Recent content by marty_the_westie

I"m thinking about putting new pups in my Dean Hardtail goldtop. Does anyone have any pics of a goldtop guitar with black open coil pups and or zebra pups? I want to see how it looks with both hopefully.

Which of these 2 speakers is a better choice for a real classic rock, 70's rock, 80's metal tone. I've heard good things about both. I wanna put one in my Peavey Vypyr 30.

After reading wickenspoets post about chinese guitars, it got me thinking. Are korean guitars the new high end imports? With most coming from china or indonesia, it seems like koreans are harder to find. Does anyone else agree with that? It seems as if the koreans are the new benchmark for...

Before you all flame me for asking this, bare in mind that I am just getting back into guitar after 5 years off, and have not been on this forum since. However, i remember there was a link to a comparison between Duncan pickups and Dimarzio pickups, basically comparing what were the closest...

As you will all see, I've been out of playing the guitar for like 5 years. I just decided to take it back up again, but I am so out of the loop on everything. I need an amp, and was looking at the Peaveyy vypyr 30, the Marshall MG 30, and a Line 6 30 watt something or other. They all have and...

I've played guitar for a few years, but I'm thinking about switching to bass, but I need a little information. First, I think I've decided on a Geddy Lee jazz bass, but i have no idea what amp and effects I would need. I do not want or need a gig worthy sized amp at first, but would like...

I hear a lot of forum members sing the praises of Hamer guitars. I've looked around, but there are no local dealers that I know of that sell the U.S. made ones, and there all over the board on Ebay. What's a good Les Paul style Hamer that is U.S. made, and can be had for a reasonable price...

I bought a tube of this stuff and just applied to the nuts on my guitars. Has anyone used this before? Does it work as well as it claims, guaranteed to not go out of tune?

Can someone explain to me, step by step, the process of including pictures with your threads? I can never figure it out.

I'm in the market for a new chorus pedal. Any suggestions? Also, I noticed that Boss makes 2 different chours pedals; what's the difference?

I got my Ibanez back from the guitar shop today. I had a Super Distortion and a Super 2 installed: all I can say is holy crap. That is the 70's classic heavy metal tone. Without even tweaking my amp or my eq pedal, I had the Ace Frehley tone I was looking for. Not to mention, that Ace plays...

I just got my new Boss super shifter, and I'm not sure where I should put in my pedal chain. Right now it's this: Boss tuner --> Dunlop wah --> Guyatone compressor --> Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive --> Boss GE7 equalizer. I would assume that it should only go in 1 of 2 places. Either before the...

I got a box of 10 sets of strings well over a year ago, and I still have 2 packs left. With only 3 guitars, and not playing in a band, I don't need to change them that often. How long will those new packs of strings last; by new ones I mean the ones still in the packs, not having been strung...

I was reading reviews of the Super Distortion and Super 2 on H.C., and a lot of people wire them to work as both full humbucker and also parallel. I'm familiar with splitting a humbucker into single coil, but have no idea what parallel wiring means. Can someone shed a little light on the subject.

What do you think is a fair price for a 98 Ibanez SC1620 prestige. The guitar is in about 90%, has virtually no fret wear, and includes the original hsc which is also in about 90%. They are hard to find information about on the web, and are not even listed in the blue book of guitars. Nearest...