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I've just bought a Fender 68 Custom Deluxe Reverb. Mostly I'm very happy with it, the tones available are like nothing else I've played. Just lush, lush Fender tone. However, I'm wondering if there's an issue with the amp and whether I should return it. It is quite hissy, there's always an...

I have a PRS SE semi hollow soapbar with a stoptail bridge and I'm having a few issues with it and wondered if anyone else has come across the same problems and how they overcame them. Overall the guitar is great but the bridge is cheap and installation sloppy. The holes drilled for the bridge...

Ok guys, I need a little help here; I want to change the stock pups in my PRS SE Semi Hollow soapbar but don't know what to choose. The problem is that the guitar is quite bright sounding so I want something that's a bit darker sounding. I'm not into modern music and prefer the vintage vibe so...

Re: Mismatched cab impedance? This seems to suggest that a 2 ohm load should be safe? I hope so anyway. Yes there are some 8 ohm cabs out there but I'm yet to come across an 8 ohm 2X10 cab, oh well, will just have to settle for a 4X10 instead then ;) Thanks guys

I'm not a bass player per se so I have noooooo clue about these things but I'm hoping somebody here will. My bass amp has two outputs in parallel, 2 ohms minimum load. If I run two cabs with different impedances will I run into problems either technically with the amp being unable to cope or...

OK, perhaps this is lazy and I know there are tone charts for loads of different pups, SD and other available out there on the inter web but sometimes you just can't beat good old consensus of personal opinion and experience. I have quite an important gig coming up later this year and it's all...

I need a new stomp box for my rig, I'm sure you can but these sorts of things but I want to build one just because it's fun. Basically it'll be just a passive in-line volume choke box with one knob for the amount of volume to cut and a bypass stomp-switch to turn the thing on and off. It would...

Hi, I have a bit of a weird situation here, apologies if I'm not posting this in the right section: I was experiencing a bit of hum on an A/B box I use to switch between amps in my rig. During my troubleshooting I thought it might be one of the cables I was using out to one of the amps (one...

OK, first of all this isn't a problem, more of an observation to which comments and explanations are welcome. I have two main guitars, a 2001 American Standard Strat and a 1991 PRS CE24 (non maple top). Both guitars have similar construction (alder body, maple neck and rosewood boards) but...

OK, so I'm looking for an OD pedal but I'm not interested in mega gain or even huge crunch sounds. I just want something for a little gain boost that I can use on the clean channel of my amp to give a warm, slightly pushed sound with a nice bit of compression. I've been checking out loads of...

Hi, I have a Peavey Duel 212 with, well, two 12" drivers, funnily enough. The drivers are 8 ohms connected in series which makes a 16 ohm load. So, to increase the amps flexibility a bit I tried wiring each speaker individually and inputting them into the speaker outs in parallel, two 8 ohm...