Recent content by misterwhizzy

I find EHX 12AX7s sound just as good as Tung-Sols and are much more reliable. The PSVanes are also surprisingly good value for the money. I tend to find Tung-Sols a bit overrated.

I’m glad y’all are finding yours usable. I was impressed by the versatility I got out of mine, but I’d much rather have my Carbon Copy and a seriously lower noise floor.

I've been pleasantly surprised by the Chinese 12AX7 PSVane tubes. Probably the best value in new-production preamp tubes, no worse than Mullard or Tung-Sol or EHX, which I think have the best reputation, and to my ear at least, much better than JJs. I have no love for JJ ECC83S tubes, but I...

Mark Morton famously used 59s before Dimarzio introduced the Dominion.

I don’t understand the tiny boost button. Why not use a regular foot switch? Same for the modulation button on my Carbon Copy.

I think what makes me question these threads and Slash signature sets is that I don't even know what Slash's tone sounds like. You never even hear it without accompaniment. GnR had Izzy Stradlin and Gilby Clarke. Snakepit had Ryan Roxie and Kerri Kelli. Velvet Revolver had Dave Kushner. The...

Aren't clean boosts cheaper than EQ pedals?

I don't know if he's fully converted over to these, but Magnatone was making a big publicity/sales push when these came out.

About a year or so ago, I removed one of the tone knobs from my HSS Stratocaster because I just can't play with the second one under my hand. If you had an HSS guitar with only two knobs, how would you wire it? I'm happy with the pickups--stock neck and middle single coils, PATB-1 bridge--and...

I see you're already on the Visual Sound/TrueTone bandwagon, so I wouldn't hesitate to recommend their Liquid Chorus. At least my experience with the H2O was a very good one. It ended up being a little too large for my pedalboard, so I moved on, but the sounds were second to none. I've...

I saw a video where Gus G. was showing it off as his “amp” on tour. If it’s good enough for him, it’s good enough for any of us.

PATB-1 is what you’re looking for.

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.