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I know neither will produce a "true" single coil tone of a strat bridge single coil, but which one do you think gets closer or alternatively, is more usable? My first guess is that splitting the pickup will provide a closer single coil pickup tone, but parallel gets pretty darn close without...

Hey folks, I just got this bridge in the mail today and gosh-darn, is it purdy looking. I got it from this website: http://www.philadelphialuthiertools.com/bridge-and-tailpieces/tremolos/gotoh-wilkinson-vs-100n-vs100n-2-point-non-locking-tremolo-bridge-chrome/ (Didn't bother posting any...

Hey folks, so I have a Carvin DC135. Here are the electronics: HSS pickups 1 vol 1 tone 3 mini toggle switches to turn on/off each pickup Now, I want to add in options to install a coil splitter for the bridge humbucker, a phase switch for the middle pickup and a series/parallel switch. I'm...

I'm a passive fan all the way, but it would be nice to have that compressed, emg-crunch available for covering certain metal bands. I know emg makes that one toggle switch which adds a bit of a boost to your pickups (I think Kerry King has it on his guitar), but...eh, screw routing guitars...

Does having all those knobs on your guitar (2 knobs for each pickup) impact the guitar's signal? And on a side note, how come there have never been any HSH guitars with 2 vol 2 tone wiring? It's been done with LP's with HHH wiring.

I've read about a kind of 5-way switch called a Super Switch, but I can't find anything that clearly explains what it exactly does. Can someone please help me out?

I understand the Rotovibe is essentially a foot-controlled phaser, and you can get some decent Gilmour/Hendrix sounds out of it. When you dial the speed back all the way, can you get that Eddie Van Halen lead tone, like in the tapping part in Eruption?

From my understanding, the 2-point trem is better for whammy abuse (which is why Jeff Beck uses it), but everyone keeps saying that the 6-screw vintage trems have better tone. My question...is simply why? What is it about the differences in design on the two trems that leads to different tone...

Anyone out there with experience with this trem? Any info on the following would help: -Tone in comparison to vintage and 2-point strat trems -How it fares compared to hipshot or callaham trems -Smoothness of the bar -Tuning stability (think Jeff Beck style) Also, what exactly does it mean to...

I've heard that Jeff Beck uses this pedal a bunch and I'm interested in getting one. Can anyone recommend any good JB tunes where he employs this effect? Also, some SRV tunes with the octavia would be pretty helpful too.

do you guys prefer master volume and master tone knobs on your guitar, or can you simply not live without having 2 volume knobs and 2 tone knobs, a la les paul. :friday:

Some players like Satriani, Vai and Yngwie get all their distortion from a pedal, but there are those like James Hetfield who swear by amp distortion. Just wanna hear what you guys think! and btw, this does not include using an overdrive to heat up a lightly distorted amp, im talking about...

Hey y'all, right now my setup is guitar --> dunlop crybaby from hell wah --> mxr evh phase 90 --> Peavey JSX amp. The JSX has one effects loop and I have running in it: a TC electronics chorus/flanger --> boss dd-6 delay. I'm gonna try to explain my question as clearly as possible. Actually a...

Well, can I? (with no routing or complicated modification of course)

1) Why do some people scallop the uppermost frets? 2) Is it possible to turn a knob that controls a piezo acoustic pickup into a pull/push knob? 3) What do you think of the new Fender Strat Tremolo, the two-point one with the vintage saddles? And hell, while we're at it, what is your favorite...