Recent content by jtougas

Hi folks - Long time no see. Anybody got a gold Ibanez Power Rock'r bridge gathering dust? I've recently acquired the body and neck to an RS1010SL Steve Lukather, and the only thing it's lacking is the trem. I'm also possibly in the market for an older (early 90s?) double cream DiMarzio...

Hi folks... haven't been on in a while. I made a goof recently. I've had a semi-hollow Jazzcaster body (maple cap on hard ash) for a while, that I've been planning on building as a 12-stringer, and someone offered me a deal on a Warmoth snakehead 12 string neck that I jumped at... forgetting...

Hi folks - Long time no see! Been busy with home renovations. I'm putting my Bogner Alchemist half-stack up for sale/trade. Cosmetically, it's in good condition. Functionally, it's biased & loaded with KT88s (doublechecked - Gold Lion, professionally biased) in the power tubes, which work...

Hi folks - Would you mind digging into your parts bins, and seeing if you've got any old SSL-1s? Preferably from the mid-80s? Thanks - I'm restoring an old Kramer Classic...

As mentioned in this thread, I'm looking for one or two SSL-1s and a 5, hopefully from the mid '80s. Cash or trade, hit me up...

So, apparently I'm addicted to accumulating projects... My very first guitar was an Olympic White Kramer Classic - A great sounding guitar, but I could never get it to sound anything else than bright. I swapped pickups, bridges... the one thing I didn't swap was the one-piece maple neck for a...

Okay... I've got a Warmoth Strat body that was finished before the pickup routs were done (picked up from their Showcase). I've got shielding paint to put in the control & pickup cavities, and I was wondering if I should seal the wood before painting with the shielding paint? Like, a coat or...

Okay... so, I recently purchased a body off ebay that I am 100% convinced they had misidentified... They had it as a Fender Bullet 1 from the late '80s. I am convinced it is instead a G & L Rampage body from '87 (complete with an as-yet-unidentified SD pup of unknown condition). The neck...

Just as the title asks... we've got vintage winds in 5-6k range, we've got hot winds in the 13-15k range... what's out there in moderate 8-10k ranges? If not, why not?

Okay, this gets a little confusing so bear with me... A while ago, I bought off the 'bay a pickup put forward as a '59B wound by MJ, having a sticker on it that said (faintly, and nearly illegibly) "59BJ", then, written in big marker across the bottom "11.15K". Which doesn't match the specs of...

http://www.ampeg.com/products/portaflex/pf-50t/ Got very interested in getting my hands on one of these after seeing their feature set last week. Not being a gigging bassist, I don't think their lower wattages would be an issue for me, and they look like they've got an ideal feature set for...

Sooo... I've never bought an Allparts neck before earlier this week, and wanted to check with y'all... How good are they usually, and how much work do they need before assembly? I bought it from a guy on Ebay, who claimed it as new/unmounted, and would need some final sanding and finishing...

Joe Satriani playing Surfing With the Alien in some guys kitchen on an import Strat... still sounds like Satch. http://www.guitarplayer.com/artist-videos/1436/joe-satriani-plays-surfing-with-the-alien-in-some-guys-kitchen/58289 Wait for the last line, though...

So, two of my guitars have the stock pickups in them, and I'm having thoughts... Dangerous things, thoughts. I've got an Ibanez AS83. I've also got a Gibson SG. For pickups, I've got a covered '59n, and a pair of P-Rails I bought from a fellow forumite, with the intention of putting them...

Okay, so last night I fired the Tweaker up for the first time in a while (doing a sound test for how much soundproofing I'll need in the house from the basement). Let the amp warm up for a while, started a loop in my TC Electronic Alter Ego, ran the Master Volume up to a whopping 2.5 (75db at...