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Playing a home made alder body, maple neck super strat with a Floyd Rose and rocking a Custom Custom bridge and a Pearly Gates neck pickup. I’m playing 80’s style metal and hard rock like Dokken, Ratt, Motley Crue, Van Halen, Skid Row etc. Playing through Marshall JCM800, JCM900-SLX, DSL50...

Thinking of using a Seymour Duncan pickup booster in my amps fx loop to give a volume boost for solos. All my amps have a -10db fx loop except the serial loop on my Marshall which is +4db. Anyone know if the pickup booster plays nice at line level of +4db? thanks!

You nailed my design concept

Was looking for a change from my Les Pauls Classic 57 set, they sound pretty good but felt could do with a set that cut through a band mix a little better in that particular guitar (2013 Les Paul Classic). My go to Les Paul sets are normally Pearly Gates or Whole Lotta Humbuckers. Was going to...

Re: Tweed appreciation thread Li'l Dawg Tweed Deluxe and Japanese 54 Reissue Strat

.......comes in a Marshall box. Was in Guitar Center last weekend for the first time in years, checking local band postings. Over in the 'platinum' room I spotted a Marshall JVM 205H on clearance. Marked down to $900. Based on the serial number looked to be a 2015 so not really new but...

Hi guys, I think i'm getting a pretty good ESP addiction. Last Year I picked a really nice Eclipse in Quilted Marine Blue, it's hands down the best quality guitar I own........until this guy showed up! Music Zoo in New York had a limited run E-II series MII in cobalt blue with Seymour Duncan...

Hi guys, Going to create an HSH pickguard to swap into my 2012 Rosewood necked strat. I already have a new 4 conductor 59n and a regular spaced early 90s JB. Looking to wire to a master volume & master tone and wire per Ibanez RG550/Jem using a standard 5 way switch 1) Bridge Humbucker 2)...

Hi guys, Been having trouble finding a wiring diagram for this: 2 humbuckers (4 conductor) One volume One 3 way pickup selector switch One switch for putting the humbuckers in parallel mode. No tone control Instead of coil splitting I'd like to be able to run the humbuckers in regular and...

Just picked up a Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster to kick in for my single coil strats, so I can balance the level between their vintage output and my more contemporary humbucker equipped guitars. What I wasn't expecting was how useful the resonance control is. It thickens up that traditionally...

Looking to upgrade my 2012 US standard strat's stock Fat 50s. I am fortunate to have AVRI 57 and MIJ 54 reissue strats that do the true vintage strat tone, so I would like to upgrade the US standard to something more contemporary for some rock and classic metal tones. I'll be playing it pretty...

Re: Kramer KNE GGG Tele Sure thing. I posted some pics a few years back but here she is tonight. Bought an unfinished alder San Dimas body and maple neck from KNE. Did all the assembly myself, gunstock stain for the body and finished in tru oil. OFR with brass block. Initially had...

Bought my first ESP last weekend. It's a marine blue quilt maple top that transitions from dark navy to brighter blue in the sunlight. Was looking for a contemporary style Les Paul and saw this one in the store, and couldn't stop playing it. I love the sustain and tone of a Les Paul, and love...

Re: Ibanez Jem Jr Monkey Grip and feedback Proper use of monkey grip demonstrated by Vai 50 minutes into interview https://youtu.be/l1DIFfHvcqo I have a blue floral jem with the maple neck and it's totally over the top and perfect for rocking out. It's the type of guitar that 'what' you...

Fortunate to receive a couple of pedals under the Christmas tree this year. Boss DM2 and Boss MT2 Waza pedals. I was expecting the analog delay to be awesome, which it is. But what really surprised me was the Waza Metal Zone. When I think of Metal Zone, I think of my teenage self trying to...