Recent content by cadred

I sort of asked this a week or two ago, but I'm trying to get more specific with what I want. I'm still working on my first Tele partscaster and have narrowed it down to a Warmoth Thinline Telecaster body with single coil pickups. I've never really played a combo exactly like this before, but I...

I'm generally a humbucker kind of guy, but I fell in love with my dad's AS Telecaster's sound, so I'm thinking of building my own as my first DIY guitar project from Warmoth parts. However, I also like versatility, so I'm wondering if there is any humbucker combination that can, when coil...

My dad has a 2001-2002 (based on the serial) American Standard Telecaster. I love the neck pickup on it. In starting my research I can see that modern AS Tele's have a "twisted tele" variant for the neck pickup. Does anybody know what would have been used back in 2001-2002? Or is there some...

This is more of a I kind of screwed up and need reassurances kind of question The other night and used a little bit of isopropyl alcohol to clean the rosewood fretboard on my guitar. I used alcohol before for cleaning wood because it doesn't raise grain and it was just lying around so I didn't...

I got to play and hear these guys side by side at the store last night. Most of what I read around the internet seemed to favor the tone of the Pro Jr, so I went in expecting to prefer that, but it wasn't that easy. I really liked the clean tone of the Blues Jr. It seemed to have more...

I got a well-loved Peavey Mace VT off of craigslist a little while ago, but it was without it's footswitch. I know I can buy a new footswitch for about $90, but that seems like highway robbery for 4 switches in a box. So my thoughts have turned to making my own. I know that the schematics are...

I've never quite been satisfied with my RP355 since I got it. Switching between presets is a bit of a pain, with only up/down controls as well as the noticeable patch dropout. I originally thought the stompbox mode would help, but it's so limited and almost useless. The amp a/b helps as there is...

How tight should should the guitar be in the case? I just got a new Fender Jaguar Blacktop HH and ordered the official Fender Jaguar/Jazzmaster case. The fit is quite snug, but when I close the case, there is a fair amount of resistance when I close it. I definitely have to put a little pressure...

Okay, this is bit of a rant, so I apologize in advance. About 2 months ago I ordered a Fender Blacktop Jaguar HH through a local guitar shop. They only had the silver and I wanted black, so it had to be ordered through Fender. Nothing custom, I just wanted the stock black and I wanted it for...

I'm pretty close to buying a new Fender Blacktop Jaguar with the intention of replacing the pickups shortly after. The BT Jag has an alder body, rosewood fretboard, and hardtail bridge. My dad upgraded a Strat Squire with the Total Axe kit witch comes with the JB jr's and I loved the sound on...