Recent content by orpheo

But... why that hat?! My god, why that hat.

It has a locking nut, but not an OFR version, it has a locking nut made by ABM because of the smaller footprint. I do indeed think the locking clamps are not installed here, but of course, were, in the end. As far as the intonation is concerned, it was intonated; I think I took this photo...

I once made a flying V for myself with the Jazz pickups (bridge and neck), and that was exactly the Michael Schenker tone. I love this man, he influenced me more than any other player. Too bad I just can't gel with the V.

Yes, I have done it. This guitar KILLED it with these pickups. The bridge pickup is a superdistortion/JB hybrid on the superdistortion base (brass, ceramic), with 2 QP's. They balanced quite well! If memory serves, I raffled this guitar on this forum years ago. Gosh, this guit was cool. I am...

The SH5 is just not my thing. I never liked it. It's too fat. I love it as a custom5, or as a custom3 though! Gosh, that custom3 was addictive.

it's less honky than a 59, less shrill than a jazz. it's got a fluid lead tone that never gets mushy or muddy. the highs are clear, it's got a lot of highs I have to say, and the midrange is a bit scooped but not so much that it gets nasal. the best I can think of as an alternative, is the sentient.

I guess that's it; the airzone to me, has the fluid feel of the jb, but it doesn't have that upper mid range spike the JB has, because of the 'air' thing, it opens the tone up a bit, as if you slap in an unoriented alnico 5 in a JB, but of course, with Dimarzio's own 'vibe' through it. It's not...

Absolutely i did. 100% confirmed

jb/fullshred hybrid is my fav combination with that hybrid. I don't like the 59/custom that much. I want to try the jazz neck 59 neck hybrid in the neck, and the jazz bridge 59 bridge in the bridge.

If you want fatter and more low end: Tonezone. The air zone is like a more airy JB without that midrange spike. The black winter is TIGHT and aggressive and has a LOT of low end but it has a lot of everything and is actually quite balanced (i.e.: lots of everything). The custom custom has a...

dimarzio humbucker from hell and bluesbucker. singlecoily vibes in a humbucker package.

I hated the jb/jazz for years, but having a 250k pot seemed to not just tame the shrillness but also just shift the entire vibe from shrill to just-enough cut. slap in an alnico2 (alnico2pro and... jb2?) and it's a vintage sweetness monster without getting mushy. Loving it. Jazz/59 hybrid is...

I don't think so. I made that neck in 2019 I think, and I only started SS frets in earnest in 2022. I have a buttload of guitars that still have jescar nickelsilver, which is fine, but gosh, now I wish I knew then what I know now because SS frets is not a lot more difficult to do! in...

SS frets forever. I'll never go back to nickel. The idea of tone change? Not hearing it. SS stays smooth longer, it doesn't oxidize like nickel silver, it doesn't get rough either. It's amazing. As far as LP's are concerned. I'm done with Gibson.

Another half hour blabber fest by Rhett Shull. Dreadfully boring.