound like if I threw some A4 magnets in them and put them in my Les Paul?

Have any of you ever played the silver wound cryogenicaly treated pickups made by SD?

I'm in a bit of an overhaul stage for my guitar stable (population: 2) and looking to make my Strat from an SSS into an xSH. The neck pickup I will eliminate and the bridge pickup will be determined after I narrow down the neck pickup. It may seem crazy, but my ideal bridge pickup likely won't...