Recent content by DeadandBuried

After playing a friend's Jim Root strat I was loving the sound of actives and a planning to get myself a new baritone guitar 26.5 or 27 inch scale to play the usual drop tuned metalcore chug riffs. And I'm also thinking of moving to active pickups for the first time after being a passive user...

Got a D28 a few months ago, sounds amazing but no electronics in it to amplify. Looking at the Mag Mic. Is it good with Martin dreadnoughts? And what is the mic blend like? Primarily I am using it for live stream purposes or recording live videos with another guitarist and speaker playback so a...

Looking for a set of new pickups for my 2008 Fender US Highway Telecaster alder body maple neck. Have had a set of BKP The Boss pickups in there for 5 years and not really happy with the tone. Too low output, no power and solos do not sing with that sustain. Don't want to go humbucker...

One of my friends gave me his ESP Ltd EC-50 that he doesn't use anymore. Both stock pickups are broken (electronically they work but they've fallen off their mounts) and sound rubbish anyway so I'm gonna switch them out. I play it in drop tunings from c/b/a# mostly in a metalcore type style...

I'm looking at changing the bridge pickup in my Les Paul studio made of mahogany wood. Its in drop c or b and is my dedicated metalcore guitar, so won't ever go any higher than c. So far I've tried the BKP Aftermath, and currently have a ceramic Nailbomb in there. Both are good but the...

I'm going to be putting a JB SH-4 humbucker in the bridge of my Strat. Only cos I wanna play Green Day songs lol, most noticeably the Dookie album. I had the JB Jnr but I don't like the sound of it. I notice Billie Joe has his JB angled, so just wanted to know if this makes much of a difference...

I have been playing in a new band for a while now and usually the gigs we play are headline shows which require us to supply the guitar cabs. Currently I'm using a Marshall 4x12 with 2 V30's and 2 G12T-75's in an X-formation (top left and bottom right 75's, top right and bottom left V30's)...

Thinking of getting this as I've just started tracking demos on a Telecaster which usually had 10's in drop b. It sounds good against humbucker guitars but at the moment I can't commit to it being fully set up with 12-56's which is what I usually use. What I'd like to do is get the Drop Tune...

I'm a guitarist by trade but I might be joining a metalcore band playing bass. I've been filling in a few times so they may offer me the permanent spot. So if I get the job which bass would be the best one to get for a metalcore/post-hardcore sound? They play in drop b tuning and I have been...

Re: Going up a string gauge This is a photo taken of the nut slots with the 10-52's in there: (excuse the foam as its just there to tame some harmonics due to high output pickups)

I currently have my Les Paul standard set up with 10-52's (Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom set), which is normally used in standard/drop d (and drop c sometimes). Recently though I've been using it in drop b however I find the 52 a bit too flappy (as well as the other two lower strings) so...

I have an iPad mini which I use to do guitar videos with but as everyone knows the built-in mic isn't great. Acoustic guitar isn't bad but for electric the sound is pretty mediocre. So I'm looking at getting an external USB mic to plug in so it can sound a whole lot better, does anyone know any...

Any Axe FX/Kemper users here? Is the hype worth it? I'm considering getting one as lugging around my big ass 6505+ is starting to take its toll on my back and also its likely I'll be having to play for multiple bands soon meaning different tones are required. Transporting cabs (or even 40+ watt...

Today I've experienced crackling and loss of high end on my Les Paul tone knob, bridge position. All the other knobs are fine, just this one. I initially thought it was dust or dirt so removed the back panel and sprayed it out with contact cleaner but to no avail. I've also removed the actual...

I'm sure this question has been asked on here many times, but how often do you guys restring your guitar(s)? I have 4 actively used electrics and 1 actively used acoustic. 3 of the 4 electrics are used for teaching and are usually restrung monthly, same for the acoustic. I find I get about 15...