Recent content by parabola

title says it all. The ibanez website doesn't say if the stock powersound pups are ceramic or alnico 5/3 or whatever. And, i couldn't find a link to e-mail ibanez and ask them. So, anyone know what type of magent is used in them ? And, what SD pup sounds similar to them ? I like the tone from...

i have 3 bridge pups ... an sh-5 custom. sh-4 jb and dimarzio paf pro and im wondering what two would work the best together . Im not sure what type of wood my guitar is caz the salesman told me it was alder but ive read an online review about it and the guy said it was mahogany. It looks like a...

has anyone here played one of these guitars ? ive never really been interested in them until i saw these 2 models (i like the green colored ones) http://samickguitar.com/electric/ultramatic/index.html http://samickguitar.com/electric/torino/index.html are they worth getting ? how do they play...

i have an old guitar sitting around that is a s-s-s combination and i was wondering if theres anything i can do to make it a s-s-h combination ?

i beleive both are the same guitars , i just put both names in the title because ive heard different people use different names to describe it. anyways, for thise who have played it, how fat is the neck ? im asking this because i used to have an ibanez gax70 with a fairly thin neck which i...

long story short, im thinking about replacing my epi lp. i may want to get a schecter, although ive never heard much or read much about these guitars. Obviously, im going to try them out first, but i think i have my choices down to these 2 models. heres the string through model...

title says it all my guitar usaully wont stay intonated for more than 30 minutes now . ive never had that problem before. why is it doing it now ? i just put on new strings (heavier gauge than normal, but it still intonates...just doesnt stay intonated). I also, just got a graph tech nut. An I...

right now i have a paf pro in the bridge of my lp and im getting rid of it because its the wrong spacing since i have an epi. So, i thought id try something new. I want to get that big smashing pumpkins sound from mellon collie and the infinite sadness and machina. I want a big bottom end with...

i dont know why but whenever i heard someone mention fret filing i always thought it meant fretboard filing. However, it just means filing the actual frets right ? I also hear people saying that this is a job for techs, but whats so hard about it ? and what do you use to file them ? Im asking...

im talking dimarzio pups here, what guitars would f-spacing be suitable for ? i emailed them regarding a pup and told them i have an epiphone les paul standard, and the told me to get a f-spaced pup.

anyone have one of those pedals ? im talking about the mt-2 modded by robert keeley and the ds-1 modded by doobtone. im looking for a distortion pedal and i narrowed it down to those two. i want something that can give me a tone like tool, a perfect circle, smashing pumpkins, afi, chevelle...

i just wired my dimarzio paf pro in the bridge of my epi lp and it seems like im only getting half the signal from it. i had the same problem on my epi studio and thought it might of been a bad pot on the studio. Well, i had a stock pick up and a jb that were both working fine in the bridge on...

does anyone know what magnets are used in the tom anderson h3+ bridge pup? and how does it compare to a jb ?

basically the description of the 59 describes what i want tone wise before my amp. however, do you think it would be a good idea to put a 59 in the bridge of my epi lp standard when i play mostly experimental metal ? i play through a digitech preamp, so there shouldnt be a problem getting enough...

i noticed some preamps say they use vacuum tubes whereas other preamps just say they use tubes. so,anyone know the difference between a preamp vacuum tube and a preamp tube ?