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    Worn frets ?

    Guitar is Gibson Explorer , I bought it in 2012 and since then I used this guitar very often. Lately , I played a lot riffs instead of pure shredding and while I hit chords on wound E and A strings(mostly) and let them ring , the notes die quick and they sound like out of tune a bit. I checked...
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    TOM replacement

    I want to change stock ZAMAK bridge on my Gibson Explorer to some quality stuff. I know that ABM produces TOM both in steel and brass version : http://www.abm-guitarpartsshop.com/Tuneomatic-Stoptail/Nashville-Style/ABM-2504:::87_100_101.html There is also GraphTech Resomax bridge but ... I'm...
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    Can someone explain me this ?(tuning)

    Hello ! Why using neck pickup with tone knob rolled to 0 , will make guitar tuning more smooth and accurate ? A friend of mine tell me this and , this really works , but why ? I'm using my old Boss TU80 (about 10 years old) and while using bridge pickup while tuning , tuner needle can be very...
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    BEST lube for brass nut ?

    Hello everyone :) Few days ago I took my Dean VMNT to luthier for frets correction and for new nut. Now I can set ultra low action and the new brass nut is amazing ! Much more sustain on open notes and the low end is now punchy as hell. I play very aggresively , with lots of vibrato , pinch...
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    Fake pickups ? Or mislabeled sticker ?

    Hello ! (sorry for my english - it's not my primary language) I've got SD Dave Mustaine pickups in my Dean VMNT guitar. I like them very much but yesterday whike I removed bridge pickup to clear it , I saw strange label. Looks like legit label but insted of ROHS , it says RHOS. For those who...
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