Recent content by Grindspine

I picked up a Nazgul/Sentient set for my RGD knowing that I am not crazy about the stock Alnico 5 based Sentient pickup. Fortunately, I have a Duncan Custom Custom with an Alnico II that is a spare. The plan is to go with the stock ceramic Nazgul at the bridge and Alnico II Sentient at the...

Dunlop Crybaby mini, Seymour Duncan 805 Overdrive, and Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe looking so profesh on a Pedaltrain Metro powered by a Pedaltrain Volto! The Volto is really easy to work with for clean power supply wiring! The only problems are that I still have room for another pedal and the...

For some reason, I always seem to get hum when wiring/rewiring a guitar. Whether I ground every pot/switch chassis through the shielding or ground each component to one point, I always seem to get some ground hum, even with using humbuckers with no coil splits. Any general advice/suggestions...

I am considering rewiring one of my older guitars with two spin-a-splits. I have one unused tone pot on that guitar, but would like to split both bridge and neck humbuckers. This is the closest Duncan wiring schematic I have found. I am assuming that the spin-a-split pot would be wired in...

I did not actually take pictures of my new Ibanez RGD 2127z last week when I got it, so figured I would wait 'til my new Couch strap arrived! Ibanez RGD 2127z in fitted Prestige case My evil trio of B.C. Rich Warlock, B.C. Rich Virgin, and Ibanez RGD 7-string My new Couch graphite guitar...

I have been wanting to put together a practice/recording rig for home use. I generally have jam session's at a friend's house (with a finished basement that soaks excess sound levels), but my Triaxis/2:Ninety rig through a 4x12 really is not practical for practice and recording in my apartment...

Question above.. When setting your amp, do you use bridge or neck pickup? My friends who play guitar and I have always set the tone while using the bridge pickup, use that pickup most of the time, then kinda hope for the best with the neck pickup. Do any of you set your amp to your neck...

Ola England and Keith Merrow have a demo uploaded for the Duncan Nazgul and Sentient pickups with a nice comparison to a Distortion thrown in the middle of the song. http://youtu.be/g0uXXKg78DQ I am pretty impressed with how the Nazgul sounds on the upper register--it's very smooth, yet still...

Recent, yet fuzzy, picture of my rack rig... I'm still sporting the B.C. Rich USA Warlock NT standard with Seymour Duncan Distortion and Alnico II Pro pickups through a Dunlop Crybaby Q-zone, Mesa/Boogie Triaxis pre, TC Electronic G-major, Mesa/Boogie 2:Ninety power amp, a Crate GS412s with...

Anyone used the Valvulator buffer? What are your thoughts on it?

I am considering refurbishing one of my older guitars and could use some opinions on pickup choice. The white guitar in these pics is a 1985 B.C. Rich Warlock platinum series import. It's got a bolt-on maple neck, 24 fret, 25" scale length rosewood fingerboard, and the body is basswood...

A friend and I are strongly considering getting some 7 strings. We both checked out some Ibanez 7s at Sweetwater Sound this last weekend. He is sold on buying one this weekend. I, on the other hand, just started a new job and am hesitating on dropping the $ for a 7 string this month. But, if...