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    Does the SD Custom Shop also do active designs?

    Most of the designs I've seen in the custom shop are passive. Do they do active pickups as well? I thought they might not since the preamps would require sourcing parts and such. Thanks.
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    Middle toggle in parallel vs. pickup coils in parallel

    Hi all, So a common way I wire my passive guitars up these days is independent volume knobs for each humbucker and a tone knob. I also tend to put a push/pull phase switch on the neck pickup and a Shadow volume/killpot on the bridge. I do independent volume knobs because I *think* my ears can...
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    What is the best guitar lesson you've had?

    Basically, the subject line. If there's a video link to it, it would be appreciated. Edit: by "best" I suppose I mean a topic. For me what comes to mind is one of the old REH/Starlicks Vinnie Moore videos where he gets some pretty cool ideas out of fairly simple stuff. Alternate picked 3 note...
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    Ever wanted an 8 string Tele?

    It's sort of a Tele with RG features. Not a bad price for how unique it is. Nordstrand pickups, piezo Floyd bridge. Lots of wiring options. Around $1k. zz0.b2ebr136nlhzz...
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    FRFR cabs vs. traditional guitar cabs for gigs

    Hi all, When using a modeling amp like an Axe FX or Kemper, is it better to use FRFR speakers or guitar cabs? There seem to be conflicting opinions on this. I thought FRFRs were more like stereo speakers. I thought perhaps nuances in the impulse responses in the modelers would come through an...
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    EMG HZ/Triple Shot wiring correction

    So a while back I wrote about an LTD EX that I paired with some EMG HZ H1s (basically ceramic PAF-inspired pickups at around 14k--I'd say similar to a Duncan Custom but with an EMG 60ish sound) with Triple Shots. The pairing sounds really great aside from the EMG quick connector AND the Triple...
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    Propellerhead Reason for guitarists--is it useful?

    Some DAW stuff, mainly I'm thinking Fruity Loops for EDM, is better for certain genres than others. I was always intrigued by Propellerhead's Reason in the 00s and its complex signal routing. This seemed useful especially for sound design of synth pads to break up the monotony of distorted...
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    John Carruthers interview

    Short interview with my guitar maintenance teacher at GIT, John Carruthers. He was over what later became the guitar craft program of Musician's Institute. This was done about 2006 (I was there in 2000). I think he has retired from the school by now. His shop was in Venice then but is now in...
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    Just for Rex_Rocker, more Agufish guy!

    $200 vs. $3200 Les Paul: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ledcTq2PAdE Can you hear the difference? Well they have totally different pickups for one, so yes. The first guitar sounds like it has lower output, darker pickups. I hear the increased upper mid bite in the $3200 guitar as a more...
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    Fury Road flamethrower guitar

    I haven't read the article, but here's a piece on how they came up with the flamethrower guitar guy: https://guitar.com/features/guitar-on-film-mad-max-fury-road/ My drivel below: So the Mad Max franchise is one of my favorite things. Partial to Mel over Tom so far (sorry not sorry). Tom had a...
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    A cab size discussion...

    This might help. https://www.premierguitar.com/diy/amp-diy/anatomy-of-a-guitar-cabinet What I was calling the crossover is the metal part here where the 1/4" speaker cable jacks go into. I thought perhaps there were electronics inside that filtered out frequencies from the head and sent them...
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    Power amp suggestions for Axe FX, Kemper, etc.

    Anyone have any recommendations for a good power amp to use with an Axe FX or similar piece of gear? I see Matrix used with them a lot (what Metallica does) but Matrix seems to be having manufacturing issues at the moment. I'm thinking of a used Axe into a power amp into a 2x12" for a practice...
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    Wes Borland interview

    Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Deftones were popular when I was in high school and college. I never took Wes that seriously because while nu metal may have had the aggression of death metal it didn't have the darkness. They ended up looking like a bunch of frat guys who sort of liked metal but not...
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    Any decent Fender humbuckers?

    I may have already asked this once. I apologize if it's a duplicate thread. Are there any decent mid to high output Fender humbuckers that would go well in an HSS setup? I'm thinking 12-16k if you measure by resistance. I know there are Diamondbacks, Twinheads, Atomics, etc., but the branding...
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    Gibson Les Paul GT $2500

    For some reason things like this can't be built without reversing the headstock, or direct mounting the pickups, or making it some elaborate finish. Unfortunately to get this kind of elegant simplicity I usually have to import from Japan via Ebay. zz0.ysy4utg8q5dzz
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