Recent content by CenterStaqeSilver

Has anyone seen an on-guitar multi-band EQ available for electric guitars? I've researched the pickups, pots, caps, wood tone issues and I think that after you're selected all the hardware properly for a particular guitar and tone you want, we're all still stuck with this overly simplistic...

What do you people think of this idea for a strat, to keep it in the area of vintage tone, but hum-free and full of rich, uncompressed tone. I'm a fingerpicker as much as a pick user, so want maximum response to finger action and minimum compression. Bridge........Cool Rails...

Q: What tremolo/vibrato tailpiece hardware produces the least problems. I'd think that any wound string going over a sharp ridge is going to have the pickups read the grinding/scratching movement and you couldn't have a smooth effect. But that's what I see a lot is the sharp post units on the...

I've gone and purchased a Jazz for neck and a Holy Grail HG-1500 for bridge. I'm about a month from having it ready to play, as other upgrades are in order, but I thought I'd toss that combo out for comments. I think a Jazz/Holy Grail combo will produce great tones and versatility, but I...

Seymour Duncan news releases over the last few years now indicate a big delay since the last new pickup was released. What kind of pickup are you hoping comes out next? My wishes (including online sound samples!!!): 1) premium tone single-sized humbucker for bridge, at 11.5 K...

Cheer up folks, the hard work of finding the ideal pickup will end successfully, so your blood pressure can soon return to normal and you can go outside for some fresh air again. Here's a zinger of a thought to start the day off with: "Tone? Who cares about tone! It's all about the music!"...

I want a humbucking single as bridge, for a Jazz neck. Anyone tried either the Cool Rails, Little '59, Hot Rails or Hot Stack as bridge, to a Jazz neck, and if so, what volume issues did you have and how did you handle them? It's for a 2-pickup guitar (no mid pickup). I've also checked Kinman...

Does anyone put any kind of metal lining in the guitar's pickup spaces? What I mean is a complete metal liner (copper, silver or gold foil perhaps), and the purpose would be to help guide all magnetism upwards towards the strings. I presume the foil would not touch the pickup or wires or...

This thread is for this mystery pickup the STK-S4. Toss all your comments about it here. Tone, pickup mixes, etc. ( I want to hear one somehow):reporter:

I'm going to match my neck Jazz to a strat-like humbucking single-sized pickup if I can, and I've settled on either the Dimarzio Virtual 2 Bridge DP409 or the Seymour Duncan STK-S4. They are similar in spec, but while I've heard the Dimarzio sound sample, there is no sample for the SD and it's...

Why don't pickup companies and pot companies get together and start using connections similar to what they do in computers......plug-in types that you can switch in seconds....instead of relying on soldering. I can easily imagine the leads coming off pickups having the proper connection that...

I had a brain spasm today and imagined the total guitar. Instead of 2 guitars, with one like a Strat and the other like an LP or heavier like that, how about putting two full sets of pickups on one guitar, with a switch used to select which groupings of pickups are used. So you could have one...

For consistent ability to get the signal at any string impact volume and when bending the strings, doesn't it make sense that rails have a lot of merit? If you're experienced using rails, can you tell us what you think about their benefits and drawbacks? Do they provide one thing while...

Looking for a bridge pup to match to a Jazz in the neck. Neck is maple, ebony fingerboard, solid steel rod for truss, body is northern ash and 2" thick, Minimum routing for pickup spaces, so this is a custom, high-sustain, ringing body. I want a full tone guitar from bass to peak highs and all...