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My buddy just rewired my frankenstrat with DiMarzio pickups insisting that I'd love them. He put an overwound EJ Custom Bridge in the Neck, a Chopper single coil in the middle, and a PAF 36th Anniversary in the Bridge. I gotta tell you it doesn't hold a candle to my other "Jimmy Herring"...

How does Jimmy Herring get such a good tone with a strat loaded with SD 59' humbuckers? I've got his exact setup for playing with Aquarium Rescue Unit. Strat loaded with 59's>>Volume Pedal>>Hughes and Kettner Tube Factor>>Super Reverb with Tone Tubbies(2 alnico, 2 ceramics). All I get is a...

I got this custom strat with 2 SD 59' humbuckers in it. It's supposed to be build like Jimmy Herring's strat. I've tried several different combinations with my amp, speakers, tubes, pedals and strings and could not seem to get rid of this annoying tinny sound.......way too bright and hard. It...

What would be some starting points for a good pickup height for both the neck and bridge pickups in a 59' equipped HH strat? I want nice leads and warm cleans. My string height is 3/64 all the way across when measured on the 15th fret. I use mainly the neck pickup but occasionally use the...

So i got my custom Jimmy Herring model strat with SD 59's. I was playing it and thought I've almost got what I want in the tone. So I decided to change the pole piece heights on both pickups. After playing a while I want to go back to the factory settings. Does anyone know the factory...

I want a warmoth strat for fusion jazz. I can't the badass leads I want to with my ES-335 with Antiquities. So I'm shooting for a strat with two humbuckers. What wood should I use for the body and neck that can make this guitar very very versatile? Also, what fretboard wood wood make it easy...

I want to build a warmoth strat, but don't know how or where to begin on pickup choices, wood, scale length, all I know is I want two humbuckers. What set should I go for that will give me singing leads and chunky jazz chords. I like Jimmy Herring's leads......I think he uses JBs and 59's...

I'm lookin' to build a strat with a conversion neck(Gibson) from Warmoth. Was wondering what would 6000 gauge fret wire feel and sound like on a strat neck vs. a gibson neck? The only description I've found was "scooped". What exactly does that meen in terms of feeling and sound? I'm trying...

What would be the best wiring setup for an ES-335 with and Antiquity Neck? Would 250k pots or 500k pots sound better? Why? Would the 50's wiring or the RI wiring sound better? Why? What would the results be?

What is the difference in 50's wiring and RI wiring in the current Gibsons? What are the characteristics of each tone wise: feel, sound, cut, lack of cut. I just got a RS guitar kit and upgraded my 335 and it does what its supposed to do, but I don't like it. I wired it the according to...

I just got my RS Kit, put it in my 335, and played. Well......I don't like what I hear.:yell: The kit does exactly what it says....note clarity, but they fail to tell you that you sacrifice note fullness. My tone lost the "zing" literally. I guess tone is very subjective and they may have a...

Where do you guys recommend ordering an upgraded electronics/wiring kit for my SG RI? I was thinking RS Guitarworks? What kit as well?

I play an RI SG with an Antiquity in the neck(its all I use for slide). Just wondering what kind of wiring upgrade I should get. I'm looking to order a kit from RS Guitar Works. What kit exactly should I order. Keep in mind I've already changed the cap in my guitar from stock .022 to .1 for...

How do you revoice an amp? What can you do to revoice an amp....? Does it involve rotating the magets of the speakers? Can I do it by myself and is it affordable? Or do I need to take my amp to an amp tech and tell him my problem and have him fix it?

OK. I finally got my Antiquity neck pick up from guitarpartsresource.com and I'm not quite where I want my tone to be. I replaced a 57 Classic in a 335 RI. I had it dialed in from the notes on the les paul forum from a user named "butterscotch". Do a search and you'll find it. Its not...