Recent content by Metalman_666

Agree on all points, but let's face it - the Strat is still a great guitar!

I got the original Tonewood amp as a gift about 5 years ago, I've used it with my acoustic here and there. It comes with this X-bracket that you stick inside the guitar, and this has magnets on it that grab the actual amp on the outside. Once you plug the guitar into the Tonewood, you could even...

Back in Feb 2020 before the world shut down I bought a Heritage H137 from brentrocks here on the forum. This weekend I swapped the Lollars out for a different set made locally by MJS Pickups. But because the routs are too small for his own covers, MJS custom built the new set to fit under the...

I created a zombie and would love some feedback, After studying diagrams for the Ghost w/ emergency bypass and the PTB controls, here's what I came up with: Wondering if I should forget about the humbucker series/parallel and just rely on the Megaswitch for pickup combinations? But if I'm...

Hey guys, it's been a long time since I've posted or lurked! I'm on the final stretch of a long road in having a custom guitar built, and although the builder first said what I'm asking for is no problem, now he may need a diagram. Doing a bit of digging I haven't been able to find one diagram...

So I've had a custom 6-string build in the works for a couple years now. It's a neck-through, fixed bridge, I want strings through the body, with H/S bridge/neck pups, and I want a piezo. The snag right now is the bridge. Originally I wanted the Schaller Hannes but they don't seem to make the...

I started playing just over a year ago with a buddy I've known in the arts scene for a while, and it was a good excuse to put my Line 6 Helix to the test in a gigging environment. Rather than lug my Mark IV to use as a grossly overqualified poweramp, this palm-sized box puts out 44 watts into...

Had the chance to track 3 songs in a proper studio with a beautiful sounding room, and for the first time in a long time got to open up my Mark IV at deadly volumes, through quality mics. Not using a ton of gain, I would call it rock levels but not "hard rock" levels I already knew the amp...

I have the opportunity to buy a green quilt USA 2006 PRS Standard 22 from a buddy, with what I believe are original pickups (HFS? Not sure) and a few small battle scars. Non-trem, adjustable barrel-type saddles, toggle switch instead of rotary, Doing a quick search online seems like right now...

Happy July everyone, I've been on standby for my custom guitar build for about a year through various delays, and we're finally getting close. The woods have been glued up, soon begins the cutting and making it happen! I had originally wanted to go with a Schaller Hannes piezo bridge in gold...

Recently I played bass on a track (link here) and had borrowed a buddy's parts J-Bass to do it. I had a pretty good time, and decided even though I'm a guitar player, I should have a decent bass of my own to mess around with. Just yesterday I got an email from Long and McQuade about the annual...

Hey guys, I have enjoyed listening to all the clips posted here, and as long as I've been a member I have never posted anything! Until now... this track is not my normal style at all, but it was a fun project nonetheless! The song is called New Day and the artist is Ms. Harinko, featuring Errol...

... is it sacrilege to swap out the pickups? AFAIK I have never seen anyone change out the pickups from the stock Crunch Lab/Liquifire or newer signature sets. People tend to buy the JP guitars for the heavy prog sound, which it does really well. I've had my JPX for almost 3 years now. It has...

Hey guys, I am primarily a guitar player and have only messed around on a bass maybe ten times in my life. I mean, I did play bass at a metal gig in high school. But I am realising that having a decent bass around is a good change of pace, a lesson in not overplaying, and could be fun. I've got...

TL;DR I drove down to Chatham (~2 hrs from me) on the weekend and picked up an AX8 in mint condition with hundreds of extra IRs and a bunch of great purchased presets. Very surprised at how much I like the sounds and how different it is from what I expected. And it feels great! No, I will not...