Recent content by prophetofthor

i'm basically a "strat" guy so i dont know much about the tunomatic bridge for gibson type guitars. i have a buddy that plays an epiphone dot. he breaks strings on stage. he uses pretty heavy strings (11's or 12's). i'm looking for an aftermarket bridge piece or saddles that will help with...

i've really been diggin albert king tone lately. what i'm thinking is a 2 pickup strat. i want a full size humbucker for the neck and a standard angled strat single coil at the bridge. i will fix the 6 point trem with 5 springs. i will be using "wimpy" strings (for crazy albert king bends)...

http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=10276846 instrumental version. one of my fav songs. i purposefully haven't listened to the orig for a while, and was just toying with arrangement ideas. hopefully came out listenable!

i recently saw the movie "Machete". they have some of that tumbleweed guitar sound in the background. it's that tremolo/reverb/tape delayed/wavy sound. you know the sound. just imagine the tumbleweed and dust blowing by and the cacti in the background. pre gunfight "mood setting". my...

just havent recorded in a while. was messing with tones and backing tracks, and just decided to hit record. not a grammy take. i could of edited / redid some flubs, but my hands were getting cold (i'm poor and live in a drafty house). hopefully will have some demo stuff coming in the new...

this is probably a basic question, but i'm not 100% sure. here is the dilemma. i'm not sure of the direction the switch goes regarding the terminals. i'm wiring a phase switch. i understand the wiring schematic perfect, but i'm wiring it into a pickguard. i want the switch to face the floor...

starting a band up i'm mostly a strat player, classic strat sounds. i've got the "neck on" to fake a telecaster. the rhythm guitar player also has a strat based tone, but we are looking for tone separation. i'm thinking about picking up a cheapie guitar ($200 range) to temporarily fill the...

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7513801 SPOILER ALERT :: i had this nice slow blues midi track, so i was noodling around with it via otis rush's "double trouble". i could never get a good feeling out of it (besides casio midi drums) because there is an "intro feel" at the top and i always...

so i made this. 1/2 arse version of "tea for one". could of learned more nuances, but basically just noodling. http://soundclick.com/share?songid=7467312

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i've got a MIM stratocaster that is already routed SSH. i want to route a bit more for a HH (fat strat). i've googled a bit and it seems dremel is the way to go. can anyone echo this or share experiences/advice about this? i'm also tempted to just drill and then dremel for detail. i dont...

this is what i want (sss 3 pot stratocaster) 1) Volume 2) Master Tone 3) single pickup tone assigning 1 pot to a single pickup is pretty easy. just attach the "hot" to the appropriate lug of the 5way switch. i googled around and didnt find a wiring diagram that was similar to what i want...

(er,, ,, , genius??? << spelling ) stratocaster SSS wiring idea/theory. hopefully this works . i think it would be a killer switch. here are the drawings i'm looking at. http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=phase_reversal_singlecoils...

i have a set of G&L S-500 pickups. this is the official blurb i bought a G&L S-500 guitar in my younger years. i was a high gain player. the guitar sounded great in store, but on stage or louder volume i got horrible microphonic feedback. i enjoyed the feel and neck of the guitar so i just...

i picked up a MIM maple neck stratocaster. this is the first maple neck i've had in a while. since its a 2008 MIM it has the "one piece neck". i like the sound and i like the fat neck. as always with a MIM i just kinda play all of them in the store and pick out the one that feels good. all...