Recent content by ChickenFingers

http://216.247.61.17/home/GenerateProduct.asp?MakerCd=1007&ProductCd=V58 I bought a used but mint Crate V58, all tube amp with a 8" speaker.. this little puppy is loud and has bite, it's 5 class A watts sound like a lot more!! Anyhow, I want to mod it, it's perfect for blues and I can get some...

Got a Epi G400 and the klusen (or klusen replicas) tuners are beat up, one is cracked, 2 of them buzz with the strings inside and some of the holes are stripped.... looking to upgrade or at least replace with similar ones, what would be good? I'm looking on ebay because I don't want to pay...

I'm making my third custom pickguard out of aluminum and changing the sc's to humbuckers with a SC middle pickup....how should I orientate the humbuckers? In the picture, I've traced the classic setup and traced extra coils where I think they should go, the slanted bridge I've straightened and...

This was my first one: This is my 2nd: Traced out an idea on paper: Finished result: That is all.

I've heard this described, what does it mean? I bought a used SD hotrails and with high gain it has a constant, microphonic sounding high pitched squeal....extremely annoying, I don't know if I installed it wrong, or something is causing this?? As soon as I play it stops...I've tried moving it...

OK, I quit playing for about 4 years, I'm back into it hardcore..I've sorted out my guitars and pickups, NOW I need an amp to match them..I play mostly metal and hard rock and need a high-gain, tube combo amp. All my past amps were solid state and I want to try tubes..I've never used distortion...

I just bought 2 zebra humbuckers from a PRS SE guitar, they say G&B on the back of them, did some research but didn't find out too much on them, anyone know anything about them? The guy that I bought them from said they were really high output, too much in fact so he replaced them with a '59...

I bought a wilkinson bridge for my yamaha strat, the string spacing is different though, the yamaha is exactly 2" E to E, this wilk is slightly wider, 2 1/8" so... would 1/8" spread over 6 strings be a problem?? I don't think so...?? ALSO, the spacing of the holes to mount the wilk bridge are...

I'm pretty new to soldering, I put a SD hot rails in the bridge of a strat copy already , and I want to put a DZ fasttrack1 in the neck position, this diagram is correct? (dimarzios wiring diagrams suck bad, very limited selection and confusing as they have Jems and other less then standard...

Wanted some feedback on my guitar projects, this is my first time doing my own re-finishing and custom pickguard....Both guitars are Yamaha EG303's, one of the cheapest strat guitars Yamaha makes. I didn't want to use expensive guitars for my foirst two projects, while they are cheap, the necks...

I repeat, don't ever try what I did, way too much work!!! I decided to make a strat copy pickguard out of 1/16" diamondplate (or checkerplate). I traced out the stencil on the plate using the original, taped it off to protect the plating and went about cutting it out with a jigsaw, very hard...

Whups, I have a yamaha strat copy that I'm pimping out, already installed a hot rails in the bridge and experimenting with a DZ fasttrack1 in the neck...now I ordered a 6 screw style wilkinson bridge for it, I did some measurements and the string spacing was the same as was the size of the...

I need to know what's the best humbucking pickup for flat out thrash, and need to know by Sunday afternoon! And passive... for an alder or basswood..possibly mahagony too strat guitar. Active suggestions are good too because that will be for another guitar down the road...I need heavy palm...

OK, I picked up a full set of 2000 american standard pickups with wiring for a good price, pots, 5 way switch, everything, ready to install... now I have a few guitar projects one of which is a yamaha eg303 strat copy I put together with no electronics, do you think I should install these...

OK, I have a ton of strats, and strat-type guitars, never owned anything else!!...I've always wanted a Gibson SG, a solid color one, none of this sunburst or classic look business.. now, before I plunk down big money for one (675-1000), do you think I should give a Epiphone a try and see how I...