Recent content by James Rock

So I'm fixing up an old hss washburn and going down the kinda 80s metal path. I'm usually a single coil or lp guy so I'm tossing up whether to go overwound single coils or rails in the middle and neck. I kind of want to go the Iron Maiden ish route, hoping to get in the ball park of the cleans...

So despite enjoying other Jags and Jazzmasters Rhythm circuits, I hated mine to the point that for years its been unwired (wired as a second volume pot for Rhythm pickup, today I thought I'd wire the tone pot back in and see. For starters I wired it more like telecaster wiring where the tonepot...

So I picked up a fairly beaten up 1965 ac50. While it sounds pretty good I have a few questions other owners may be able to help me with. First off before I take it to a tech (it seems to have seen a tech not that long ago based on new looking eh el34s and preamp tubes) I have a few tonal...

So both my telecasters have switching options in them, one has a phase switch, the other has a tapped bridge pickup (well will once I wire int he new pickups). Instead of using 250 Push Pull volume pots that I hate, I was looking at push push pots. The best value ones I could find are 500k (all...

Has anyone started cloning the FZ-2 (other than the cheaply made behringer). I have a fair few different boost and such pedals and my favourite is still the BOSS FZ-2 in boost mode. I love the fuzz sound too but the boost with a little adjustment of the EQ sounds great to me. The thing is the...

Not the most complex tone but I really like the guitar tones on Sappy, to me it sounds cleaner and more jangly then most of the tones form In Utero less thick and middy (I'm talking the box set and in Utero dlx version) It kind of sounds a little more single coily to me especially the clean and...

As a fan of 80 and 90s indie I am a huge chorus fan but am looking for something to satisfy my thirsts. I am currently using a Mooer Ensemble King (CE-2 clone) which I love for the most part but it distorts when I use anything that boost frequency like a wah or with higher output pickups (fine...

So I bought a ceriatone stray cat a few weeks ago. I liked how it sounded at the store but the more I played it I wasn't gelling that well with it, it was super nice but I'm used to the compression I get from an ac30 and this didn't seem to deliver enough front end jangle and the gain channel...

So a ceriatone stray cat has come up for sale near me for a price I'm interested in. I had my heart set on a valve tech hayseed but maybe this would do the trick. I like marshall meet vox cleans, kinda chime with mid chunnkyness, am I on the right path? I've read so many mix things from best...

So I picked up a Retro-Sonic Distortion for about 90US and am really enjoying this thing. Now I have never played an actual RAT only clones such as the Mooer Black Secret. While I am enjoying it I do feel it doesn't have as much Oomph as I expect from the rat sound especially on the stock diode...

Found this http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Distortion-Guitar-Effect-Pedal-True-Bypass-High-quality-Metal-Free-Ship-Y7L1-/401360596916?hash=item5d72f4afb4:g:ZN0AAOSw-29ZXbFG on eBay looks a lot like it is meant to be a Wampler Pinnacle. Anyone heard of it before? There is a shot of the guts does it...

So I went on a bit of an eBay tirade buying old pedals from a few stores in Japan, some of them are meh and some are awesome. WHat I ended getting was a BOSS Power Driver, BOSS T-Wah, BOSS OD-2, BOSS DS-2, Retro Sonic Distortion and the Korg 105od. The main one that suprised my with the Maxon...

What is the down low, I understand Silver Screws were the earliest ones and for pedals like the OD-1 is smashes up the price but for some other pedals like the BOSS CS-1 there doesnt seem to be much increase in price. Is it only some models where the changed the design dramatically. I have never...

Okay so I love fuzz tones and basically I'm looking to clean up my board and have more versatility. I currently have a triangle muff clone and a boss hyper fuzz as my main fuzz tones but also use a joyo voodoo octave fuzz and a few distortion pedals. I was hoping I could replace most of that...

Fender have so many different guitars to choosethese days all at various price points which is great but why is there no double binded Custom! not even a 62 custom reissue (outside MIJ). I get that country guys prefer the 50s look but seriously a double binded telecaster with modern neck profile...