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Anyone can post questions here so multiple topics can be discussed. regarding people studying/learning guitar by formal, orthodox theory with sheet music-reading from the very beginning: how does this differ from the study of theory with the CAGED arpeggio system using fretboard diagrams? from...

Is a guitar synthesizer like the Roland GR-20 or 55 with a hex pup synonymous with midi? I mean the Japanese founder of Roland invented midi but no matter where I look nowhere in the description of various Roland synths is the word midi mentioned. Individuals using Roland guitar synths talk...

I wanted to say thank you to everybody who helped me with my questions about my studio 15 in my other posts. And I thought I'd share what the Marshall guy found because it's probably atypical as far as what you'd expect from an amp I bought 31 yrs ago that I'd never serviced (the problem was the...

What guitar is Hendrix holding in this pic?

hi guys. while i work on my studio 15 i got a DSL5C. so with my Strat plugged into the amp directly - no pedals - with all amp/guitar knobs down, there is a baseline level of noise/hiss i'm not used to hearing from my studio 15. it's a normal sound, in the sense that it is the sound i'm familiar...

hi. what are the best tubes to replace the stock ones in a marshall studio 15/4001? the originals are v1, v2 ECC83 and v3, v4 6V6. what's the best quality? JJ? Tung-Sol? Electro-Harmonix? other? non russian, not sovtek? i don't want to run them cold. i prefer hot/crunch. but i also don't...

hi. i currently use the following setup with my NS2 and marshall studio 15 (no fx loop): GUITAR-WAH-NS2 input-NS2 send-EQ-COMPRESSION-OD-NS2 return-NS2 output-REVERB-CHORUS-DELAY-AMP i'm planning on getting an amp with a series fx loop. can i have some opinions on how to arrange these pedals...

I want to get a small tube amp to replace my old marshall studio 15. It's just for home use so I was looking at the Marshall DSL5C. I need advice from people experienced in this because ive been playing strats through the studio 15 since '86 so thats all i know. To help you help me, consider...

i have a '96 YJM Strat with the truss rod nut in the heel. i've had it since '96. i used to use the 9's it was factory set up with. then 8's for many years. when i switched to the 8's i never checked the relief cause it played great with the 8's so i didn't care. then i went to 7's and at that...

Silly question but sometimes someone figured out a fast non intuitive method of doing something simple that makes you go 'crap I never thought of that!'. Mine are 60's and 70's style fluted type bushings for non collared machine posts and they are in tight. I gather using a tool to pull or push...

Re: Strat spring/trem question thanks so much steve for all the info and detailed instructions and tips on how to effectively use the locking tuners and elongating the saddle slots. it's true some of the saddles are made with longer slots. i got a replacement two point bridge with vintage...

I'm sure this is not a smart question but here goes. Say you got a bullet truss nut. You're replacing it. You take it off. You thread on the new nut. It's gets tight. You tighten it more with your key. The neck back bows and relief drops. Now you turn it counter-clockwise and relief increases...

Hello everybody. I'm a new member but I've been sponging off you guys for many years :-) I have a '98 yjm with a vintage tremolo, of course, and I went to two straight springs on the outside; and the bends feel a little easier. But since I didn't screw down the claw and left everything the same...