Recent content by cheeseface

Please explain the physics of this. On my guitar the g string will often settle in a sharp postition after some whammy action. I understand how things can go out of tune when doing this. things like strings getting bound in the nut or saddle and what not. But I would think if I use the...

Currently using a les-trem vibrato system on a Gibson guitar. I use a nashville tune o matic bridge with graphite saddles for smooth operation and less string breakage due to trem use. I am generally happy with the action and sound of this setup but I still pop high e srings at the saddle...

Has anyone used the line out on a weber minimass to amplify their little amp through a big one?Tell me if I got it wrong here .I figure if i have a little tube amp that has a good sound when turned up but lacks the power to be used with a band and a powerful amp with plenty of clean head room...

Let's say I have a tube powered guitar combo amplifier that has a monitor output. Let's say that I wish to disable the amp's built in speaker and only use the lineout. An appropriate resistor or "dummy load" is needed in place of the speaker. Will this minor surgery change the way the amp works...

Pleaese suggest possible mods for gibson Falcon ga19 amp to addresse following problem. Although this amp gives a majestic tone, the attack at the front of notes and chords is VERY fast, brisk, articulate and thus a little harsh for my taste. It yields no sag at all even with it's tube...

Scored a 1963 Gibson Falcon amplifier. All tubed, about 15w. Turning loudness knob all the way up yields a nice slightly overdriven effect. Put my DOD e.q. in front with level slider way up, [up to 18db of boost]. Now she's beginning to really snarl. Heh heh. Add a MXR microamp,[up to 20db of...

I've aquired an ampeg b25 bass head for cheap and it works nicely. I play guitar through it with a 4x12 guitar speaker cab. If possible, I'd like to have it modified to suite my needs. The sound is somewhat "stiff, constipated, clogged, stuffy" for guitar. It also lacks top end sparkley...

I've heard people discussing "recapping" thier amps. [relacing capacitors] -What is the benifit if the thing seems to be working fine? -How frequently should this be done? -Do capcitors degenerate from amount of use or is it simply a matter of the passage of time? I have and use a Traynor...

So ya see I've owned this one electric guitar for many years. Loved the tone of it. even unamplified. Sound was chunky, hunky, thick, warm. Enough high end to ring and sing. Notes and chords blossomed and bloomed out of it. It had the delightful effect one may associate with slightly overripened...

let's have some suggestions. Thinking about brige humbuckers or minis. Some key words here would be sparkly, chimey, ringing, singing, shimmering, sort of like the sound one may get from those mini hbs in gibson firebirds, only I'd like more output than those pikups give. I want somthing that...

Take a double coiled p.u. hooked up to a 500k tone pot. As is generally recomended. Turn that pot up half way and play. Now replace that tone pot with a 250k one, turn it all the way up and play. Will it sound and behave exactly the same way as before, or will there be a difference? If there...

Anyone try these? How do they sound, specs, magnet type? Also looking for reviews for gfs loudmouth.

The thread title pretty much asks my question. Anyone experienced with GFS bigmouth or loudmouth. Whaddya have to say about either of these pups?

I have two gibson guitars. Owned them both for many years an have played them a lot. [sonex 180 dlx mahogany neck and rd artist maple neck] Both of these guitar's necks have very little relief even when the truss rods are loosened completely and exerting no pressure at all. For now there is...

Let's say I have a guitar with a stop tailpiece. If I were to adjust the hieght of that tailpiece so as to change the angle the strings pass over the bridge, then retune to the same pitch as before' would i change my string tension? I also ask this question in regard to changing the angle of...