Recent content by Jazzfiend101

Hey guys, I'm Josh and I've been working at a Guitar Center in Jackson MS and have a few questions about a relatively newer guitar I've been looking at buying. I'm a big fan of Epiphone guitars, despite what some of the snobs may say about them, and I've come across a recurring issue over the...

Hello all, I'm looking for some advice on how I can get a better more distinguished sound out of my gear. I play in a cover band that has to have a variety of sounds, and I've managed to get most of them but my deal is refining the sound. We have another guitarist who plays mostly rythym and he...

Hello all. I'm playing in a cover band doing mostly modern stuff and a few 80s hits. I'm running an Epiphone Les Paul Custom with JB and Jazz pickups. I have a pair of 1x12 Orange cabs loaded with V30 speakers. I alternate between using an Orange Dark Terror head (15 watts) and a JCM 2000 DSL 50...

Hey guys, I'm saving up some money to buy a real Gibson. I'm sort of capping it at $2k. Not looking to spend any more dollars on a Custom shop that may only be different cosmetically, which isn't as important as playability, in my book. And unfortunately the vintage gear from the 80s and earlier...

Nazgûl, JB, or go active? Hey guys, I'm looking to enhance upon some sound and I'd like to know the best direction to go. That's me with the guitar I'm looking to put them into. It's an Epiphone Les Paul Custom with the Hot Rodded set. I've had it for years it's always worked fine, and the...

Hello guize, I'm in the process of paying for a Gibson Les Paul Studio from 1990. She's almost as old as me! It's an odd ball because this one comes with a sleek ebony fretboard on it which is unusual by today's standards, or so I'm told. Anywho, I play in a cover band and I already have three...

Hello all, I'm looking on down the line at changing my tubes in my ORDT15 Dark Terror head. I've had them over a year and I must play on that amp a couple of hours each day if not more. I play in a band and usually we played so much different stuff having to get so many sounds wasn't quite a...

Of course it can be done, but is it the best option for me? Hey guys, I've got some questions regarding this relatively new pickup that SeyDunc has given us, the Black Winter! It looks to me like it's the most metal thing to have come out since I don't know when. The ye-olde-english font, the...

Hello all, this is a simple question with some complex issues and I've found next to nothing online for how to solve this problem. These are issues I've had onstage, at home, and on and off with a few guitars that I own. I have three different Epi Les Pauls, a white Custom with a Pearly Gates...

Basically it's self explanatory... but not really. Okay, so I have a really thick bodied Epi Les Paul Custom that weighs a ton. I swapped the bridge for a Pearly Gates and stuck an APH-1 in the neck. Was I going for a Billy Gibbons tone in the bridge and a Sweet Child tone in the neck. Yes...

Straightforward question guys. He's got his own wah. He's got an old signature 100watt JCM 800 he uses with an old 100watt JCM 800 that he uses with a new signature 100watt JCM 800. He's got EMGs. What's the secret? I've got none of that stuff, but I'm curious why my Pearly Gates bridge...

Hi everyone! First time pickup swap on my les paul. Its an epi standard, with an already loaded 59n and a stock bridge. I'm getting either an aph1b or aph2b slash (i know both have different conductor cables, one's single the other is something else) i know the instructions on the back are going...

Hey guys, i got hot for katy perry like any guy could, and some friends and i (we're all in bands) were watching her on Storytellers. She did a gig with her band and one of her guitarist had an outstanding Gibson Les Paul. It had a glitter finish over a darker alpine white. It had cream pickup...

hello all, i've got a slight issue with an epiphone stock alnico classic bridge pickup. The pup in question was in an epiphone les paul that i've extensively modded/gutted. I stripped everything off it except one single thing, the bridge pup. It sounded suprisingly good, and very warm, but not...

Hey guys, I've got some questions on some Celestion Speakers I'm digging on. Right now I'm running a JCM 2000 DSL 50 through a Crate Vintage Club 50 (don't laugh) 2 x 12 cabinet with whatever Crate's stock speakers are in it. The guitar that I'm primarily using is a pretty much "hot" rodded...