Recent content by GuitarStv

That does sound pretty great!

I remember being interested in the phaser and fuzz from this line. Too bad none of the lower prices seem to have made it across the border.

Why would butyrate bobbins make any difference in tone? I could see how changing the composition or arrangement of magnetic/metal bits changing the sound a bit, but the bobbins and spacers can't have much if any difference in sound can they?

From the pics we can rule out the string not being over the pole. It seems to line up perfectly on the low E.

I like that you don't have any knots in the piece. They can be real ash holes when you're working with wood. : D

I don't see how a solder joint would only impact a single string - all the strings, sure. The string spacing on gibson spaced humbuckers is narrower than F-spaced bridges . . . I've seen some instances where this, coupled with a slightly mis-routed bridge humbucker position where it places the...

Is the D string saddle set too low? If the D string is just a mm or two lower than the other strings, it will sound louder plugged in but be the same volume level unplugged.

I find by the time that I've unwound the string enough to be loose it'll usually pull out of the tuner without too much trouble so no need to reach for the snippers. If it's still giving me issues then I'll cut the string.

The JC-120 always struck me as a cool amp. I'm kind of kicking myself as they used to go pretty regularly for pretty cheap - I remember seeing them for 200-400$ Canadian around here back in the early 2000s - and I should have picked one up then. The price they want for a new one these days...

Yeah, that makes sense. Then you don't have a bunch of other stuff throwing those low mids in and contributing to the mud. I love a guitar sound with lots of lows and low mids when I'm playing alone.

I feel like 2 should be the default option. Bumping the low mids (even by a small bit) usually means a boost in the frequencies where mud tends to build up and unless you have a very sparse arrangement it can cause a lot of annoying problems come mixing time. Duplicating the guitar part with...

I like Nashville style bridges a little better just because I find that sometimes the ABR ones don't have enough room to intonate. I like tonepros a little better because they lock in place so I don't have to worry about the bridge falling off and hitting the guitar top when I'm adjusting...

Yeah, I put it there because I wanted to be able to switch between pickups really easily when playing. It works for that, but I find it annoying where it is sometimes when I'm trying to do tapping - it gets bumped by the underside of my wriist. If I was buying another pickguard I would...

I like to think it's more of a shredmaster than a jazzmaster at this point. : P I have nudes too if you're into that sort of thing:

Hmmm. If it's for home use, I'd probably go with my acoustic - a Taylor 716. That's the guitar that almost all of my writing happens with. For playing out I'd go with an electric though. In that case probably my Warmoth Jazzmaster. It's comfy to play, easy to access the higher frets, the...