Recent content by misterwhizzy

When I was using EL84 amps, I never found Tung-Sols to be worth the price premium. I didn't find them to sound noticeably different, and I had some fail, whereas my JJs and Mullards did not. I'm going to second the recommendations for JJ power tubes, although in general, I'm not a big fan of...

Even if it's in the Guitar Shop, I see a title like this and wonder if it's about me. Six pages in, so if it were, it would be even more embarrassing.

I use Elixir Optiweb .10s and .71 Gator Grips from Dunlop.

I just learned some new math, and not from the way my kids are learning. Guitar neck + Tambourine = Banjo

I'll give this pedal the highest compliment a pedal can get. It was inspiring to play today and sounded as good as my poor to intermediate guitar skills have ever sounded. That's the only reason we buy any of this gear, isn't it?

Speak for yourself. I'll never allow my wig to be bucked. Ever.

I have a first generation G4 and an anniversary G3, and they both sound thin and buzzy and terrible into my clean channel and fantastic in the loop. I think it's my clean channel or settings that is or are the issue, not the pedal.

I finally let my gear lust get the best of me and got a mint used pedal on Reverb. Plugged it in hoping to hear all the Soldano glory and was slightly disappointed. Very thin, not enough gain, no bass at all. The cause? Operator error. I figured out that a bright, clean preamp just isn't...

Don't stand on it. Just press the selector switch and step off. No reason to stay there. Turn it on and let your music and toanz be awesome.

Welcome to the club! I'm a gigantic fan of the Custom, and I'm glad it's working out for you. I know my Les Paul has had over a dozen different bridge pickups in it, and I finally decided at least a year ago the stock SH-5 Custom was its match for life.

Definitely depends on the day. I swapped out the Celestion Seventy/80s that came in my cabinet with an Eminence Governor and Wizard pair and would never ever go back to those basic and uninspiring Celestions. After eventually going through some WGS speakers and trying actual Vintage 30s, I...

First of all, this is an interesting question. I don't expect my answer to be all that interesting. I was a broke teenager--I know that's redundant--with a Squier and a Crate, as I'm sure many beginners do or did, and I could rationalize trying to get a better tone with the amount of money a...

Changing speakers is expensive, but in the end, I think it's critical to getting the tone you want. I'd argue they matter much, much more than pickups.

Win win. Nice.

Is the camera that took the pictures from the same year the guitar was made?