Recent content by EFK

Perhaps it's a proprietary business issue and nobody will care to speak up, ut can anyone tell me what type of wire is use in the Jazz neck and also in the Alnico 2 pro? 42 or 43 guage? PE or poly? Looking to screw around a little with some bastard children made of parts but would like to...

I do realize that it is impossible to make generalities that fit all situations, but is there a formula or 'standard' of some type as pertains to gauss and the overall brightness or darkness/warmth of a paf-type pickup? All things being equal - same pickup with no other changes or adjustments...

I have a set of antiquities that I tried in my SG and did not care for them there. (For classic tone, it is REALLY hard to beat the 59 in an SG...) So, they sat around for a while quite lonely. Recently I finished a "finances suck right now so if I want something new I have to build it from...

Is there some form of generalized assumption that can be made about a pickup based upon resonant peak (such as the res. frequency peaks given in SD tone chart)? Higher peak = ??? Lower peak = ??? If one pickup has a res. peak of 6 khz, and one a peak of 7 khz, which will be brighter?

Anyone compare first-hand a set of 59s vs. a set of Antiquities in an SG? Curious to hear some thoughts.

Anyone know what Spencer's setup was on the first Fleetwood Mac album? Guitar, amp... What a fantastic raunchy tone.

Looking for a good 335 copy or close-to with much less than Gibson pricing! Anyone have any idea how the Ibanez Artcore models compare to the Epi Dots? The artcores look very nice. Not concerned with electronics - mostly playability, construction, body tone etc. Anything else out there...

I've heard a pile of good talk about the emi legend gb128 speakers. Can someone offer somewhat of a decriptive comparison to the eminence wizards? These are for an open back 2X12 w/ kt66. I've tried some wizards but if anything I think the bass is flabby.

I just about have the materials together for 2 new builds but I find myself torn as to what wood to use for which project. The two projects will be Gibson semi-clones (I'm not trying to be obsessively exact, but close), one a LP special double cut w/ Lollar p90s at 9k/8k and one a SG w/...

Anyone have any opinions on what would be the best and *easiest* way to make some half-a**ed recordings or sound clips of myself with an amp? I don't want to go directly into a computer or such. What are the advantages/disadvantages of (1) buying one of those cheap 4 or 8 tracks in the...

I'm sure this sounds somewhat cliched but can someone point me to where on earth I can find an *accurate* transcription of the porton of Hideaway as recorded on the Beano album from 1:22 to about 1:35? Yes I'll admit it, I'm having a hard time getting it to sound right. I know there's a bunch...

So let's say you got a little carried away (an understatement) and added to the winding of a Seth Lover bridge pickup and cranked it up to about 9.2-9.4K (unpotted and with cover). Assuming a somewhat loose and completely scattered wind (and they seem kind of spongy as they come from SD anyway)...

Are these A2 mag or A5? If they're A2, has anyone tried subbing an A5 in one? Wouldn't this then yield a slightly hotter unpotted 59?

Anyone using antiquities in SG standard? I have a 2003 SG standard, 1 pc. body, great fat neck, 11/52 strings. I hate the 498/490. Everytime I fire it up a little dirty I feel like I should be launching into passage to bangkok. Too heavy for me. Thick sludge at neck or icepick in my brain...