Recent content by Rex_Rocker

Same.

I'm ordering off Long and McQuade. It works out because they include a setup when you buy a guitar. I've also bought Epiphones off them before that had a few high frets, and they fixed them because it falls within warranty. I'm also not too worried about what's underneath the pickguard. I may...

There's two that I know of. Pink with a Maple board or black with Laurel. I would be fine with either. :D

I could do that. But from I honestly kinda like the simplicity of the Sonic HT H. The Classic Vibes come with better hardware and pickups... but I have the hardware and pickup I want already, so that's not really appealing to me. The only thing that I still would like from the CV's is the...

Played a few Strats today at the store. Sonic, Affinity, and Classic Vibe. I liked them all, honestly. Neither felt bad for being cheapies. The neck profiles weren't far off from each other. They were kinda C-shaped middle of the road in thickness. I liked them. I did like the satin finish on...

I liked A2 better too. I almost feel like A8 sounded a bit more Custom-y and A2 sounded a bit more JB-y, loosely speaking. Not surprising that you ended up with a Custom if you liked A8 better.

On all guitars I've had tuning issues with, I've replaced the tuners, and always had good results. I've always read online that the first thing to look at for tuning stability is the nut. I've replaced nuts with Graphtech on a couple of lower to middle-end guitars, and the issue never went away...

No, yeah, I'm aware. It's just that if my trem block is not going to fit, then I'd rather have a hardtail. Honestly, I'd just rather have a hardtail overall. Even if it has the best trem in the world, given the choice, I'd rather have a cheapie hardtail. But if it has to have a trem, like 99.9%...

I don't find the PAF Pro THAT middy. While it is not as scoopy as a Jazz or a '59, to me, the defining feature of the 'Pro is more how attacky it is. I used to have a very old clip where I compared the JB to the PAF Pro in the bridge, and the Pro is far less mid-forward than the JB. *EDIT*...

I'm actually considering a Sonic Strat because they have one with a single hum and a hardtail. I'll try get my hands on one at the store on the weekend to see how they are and how they compare to the Affinities...

To be fair, swapping a magnet is easier than swapping a pickup. I'm pretty retarded when it comes to those things, and even I can manage, LOL.

I was going through my stuff, and I realized I have enough parts to put together another Hot Rod Strat. I have a big steel block, brass saddles, vintage locking tuners, HXX pickguard, pickups, knobs, etc... I just need something that has a neck profile that I like, and that fits standard Strat...

Yeah, I've read you mention Gibson tend to use stronger magnets than usual. I wish I had a gauss meter to measure my 490R.

Question... do Affinities have standard thickness bodies?

I've never found it overly compressed or fat, but while I do like it, I get that some people might find it overly smooth. I suppose that's kind of a similar thing. Sorry, mine is single conductor, so I've never tried it split or parallel, but I was thinking of swapping the magnet in mine to A4...