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Hello all, Been many a moon since I posted here. Anyhow, I just installed some new humbuckers in my custom strat build yesterday (a TB11 and an SH1). The SH1 is sounding real good, but the TB11 seems to have some kind of issue. The tone will get a little thin and there's some hum, almost like...

Hello one and all! Been a minute since I posted on here. I built a strat last year and I've been cooking up an idea to mod it; I want to make sure it's possible. At the moment, there's a Pasadena Black humbucker in the bridge, and a Quiet Coil 58 in the neck. I plan on putting a Suhr SSH or...

So, I'm about embark on the adventure of rewiring my Chapman ML-3 Bea, you may have seen some of my other threads about it. I was wondering if anyone knew what the color codes are for the current line of Chapman pickups? If not I can borrow a friend's multimeter and experiment, but hopefully...

So, I'm going to be rewiring my guitar soon. It has two four conductor humbuckers, and I plan on using this diagram from SD. I was wondering which coil is active when split: https://www.seymourduncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2H_3B_1VppSPL_1TppPH.jpg I think I want to have outer coils, do...

Forum bros! It's been a while since I was active on here, but I'm back lol. I released my first two EP's this year, it's been fun really pushing myself to write stuff. Crisis of Creation (edgy title, I know) is more metal, and Heat and Shade is more chilled out; both are instrumental. Hope...

Long time no see forum bros! I own a Chapman ML3 Bea, and it's had some glitchiness since day one. The pickup selector would cut out, the neck pickup was microphonic, and the volume pot made a scratching sound through whatever the guitar was plugged into. I tried to get Chapman to fix it, but I...

How's it going guys? About 5 months ago I bought a DSL40C, and I liked it at first. After playing through it for a few months, I realized that it really doesn't have enough balls for me. I think putting from fresh tubes in may help the problem, but even with my pickup booster, it really...

How's it hanging everybody? I recently bought a Marshall DSL40C (the old one, non master volume), and I want to know what pedals to look at to make it work a little better for me. I like the tone for sure, but I find I need to hit really hard all the time to make it gainy. I like the touch...

For the four years I've played guitar, I've struggled to break into the world of playing fast complex solos. Just a little bit ago I sat down with my metronome to practice and I said "screw it" and I tried a different right hand position. Holy Crap My hand wore out quickly because I hadn't tried...

I need some help with REAPER. I was experimenting with the plugins on a project, and then I scrapped it, but now I keep hearing the beeps from the Sony Simple Delay, and it happens no matter what project I'm on. I'll be eternally grateful to anyone who can help me out with this, it's annoying...

How's it going everyone? I recently got a DSL40C, and while I like the way big chords sound with it at high gain, I find myself wanting more crunch for palm mutes. I want to retube it soon anyway because it's used, so should I look at getting a set of high gain 12ax7's? If so how many, and in...

What's up forum bros? I got my DSL40c on tuesday and had to wait til today to really play it. This thing rocks! It sounds really great with my pickup booster too. I'm loving the way Lead 1 sounds boosted, so I'm going to use that as my rhythm tone and get an overdrive for lead (though that might...

I just ordered a used DSL40C off Reverb for $500, which is a really good deal considering it has a Creamback in it. I do realize it's way too early to be asking, but if the Creamback can't do what I want it to, what are some other speaker types to look at? The Eminence Wizard intrigues me, as...

Hey forum bros! Been a while, but I need some help. I have an LTD EC-256 that I use for a lot of different things, and the pickups aren't that great. I want the neck to have cleans like Marty Friedman's Scenes album when split, and a nice jazzy tone in full humbucker mode; it would also have to...

Hello all! I'm trying to decide between a 5150 OD or the Palladium. All the demos of the palladium are hit or miss. Sometimes it sounds killer, other times it has a weird mid range thing that I don't like. There hasn't been a demo of the 5150 I don't like, but I haven't heard it do as many...