Recent content by ElUnoAstuto

Bought my first acoustic yesterday, a Greco f-120 for $100 at the Ventura Pawnshop, and it plays and sounds sweet, one of the warmest sounding acoustics I've played in a while. The thing is, I know nothing about Greco's, I know they make decent LP copies, but how about acoustics? It looks like a...

I've never understood the allure of a Tele, or what makes it special. What makes a Tele? Is it really all about the twang? What can a Tele do that a Strat can't? I'm not trying to be funny, so please don't dog me, it's just one of the few guitars that's never really clicked in my head. I'd like...

Why!? All I ask is that you have a look, and save this poor sole, before this hotrails becomes birdfood.:no: :censored: :damnit: https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=91767

Alright guys, I figured I'd have another go at my Hot Rails bridge in the bridge position of my Fender Strat. My Strat has the "Quieting the Beast" deal from Guitar nuts, so everything's star grounded to one terminal. How the hell do I get this thing to work!? I've tried 250k and 500k pots, just...

Price Drop! Two 2004 MIM Fender Strats, no issues, just not my thing anymore. They both have rosewood fretboards, with no major issues. One is Tobacco burst, or whatever Fender calls it, and I've done the GuitarNuts "Quieting the Beast" mod to it, and while I was at it, wired it up for...

Man, you guys, you're gonna' hate me for this one. :smokin: I think now I might have Gearjoneser beat! :fing25: Let's just say, I got the 5150, the Jackson, and the new Fender, for the price of a used MIM Strat. :dance: I am having the best week ever!:banana:

I just got a 5150(4 x 6L6's), and I pulled two of the tubes for half power, but I broke one when I pulled it! Pulled too hard on the glass, and then I heard that "psh" sound, like when you open a jar, and the glass flopped around in the plastic base, so I tossed it. I've got three stock Shuguang...

So I got to crank my 5150 the other day in my drummers garage, and man, did it ROCK! :headbang: I had two of the power tubes pulled, so it was only 60 watts, and with the volume on 4, it was more than loud enough, and it sounded good!:dance: I can't believe how ridiculously loud these things...

Alright guys, I've come to the crushing realization that I'm not gonna' be jammin' out with my new 5150 halfstack for the next 2 years of my military adventure, so I want a good modeler. Which modeler do you like and why? What are your experiences with that modeler? Where do you think it...

What all can you do to lower the volume to more manageble levels on a high power(read 100+ watts) tube amp? I have several things I'm curious about. The amp in question is a 5150, but generally speaking, what are some methods of managing that volume? Pulling tubes, would these make any...

:smokin: :banana: So I was gonna' trade a wah pedal for an EQ, and I went out to this pawn shop where I remembered seeing the Morley wah. Turns out, it was a Morley Dual Bass Wah? At any rate, I'm walking out of the pawnshop, and I see a halfstack facing the corner in the car audio section. I...

I never did post this, and always meant to. I did this back when I was 16. I bought this Peavey Mantis for $20 off some loser back in high school, he just wanted to get rid of it. He had painted it black, with some sort of crappy blood graphic drawn on it, really poor. I sanded all the black...

I heard a good variety of amps last night at the Darkest Hour show, and actually got to hang out and chat with Kris Norris from DH! :smokin: He's one of my favorite guitarists, and he was so down to earth! At any rate, on to the gear!:6: Bogner - I don't know what model, I assume it's some...

Anybody know anything about these amps? It sounded really freakin' good, and one of the pawnshops here has one for $100. It says it's got "vacuum tube distortion", so I assume it's some sort of hybrid amp? The cleans are awesome, the reverb is heavenly, and the big surprise for me, is that this...

Thin, harsh, bright, unfundibular are adjectives that come to mind after playing a Marshall JCM2000 TSL 100 through a 1960 A cab. I had it dialed in pretty good, but it just didn't sound very heavy. No low end oomph, no percussiveness, very dry sounding. I really couldn't stand playing that amp...