Recent content by RLee

I finally made the plunge, after months of shopping and comparing, and got myself a used 2008 Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus, in heritage cherry... I'm really happy with the way it looks and plays, having gotten it from ebay. I had to do quite a bit of setup on it -- whoever had it before had...

I thought gibson made these from 2005-2008, yet here's a 2003? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280341930665&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1474wt_940

I've been checking these out for awhile and I'm dangerously close to "buy-it-now-frenzy": Gibson SG Classic GuitarCenter/musiciansfriend has current stock, even though gibson no longer officially lists them as available. Any fans of the classic out there? They sound pretty sweet to me.

Last night I picked up my gibson faded SG, that has a 490R in the neck, in which I swapped out the A2 magnet for an A5 quite awhile ago. Had the output levels, gain set for that "mostly clean til you dig in" tone, and the only effect was a bit of digital delay. Hit a note, bent it up with a...

Has anyone tried the new (at least to me) Lindy Fralin Pure PAF humbucker? Any opinions?

Found this pdf doc today, which talks about how to restore your Les Paul wiring to the vintage '59 method. http://singlecoil.com/docs/paula.pdf Interesting read. Note that there's an error between what the doc claims is the vintage schematic, and what is actually shown in the first drawings --...

This PRS SE Singlecut seems like a solid guitar for the price ($620), but I wonder about the stoptail bridge... what about intonation adjustments? What do you think? http://www.prsguitars.com/sesinglecut/index.html

Ran across this nice article that describes various pedal bypass techniques... it has pics, which is useful, but I mainly posted it here because of the nice dunlop/mxr product chart that shows which bypass method is used for each pedal. Quite a few MXR pedals are actually true bypass (new...

I really love the setup and hardware on this SG (ebony fretboard, burstbuckers with coil-splitting), but why did gibson have to paint it white? White just doesn't work for me on an SG... I would have loved natural, nitro finish -- they would have had me then...

This sounds like a safe bet, but I'm toying with the idea (after reading several rave reviews of the evh frankenstein pickup (thanks woodytone for the great articles) of putting this humbucker in my 2008 fender american ash strat for some classic rock tones. I'd need to get a HSS pickguard, but...

I tried out one of the new (at least new to me) Gibson LP Studio Deluxe's yesterday, and really liked it. Great finish (vintage sunburst), nice detailing, Burstbucker pro in the bridge, 490R neck, push/pull coil splitting, grover tuners, hardshell case... very nice. $1399 at GC...

My new amp, a '96 Marshall 1987x plexi... got a nice deal on ebay. Very clean for a 13 year old amp. Drake transformers, JJ EL34L's. Sounds great, but I'm going to put a PPIMV in it so I can turn it up without knocking small birds out of the air... I've wanted one of these for so long, and...

There are many choices for power attenuators in the 50 to 100 watt power range, but which one does the best job at moderate-to-high levels of attenuation and sucks the least amount of tone? Some of the choices: THD hotplate Koch Loadbox Dr Z Airbrake Marshall Power Brake Ultimate Attenuator...

If you were given a choice of 3 plexi models to choose from, for the same price, which would you choose: 1. The most recent 1987XL reissue, with effects loop, 2. The previous 1987X reissue, no effects loop, 3. The oldest reissue, the limited-run 1987S. And the second part of the question: why?

I'm looking at some used marshall 1987x 50w plexi reissues -- what would be a good price range for these? I'm looking at both the older ones -- around 1993 -- and the newer most recent reissues.