Recent content by raistlin

Hi guys, I was doing a lot of mag swaps / hybrid coils in humbuckers lately and I have this problem. The tape I am using does not stick, for some reason. After a day the wrappings around the finish wires will fall off. I realise the best tape would be Stew-Mac but I am in the Far East where...

Hi guys, Scored a SD-1 used today, and in keeping with my tradition of not leaving well enough alone, what mods should I make on this pedal? 1. Straight to TS-808 conversion 2. the mythical (or not) Clay Jones Overdrive 3. Keeley 5 Star Mod 4. Fulltone Fulldrive? mod Playing blues into Vox...

Hi guys, Need your expertise with this one. I have a musician uncle who wants to sell his vintage J-bass and he doesn't know the value, and I offered to help. He claims it's a 70s J-bass, from the pictures I gather it's a post 1975 J-bass. The thing is it was gigged heavily and I can't find...

Hi guys Getting back to guitar after a long hiatus, came across a local ad with a Jazz neck for sale. Need your opinion on this Jazz neck which seller claims is from the Hot Rodded set. Is it just the lighting or does the base plate looks brass? Is it legit? Thank you!

Hey guys, Was offered this 59n in a trade. It does look fishy to me. What do you guys think? The base plate is black! Thank you.

Hi guys, Long story short; my SL neck died. It has been dead for a couple of years already; I tore it apart, reassembled it, got it working for a couple of weeks, died again, rinse and repeat. When it worked, it is just so smooth and warm. This time it is dead for good; multimeter readings are...

Dear all, Does anyone have extra pieces of A4/UOA5 bar magnets for sale? I live in Malaysia, and would gladly pay for First Class Mail via Paypal. Thank you.

Hi guys, I've recently put a Seth Lover into the neck of my LP clone. Previously it has an APH-1. However, the APH-1 is too bassy, so I swapped it out for the Lover. Long story short, soon the signal from the neck pup died. Since it was new, I figured it was a botched DIY wiring job. So I sent...

Hi guys, My A2P neck is a bit smooth for me, prefer something with more grit, but still with the Alnico 2 "looseness". I already have a 59n in another guitar, so now I'm considering either a Pearly Gates or a Seth Lover for the neck. Is the Pearly Gates 42AWG PE? Or is it 43AWG Formvar like...

Hi guys, I have a LP copy with caps marked "2A223J" on it. Is it a .022uF cap? If I want to swap it with .047uF caps, which one of the below would be suitable? http://my.farnell.com/3505509/passive-components/product.us0?sku=VISHAY-BC-COMPONENTS-222233824473...

Hi, I was looking on the Net and found these, thought they might be a nice replacement for Tex-Mex in my 60th MIM Anniversary. The seller claims that these were taken from a CIJ '57 reissue. If they were taken out from a 1991 MIJ Strat, would they be Fender 57/62s made in the USA? How do I...

Hi, I've recently procured a Seth Lover bridge in Singapore for my Samick Artist Les Paul copy. I intended to get the neck version as well, but they're out of stock. However the Seths are only available in Singapore. Back home in my place, the local dealers only have the A2pros. Should I get a...

Hi, I just finished installing a Seth Lover bridge into my new (used) Samick Artist LP. I replaced all the pots as well, as the original ones were used and crackling pretty bad. The volume and tone control works as they should. However, there was this humming sound whenever I rolled back the...

Hi guys, I've have recently scored a Samick Artist Series Les Paul (many thanks to larryguitar for his information), and I would like to change the pups... I have SD59's already in another Samick LP, the Avion 3, so I would like other alternatives... My influences are Cream/Bluesbreakers'...

s this any good? Are the Samick Artist series top of the line? it's less than USD200.. Worth it? I have a pair of SD 59's lying around... I already have the newer Indonesian made Samick AV3 since last year... I'm saving up for an edwards, but this goes so cheap... anyway, once i have more...