Recent content by IanBallard

So I finally finished surgery on my ax, installed a new low-fric pot attached to an Air Zone. 1 5/8" thick Alder Strat, non-floating Floyd, maple neck, etc. After some experimenting I decided to mount it angled (EVH/normal Strat bridge) and found that made the pickup very well balanced. I was...

OK... so I bought a Tung-Sol to spice up my preamp in my Crate Vintage Club 60 2x10. I realized that the effects loop tube was a 12AU7 which I want for my PI and since I don't (usually) use the FX loop, I thought I'd swap it in for ****s and grins. OK... If you are looking at the circuit...

In the back of my amp, I found two Electro-Harmonix EL34 boxes with EL34 tubes inside of them, but they don't have the on them. I can't get ahold of the guy who owned the amp before me to varify if they are new tubes or not, but I wondered if you guys/gals know if EH sold tubes with no logo...

... if anyone should feel this pickup has any serious flaws, speak now or forever hold your peace. :friday:

Yeah, that pot. No, not really. ;) A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... I posted that my EVH/Bournes low-fric pot was producing some sound rolled all the way down, weak but there. I lived with it. I checked the connections and it was soldered well and correctly. Recently it...

Right now I'm super broke but I wanted to see if putting a Tung-Sol in the V1 slot would make a significant difference in tone, or should I just wait till I can afford the whole overhaul (all new preamps, new power tubes and speakers). This amp (Crate VC6210 combo) still sounds decent and works...

Seems like a popular thing here, lots of people have done it (including myself) and the results/reviews seem to be unanimously good. Take two of the most popular and versatile Seymour winds, put 'em together and it might be a killer seller.

I was doing a little truss-rod/neck angle adjustments on my bass and happened upon a set of Smith "Rock Master Lights" that a friend bought years ago when he managed to break my bass string. I slapped them on, broke them in, tuned up and I'm blown away! Through the "'59 Bassman" mode on my...

http://www.rasmusguitars.com/ Has anybody played these? -Suhr design/specs -Gotoh Floyd/hardware -German fretwire (same as US Suhrs) -North American Alder and Maple. -Hand-picked Asian factories "the best". -Dis/re-assembled, PLEK'ed and set up at the US Suhr factory. -$999 Street price. No...

http://evhgear.com/wolfgangcustom/ Pretty sweet. I wish they made a goldtop though.

I've seen a lot of them for sale, but I'm not sure which one I should get. I'm about done dealing with this volume pot that bleeds signal all the way down and I'm gonna have to replace it. I'd like to add a treble-bleed kit, since I like to use the volume knob to clean up my tone. I love my...

According to a recent post by Seymour Duncan's Facebook page, ""Just a few Plexi's, nothing crazy or anything... Here's Eddie's rig in 1986 when he started using a few custom shop Seymour Duncan's."" Oh...REAARRRRRY?? To my query about what it was, the admin replied: "Ian MJ in the custom...

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I was wondering if the Custom Shop would make a pickup to a person's design. I have this A5 bar mag laying around and I wanted to make a "Stat" pickup using a bar instead of rods. Pretty much the same kind of wind, fiber flatwork, etc, but just designed for a bar mag to fit. Does anybody know...

This. A US-made Flying V for under $1800? Damn!