Recent content by gearhead63

I've attached a few pics of the slugs/screws and the measurements on a dial caliper. Standard 3/16" dia. x 1/2" long slugs (.187" x .500"), and the socket head set screws are #10-32 x 1/2".

Has anyone used any of the Yellow Jacket Tube Converters?

So I've been playing Marshalls, Crates, Fenders, Boogies, VOX, Peaveys, Egnator, etc, heads, combos, for MANY years. But I'm looking for a newer, heavy, kind of darkish sound. Something a Marshall/VOX can't do. I've been looking really hard at the Orange Amps. Not totally sure which I want to...

Re: importance of matching amp with the right speakers I have a quad of the Eminence made Jet City JCA 12-1716 speakers in an old Crate cab. They sound great! Pretty close to my Celestion G12T-75's. I believe the JCA 12-1716 is actually an Eminence China made EGTR-SA1712-16, with a blue frame.

Re: Crate Blue Voodoo 120 head See if this helps you.

Ok, so here goes. All you Seymour Duncan, Dimarzio, Gibson guys are gonna freakin hate this! But I've found that for SUPER cheap pickups that are high output ceramic units, that don't feed back at volume, sound good for hard rock/metal, and work well in mahogany guitars. Buy an Epiphone 700T...

Re: conductor wire decoding Here's the wiring for "Duncan Designed" pickups.

I have a set of the HB108 Detonators. They were pretty dark sounding. I removed one row of screws, took the solid slugs out of an old parts pickup, and they fit like a glove! The #10-32 screws they use have an outside diameter of 3/16" (.1875") the same as many solid pole pieces. I haven't...

So I've had an Invader installed in one of my guitars for about a year. Great pickup. But compared to my SG with a 498T in the bridge position, it's kind of "dark" sounding. Wasn't cutting through on solos real well, and didn't want to have to readjust my amp settings when using that guitar. So...