Recent content by Stratovarious

Hey guys, so I just got a 89-90 Samick Les Paul. I will make a thread about it soon, however first I have a question. So basically upon plugging in, I just heard a buzzing static noise , but could make out tinny notes when playing, however when I pushed the jack in a bit further the static was...

So basically not long ago I bought an old MIK Samick Artist series SG for my bday. It plays incredible and the pickups sound okay, but at louder volumes they just howl with feedback and I've been enduring but its time to upgrade. Tonally I want a vintagey pickup that can get raunchy enough for...

Had to unload my Blackstar HT-5 head and cab for something louder and a nice man brought over a VC30 and I gave it a shot Instantly was into the trade. The Cleans are....brilliant, truly, bright switch on or off, the cleans are incredible. With the bright switch off you get a thick but jangly...

Pretty simple I'm in Australia so keep that in mind, and I don't really want to pay more than $120 If it's aftermarket, I need the holes to be drilled as I'm pretty out of water with that stuff If it's black or sunburst I won't buy it straight away as I'd prefer something else but if it's...

Hey guys So I'm making a partscaster basically and an issue which has come up is that, I've got a trem with a big steel block and when it's installed the tremolo cant move. I've isolated the cause is that the route is too small to give the block any room to move, so if I file away a half inch...

In a local 2nd hand shop there's a "Guyatone" Les Paul copy from some period in the 70's I was sceptical because it was a bolt-on neck, but from a lot of the hurrah these 70's Japanese copies get I thought I'd give it a play (unplugged) and this thing was loud as hell, heavy as hell too (I...

A Humbucker . Tonally, my benchmark is Eddie, like many , but don't have the amp to cop that tone (Just a Blackstar ht-5 head) . I want a PAF like humbucker that is crisp in the upper registers and not shrill. Im going for a hard rock tone but not much gain, I'm pretty okay at coaxing stuff...

Hey guys Basically, my strat copy has a vintage style Wilkinson bridge (with the staggered string holes) and when I try to dive it, it has a very small range, the low e string still has a fair bit of tension, i'd say it only goes down 5-6 steps if that, and that's with the bar fully depressed...

Hey guys, as i'm living in Australia I'm aware I can't import amps from the US but I was wondering if the same goes for speaker cabinets. My current thinking is that it is possible as you don't plug in the cabs anywhere and they get their power from the amp, so they aren't set for any voltage...

Basically I am looking to buy my first guitar in 10 years and am down to 2 choices I found in a local pawn shop. First is a USA Hamer Blitz. I didn't get to play it yet but man it looks great. The Strat and Explorer shape are my favourite, but I've never really looked into explorers because the...

Hey guys, I'm just coming back from a long hiatus of guitar playing (which was mostly started due to my Squier becoming more and more unfixable) I need to find a guitar under 300 dollars that maybe won't sound incredible, but will be reliable. I've been looking at the cheap strat copies like...

Ok so after I saw Iron Maiden a couple weeks ago i went home in a huge maiden trip and i realized i had never tried to play Aces High so i thought what the hell and every tab ive found sounds weird like i dont know maybe it HAS to be in harmony with another guitar to sound right? but its a...

Oritey, where to begin lately ive been sieving through my dads VAST Prog collection and I really got into Genesis. My dad has all of the albums he did with genesis as well as some solo stuff, and i just wanted to ask, does anyone else reckon he's just awesome!? he's got such knowledge of chord...

ok, this is something ive always been super curious about what are some of the differences in sound in these amps im not implying that they are the same amp or anything like that, but I know they are both very famous for having the "british" sound, Im just curious which aspects of the UK...

put two single coils together to get a humbucker ive been looking at the micheal wilton sig ESP and I really like it, its got a floyd and looks super stratty, now if I could find a way to put a pickguard on there, that would also be awesome, but thats not the issue im addressing. ok I like...