Recent content by HotHead

So... yeah. Today was Garage Sale day in my area, so I did some garbage inspecting. I went to several, and saw nothing special. I then went to one that had some guitar stuff. Loose pickups, a few BOSS pedals, and an amp. Definitely more than your average garage sale. I then went the...

Guitarfetish used to sell these guitars and discontinued them years ago. They seem to have fallen off the face of the earth. Besides a few forum posts and a YouTube video, there is virtually no information about them. eBay and Reverb searches have been futile. For some reason, I've been...

With it being Christmas time and all... I feel like buying myself a lil' somethin'. I know there are a lot of guitars that have those specs, but I'd love to know what makes you'd reccommend. I'm looking for something sub $600. Just something that feels sturdy. I plan to upgrade it. I have a...

I painted my Warmoth last year, and I never liked the finish. I want to repaint it all together. The only problem is that it has TOM stud mounts and string-through-body bushings, which I installed after I painted the body. Could I paint OVER them? If so, how do I go about getting the paint off?

So I just finished setting up my new EMG 57/66 pickups in my Epiphone. The solderless system seemed pretty self-explanitory, and it was. The problem is that I can't seem to get both pickups to work on their own. Right now, I have it that the bridge works and the middle works, but not the neck...

I'm in the market for a new guitar, and I have my eyes set on an Explorer shape. After a few days of research, I've narrowed my choices down to an Epiphone Gothic Explorer and a Hamer XT. Both guitars are about $300 used, which is well within my budget. I feel like those are the most reliable...

I was just perusing YouTube for some cover videos. I stumbled upon this video of a couple guys covering Muse's "Knights Of Cydonia", and I noticed the odd-looking guitar. It's a Maverick with what appears to be a split fretboard, with half maple and half rosewood/ebony. Has anyone seen...

May I proclaim my hatred for these strings? They are absolutely awful. I think these are the only strings that I've had that actually rusted on me. I tend to keep my strings on for about a month or so until I change them, and I take absolute care of them. The so-called corrosion-resistant...

When you remove all the pickups from a guitar, but you still get a faint signal sent to the amp. I have a 2-pickup guitar with a 3-way switch, but didn't wire the middle position. When I hit the middle position, it has that same faint signal. I imagine it has to do with current from the cable...

I'm a typical E Standard player, but I like bands who use lower tunings and I like trying to write in lower tunings as well. I recently bought a used Ibanez Art that will be my designated low-tuning guitar, strung with 12's. I've never been a fan of changing the tuning of your strings past...

There it is; pretty much everything I want in a guitar. This is pretty much the opposite of what EVH did with his guitar, attempting to make a Gibson/Fender hybrid. The only things I would change would be to have a separate volume and tone for each pickup, and a route for a Les Paul-style...

Has anyone else seen or played one of these things? They're like 6-string ukuleles with steel strings. Like a Guitalele, but even lower size and quality. I see them from time to time down the shore as prizes or at flea markets, and I've always been tempted to get one just to see if I could...

I've noticed a trend recently: It seems that nowadays (for a while now), guitar manufactures and players seem to like light=weight guitars, whether it be from chambered bodies to using weak, low-density woods. I never understood why. Is it really a big deal having a 5/6 pound guitar as opposed...

Re: Who else makes something along the lines of this? http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/ibanez-sz520qm-electric-guitar The Ibanez SZ520QM matches that criteria (they come in both sunburst and red). And yes, this guitar is Volume/Volume/Tone, NOT Volume/Tone/Tone. They're great guitars...

Re: Gloss Paint + Matte Finish + Freezing temperatures = This... Here's the back. The pattern isn't as pronounced, and there's quite a bit of excess finish. The freezing temperature made it freeze at certain points and make succeeding coats run down those points.. This is the back, so I...