Recent content by iylesia

Hi, I'm looking to sell my Epiphone G-400 SG and need a little advice on the resale value of it. I swapped the stock pick-ups for a different set; an SH-5 Duncan Custom in the bridge and an SH-1/'59 in the neck. It also has strap locks installed, too. I need cash fast (fallen on hard times)...

Hi, I just need a little advice. I was setting up a couple of my guitars and I noticed that on both of them that the low E string would rattle (buzz) against either 1st or 2nd fret when ever I played an E5 chord at the second position. Any idea what's causing this. Both of these guitars (an...

Hi, Just a quick question (I read this): "As you tighten the truss rod the neck will flatten and give you lower action, and if you loosen the truss rod your neck will give you more relief, raising the action." Is this true? I thought it went the other way around. In short, if I want a...

Hi, I need help. I have an Epiphone explorer and I can't get the action set to stop causing fret buzz. No matter how high I adjust the saddle I keep getting fret buzz in the middle of my guitar, starting around the 8th to 9th fret on up (there is no fret buzz from the 1st to 6th frets). Now...

Hi, all. I got a new candy apple red Ibanez Destroyer last week. Cool. Great. I opened the box to scan it over and...if I'll be damned, the neck pick-up wasn't screwed into the pot, it was just hanging around in there. So, I loosened all the strings and got to work getting the pick-up properly...

Hi, Can anyone tell me what is the point of a compressor or compression sustainer in plain english? I know the technical side of this effect, however, what are it's real applications in guitar playing? The reason why I ask this is I treid one out at the store, a Boss CS-3, and the things...

Hi all, I've been looking around for some good headphones to plug into my Marshall & Randall amplifiers for silent practice. I really have no idea about what would do best and offer good sound quality when it comes to this, so any information based on experience would be helpfull. However, I'm...

Hi, I recently bought an ESP strat (M-200FM) with a locking trem. Now, I've never used a guitar with a locking trem, so I'm a little in the black as to whether or not I'll have to adjust the spring tension on this guitar, as I anticipate changing the string gauge to something lighter (I use...

O.k., I know what they are, and how to execute them, but how come I can only play them at the first fret? I've used stock, SD, and EMG humbuckers and it's always the same thing, I can only play palm mutes by muting at the first position. Any where else, even at the second fret, it get this bell...

Hey all, Well, so I had an SH-5 and a '59 installed in my Epi G-400. The luthier who did the work rewired the pickups in backwards: to play the bridge (rhythm) position (SH-5) I now need to switch my pickup selector to the treble position, and to play lead (SH-5) I have to switch the selector...

Hi all, I just got my Epi G-400 SG back with the new pick-ups a luthier installed (swapped out the Alnico V stock pups). Now, the '59 is cool, it has good response and cuts off quickly when I stop playing-great. However, the SH-5 has a noticable "low bassy" and somewhat fuzzy response on the...

Hi O.k., So I bought an Epiphone G-400 3 months ago. I really wasn't happy with the stock pick-ups (I think they are Alnico-V pups). I was going to change pick-ups anyway, so I've purchased an SH-5 (bridge) and an SH-1/'59 (neck). The guitar's wood is Mahogany w/ an ebony fretboard. I'm...

Hi, all. Here's a question. I was watching the classic albums DVD of Iron Maiden's making of The Number of the Beast album. I saw Adrain Smith playing a Fender strat with an H/S/S configuration. Can anybody tell me what kind of humbucker is in the bridge position? I believe it's a SD, but I...

Hi, all. First Time on the forum. Have a question and would like some advice. I've never used SD humbucking pick-ups before, but I'm going to purchase a set to put into my SG. Now, what I'm looking for is a bridge pickup that is versatile enough to go from rock-to hard rock-to metal. I'm...