Recent content by Southbound Suarez

I guess Gary Moore is too emotionally charged these days as I was conversing with and replying to Lew (respectfully) and WHAM!! the post didn't take. I'd taken the time and effort to type and respond to Lew, and the next thing I see is: "see the administrator" and then the thread appears to...

Anyone here done it? If so which magnet combinations worked best for you, and on which guitars?

Where these pickguards 5 ply (black, white, black, white, black) ? I'm going to order a custom one from Chandler as my guitar came with a "one off" pickguard in white (from the Gibson CS) that was never ever on a 61' SG Les Paul. It didn't even come with the Gibson vibrola (or tremolo) and has...

I have a lefty Brian Setzer Gretsch G6120SSU guitar that came stock with TV Jones Classic Filtertron Pickups. My question is, "How can a Filtertron humbucker sound so beefy and full at 4.8K and 4.0K Ohms respectively when a standard humbucker of this DC resistance would be wimpy and weak?" I...

I'm contemplating ordering a custom half face PG for my Gibson CS 61' SG as Gibson did a "one off" on the guitar's PG making it dubious to purchase a stock lefty SG half face PG sight unseen. After talking to Pickguard Planet a few times, their pricing appears to be competitive as juxtaposed to...

Anyone tried them? What were your impressions? After looking at magnet swap threads, I'm particularly seeing more winders advertising "roughcast magnets". I know that it's been mentioned that many winders use polished mags for both neck and bridge humbuckers and some guys prefer polished neck...

Hey guys it has been quite awhile since I last posted here. I have been perusing and pouring over threads that either start on the SDF or end here. Here's my dilemma, I currently have (3) sets of humbuckers: 1) Seth Lover Humbucker Set 2) Alnico II Pro Humbucker Set 3) Tom Holmes 450/455...

Just the other day I was detailing how wonderful these two (plug in/standalone softwares) are, and now when I plug any one of my guitars into the Amplitube 2 or Jimi Hendrix standalone tuner sections I get no sound output whatsoever. The guitar signal doesn't even register on my Alesis iO|26...

Lately I've considered selling my blonde Mark I reissue combo with cover. I noticed that one sold for $909 + $70 shipping on eBay very recently. Does anybody have an idea what the 2009 BlueBook prices are for the Mark I combo reissue amp ranging from Fair to Excellent in condition? I live in...

Has anyone tried out both the Lollar Blonde Strat A2 set and the Seymour APS Strat A2 sets in order to make a qualified judgement? I suppose to be more equitable, the Seymour Duncan APS set would need to be the non-staggered A2 set since the Lollar Blonde Strat sets also use non-staggered A2...

I used to have a Seymour Duncan Super II HB neck pup in a lefty Gibson 63' Melody Maker, with a Seymour Duncan JB HB in the bridge. Naturally, I loved the JB HB as most guys here in the forum do as well but, the neck position Super II HB was equally as good for what it did for the neck position...

Allright, I've always calibrated my strat pickups for their proper positions i.e. highest DC resistance (Bridge pup position) to lowest DC resistance (Neck pup position). This is due to more string vibration and volume at the neck position than the other pup positions found on the guitar. AND...

I purchased a Mouradian JTM 45/50 amp from Jack McCallister at Mouradian Amplification in Spring Hill Florida that is truly out of this world. Jack uses vintage components including real mustard caps, red swirl dual turret custom boards, and your choice of Heyboer, MM, Marstran, or Radio Spares...

If anyone in (or even outside) the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma area is considering taking their guitars for repairs, or for that matter (any kind of guitar work) to Ron Lira of Honest Ron's Guitars or Bob Warner of Warner's Guitars (in Edmond Oklahoma) they would do better to go elsewhere. Shoddy...

I have (3) Seymour Alnico Pro Strat APS-1R pickups. (2) are from 87' and one is from 89'. I had originally calibrated the 3 together, hottest in the lead position, and least hottest in the neck position. I took my strat guitar with the (3) APS-1R pups to have shielding done by my local...