Recent content by CTN

Follow along with me for a sec.. if I were to take 2 screw coils from otherwise normal humbuckers ie a JB and a Custom or whatever, and try to make a double screw hybrid - what am I going to run into as far as phase issues? Normally one of the coils is reverse wound, and opposite polarity...

I'm totally reaching back hella far into SDUGF history, but after doing a search and coming up empty, I had to ask... Does anyone remember or even better yet, have a picture of Captain Tightpants' purple Jackson Kelly that he made a pickguard for? I am working on a project and that is one of...

Set of Strat pickups by Zexcoil. These are totally hum cancelling in all positions. Fat and warm sounding set, the bridge pickup is a bit hotter, and and can be wired to split for a lower output, more vintage vibe. Perfect rock/blues pickups. Great for warming up a really bright guitar or for...

Like the title says, up on the block is my Earthquaker Devices Tone Reaper (high gain Tone bender style fuzz + original box) and my Xotic EP booster (echoplex preamp boost). Here they are on my pedalboard. Obviously I changed the knob on the EP booster to a cream knob but I still have the...

Probably too obscure of a question for here but given a power transformer of unknown origin and unknown spec, is there a way to find out/calculate its specs? I'm specifically interested in ascertaining max available heater current.

I wanna get a new neck for my '62RI strat. It's about 18 years old now (bought it new) and i want a change. Aside from the small vintage frets being low already, there's enough fretwear to warrant a fretjob and asidr from that, i don't want a vintage 7.25" radius anymore. All my extreme bends...

Got a PG+ and '59N for sale. Stock/OEM pickups pulled from my Showmaster, so they have black coated baseplates. They've been well used as can be seen from the rust on the polepieces and there's a couple of spider web cracks in the screw bobbin on the PG+, but they both work perfectly. The '59N...

Selling these cuz they didn't pass the auditions as i was building my new pedalboard so instead of leaving these in my box of unused pedals I figured it's better that they go to someone who'll use them. Prices are USD payable by Paypal and include shipping anywhere in North America. Boss GE7...

Got this a couple of weeks ago but it's a bit too dark and wooly for my tastes. It sounds wonderful, but i think i'm more of a silicon fuzz guy rather than germanium. Anyway, it's in excellent condition with the box, manual etc. $130 shipped anywhere in North America, payable by paypal.

Selling my TC Nova Repeater delay. It's in great condition, except for a few cosmetic scratches here and there from normal use. Includes the original box, 12V adapter and manual Selling cuz i'm putting together a more streamlined pedalboard and need smaller pedals. If it wasn't for the size...

So I need to go about replicating this sorta thing, on an ash body, but using nothing but hand-rubbed finishing methods. Probably going to go with tru-oil after staining. But I'm more concerned about the process of dying or filling the grain and sanding back and where in the whole process I...

I decided I wanna start a sorta 60s, 70s soul/R&B/Blues band. I'm pretty familiar with blues since it's basically how I taught myself to play guitar before moving on and playing metal all the time basically. And although I know I really like soul and old school R&B, I've never really played it...

Post your picks for cheap awesome pickups you've gotten to try. By awesome I mean stuff that can stand up to any of the premium brands (SD, DiMarzio etc) I recently nabbed a set of Wilkinson WHHBA humbuckers for my '62ri strat. It was mostly because I just wanted to make my strat HH and keep...

This is awesome. It's a cheat sheet for understanding the frequencies as they relate to instruments. http://www.cheatography.com/fredv/cheat-sheets/eq-tips/ I'm gonna study this and hopefully come out with better mixes.

This is the song I posted earlier, but now with the vocals finished and the solo too. It's supposed to be raw, old school death metal, so the vocals are supposed to sound kinda... orcish or like a 7 foot tall viking with a bad case of laryngitis, and also pissed off. But this is also my totally...