Recent content by MVI

Over the years, I seem to have ended up with a lot of pickups that did not go into projects. I'm not quite sure how I managed to have so many nice, uninstalled, quality pickups. I am very busy and don't want people screaming that I haven't mailed pickups to them yet if I am to sell them, and I'm...

Hi, I wasn't sure what forum to post this in. Maybe you guys can help. I have two asymmetrically wound humbucker pickups, including a 59/Custom Hybrid for the bridge, and another asymmetrical pickup that was made for me by another company. I want to put them in a Gibson Explorer with coil...

I built this bass years ago, but it just sat in its case in the closet until now. I decided to take up bass and got it out. Usually I play guitar. The body is Ash wood from the 1970s and the Maple neck was made in the last five or ten years. The pickups are Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound for...

We're all looking for "that tone". I know that some early ZZ Top ( Deguello ) maybe the outro to Cheap Sunglasses maybe on his Pearly Gates Les Paul is kinda close to what I'm looking for. Second would be the effects used for eg Edge of Seventeen Stevie Nicks. It's a kind of woody hollow sound...

Hi !! I haven't been on in awhile and couldnt find this in search. Pardon me. I'm pretty good with Gibson stuff but my new EVH project has me a little baffled as to the bridge ( See photo ) The body was advertised as a 5150 project, but is that really different from a Frankenstrat etc. Does this...

I searched first and didn't see this. My apologies if this is an old topic, I haven't been to SDForums in forever. So, I've had some interesting tone from asymmetrically wound humbucking pickups. I don't mean "scatterwound" or a "little" asymmetrical, I mean intentionally seriously...

Yeah, I can hear you guys letting out a collective chorus of yawns, but it's kind of a big deal for me. I felt it a right-of-passage, and obligation of finally do my own, so there you go. I used a Gibson Bursbucker Pro, and put an Alnico 3 magnet in it, wax potted, and gave it a different...

I'm not seeing this on search. i know a lot of folks have done their own coverings with tweed or Tolex. My project stalled with a stripped cab. A video or DVD tutorial would be great or a book of site. Anyone want to wade in on this ? Thanks !

I'm really sorry, for posting this, 'cuz I'm sure it's been done to death, but I couldn't find it with search. Just wanting to find a dissimilar mate to the degaussed alnico ii in my Antiquities HB ( yeah, I know, it was awesome to start with ). BTW, anyone ever tried this ? I know someone said...

I did a search on this, and could not find anything. Pardon if I missed something. Recently, I have been thinking ( again ) about "downsizing" the ever growing mass of gear. Tough as that is, occassionally even I recognize that some trimming must be done. Then I read something about "daisy...

I tried to search this one, but didn't see it ( sorry if I missed something ). Anybody know apporximately ( or exactly ) what the difference in magnet strength is from an Antiquity to a full strength, eg froma Seth ? Thanks !

OK, my 1814 M-powered Pro Tools box says that I can plug my amp into the line input, but did they really mean that ? I have a Rivera M60 head w/ line out, and a Mesa F30 with line out, and my my 1814 claims a line input. But, like, its going to melt in a burst of sparks if it gets line from a...

I'm sure it has come up a million times, what is a decent small practice / dorm / livingroom amp, so I thought I would throw in my two bits on the subject. Having been through some really nice stuff, I'm going to admit that a vintage Fender Champ ( or Victoria clone ) is right up there, but I...

Hi folks, This time I'm putting together a rack system. I posted elsewhere that I'm letting go of an early 60's blonde Bassman & "kickback" 2x12 cab, and snaked a $300 rack mount '89 Fender Super 60 instead. But you know how GAS is. I also picked up a ( currently redundant ) Hughes & Kettner...

True gearhead that I am, I'm on another mod binge, this time tricking out my Fender Tele. One of the things I'm looking for is a tremolo for the string-though body, using a standard Tele bridge format. Do you guys have any ( positive ) recommendations on the subject ? Are there any reasonable...