Recent content by Mez Cal

Heyo Tone Monsters, Im curious about the Blackouts Pre Amp...seems like an ingenious idea. Could you please describe your expierience with the unit and which passive humbuckers you paired with it....im especially interested in how the Nazgul, Black Winter, Duncan Custom and the JB perform with...

Heyo ToneMasters, hope you're having a real cool day. Could you please describe your experiences with using Bridge Humbuckers in the Neck Position of your guitar? Although I am primarily interested in Heavy Metal related descriptions ALL comers are welcomed. Please include the make/model of...

Heyo ToneMasters, in a Mahogany / maple cap Les Paul with a maple/ rosewood neck with a Duncan Custom in the bridge position would you favor the 59'/Custom Hybrid or the Screamin' Demon for the Neck position? You use this Guitar to play high gain modern Metal...you use 100w high gain amps with...

Hello my Bretheren and fellow toneseekers. I find myself in a wonderful and unique situation. Ive got a Gibson SG 61're-issue (mahogany/rosewood) and Im building a Les Paul (thick mahogany with 1/4"+ spalted maple cap-gun oil finish) maple neck and rosewood fretboard. I've got a Duncan...

Hello tone seekers, Have any of you ever tried the Custom Hybrid in the neck position of your guitar?...les paul/sg A related question: why do the most popular neck pick ups have a scooped midrange eq profile? Have a cool day

Hello good folk, in your esteemed opinion which make(s) of guitar is best suited for the mighty JB? Body wood, neck wood, fretboard? Type of bridge? For high gain? Have an awesome day Cheers, Kev

Hello good folk, could those of you with first hand experience modding your Duncan Custom with an alnico 8 magnet (or ordering a C8 from the custom shop) and installing it into a Gibson SG, all mahogony (thin body) with a rosewood fretboard or a Les Paul type singlecut, thick mahogany body with...

I am building a Les Paul, Mahogany body with more than 1/4" spalted maple cap, Maple neck with rosewood fretboard, set neck design NOT using hide glue, quality locking tuners, TUSQ xl nut, tone pros locking tune o matic bridge and stopbar, switchcraft long stem potentiometers (4) audio taper IF...

This is my second post so i will get straight to the point. Will a set of Invaders perform better in a Les Paul- mahogany body with at least a 1/4" maple cap and a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard...or in an SG- all mahogony with a rosewood fretboard----guitars are amplified by either...

Hello good folk, this is my 1st post. I would like some feedback from those of you who have firsthand knowledge of the subject. I want to know your thought on the tonal variations between the sh-5 Custom and the following: Blackouts ahb-1, Pegasus, Dimebucker, Black Winter and EMTY Blackouts...