Recent content by Matman1

I was at my local guitar store and had the opportunity to play a used EVH special Hard Tail. It was a used guitar and they were wanting $600. I was really to surprised to see a EVH hard tail I had thought that all his signature models had a Floyd installed. I was blown away by the sound...

I recently bought a used hamer slammer series and the tuners were awful so I used what was available and they were acoustic tuning pegs from an ovation. They worked except the tuning keys are a little big. I am having a problem with how slinky or loose the strings feel. I upped the gauge from 9...

I have an ibanez strat style guitar that has a basswood body and rosewood fretboard. I am replacing the stock ibanez PUs. I was given two dimarzios a fast track 1 and a chopper. I tried both in the bridge and wasn't very happy I would like something that goes well with Rock music and I heard the...

I have a start style ibanez model 542r with a basswood body and rosewood fretboard and was wondering what a good bridge single coil size possibly stacked humbucker by dimarzio that would sound close to the sd jb junior or something else that would give good rock / classic rock pink floyd style...

I acquired and Ibanez 542R several years ago do not know very much about it. I would like to replace the PUs to put something in that sounds a little warmer. Anyone know anything about this guitar (what type of wood, type of stock PUs, etc.) or a good set of replacement PUs for it?

I have an Ibanez 542R Strat style guitar. I know very little about this guitar as far as which PUs it has although I am pretty sure they are stock. I play hard rock and metal and I know this guitar will not sound as good as my Gibson Explorer for playing this type of music if the PUs were...

I have a Gibson New Century Explorer. It has a 500t bridge pickup which is a good PU but I would like to try something different. I play mainly metal and was considering either a SD distortion or invader PU. I would prefer to not go to active PUs due to issues with the body cavity. Anyone with...

I purchased a krankenstein+ head and I am contemplating selling it. I probably have put about 12 hours at most on the amp. I do not play shows and the amp has not left my place in fact it still has the plastic covering on most of the knobs. It is a great amp and I hate to part with it but due to...

I purchased a krankenstein+ head and I am contemplating selling it. I probably have put about 12 hours at most on the amp. I do not play shows and the amp has not left my place in fact it still has the plastic covering on most of the knobs. It is a great amp and I hate to part with it but due to...

I am looking for a guitar stand that holds either 5 or 7 guitars. I am just looking for something to put in my living room so that i could have more space then having a bunch of individual guitar stands. Any suggestions? Anything I should stay away from?

I play my guitars in my living room even though I have a small room that Is my "guitar room / office". Every time I have company over I roll my half stack out of the living room and pick up the cords. I would love to get a wireless system for my guitar but have very little knowledge about them...

I need to get new pickups the guitar is an ibanez 542r. It has the body style of a satriani guitar with standard fender style tremolo. The neck is bolted on and it says "custom made" on the fretboard which is light in color and appears to be rosewood although I am not sure. I can not find out...

I purchased a used Gibson new century explorer. I know very little about the guitar other than it has a carbon fiber face and gibson 496r and 500t pickups. I play hard rock and metal and the pickups sound good but I would love to hear the new SD Gus G pickups in it. The only problem is that If I...

I had a question about using the boss sd-1 overdrive pedal in a crate tube amp awhile back. Someone on the forum suggested I turn the gain down on the pedal and the level all the way up to overdrive the preamp. Will this concept work in a solid state amp. I am playing through a dime head and I...

I purchased a set of SD livewire PUs and I attempted to install them myself with the standard 9 volt didn't use two like someone else suggested. I was having a hard time soldering the PUs to the pots and believe believe I overheated them and ruined them. Well I took the guitar to a repair shop...