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Took the plunge and they arrived today. I've seen Bonamassa live a couple of times and his Amos V sounds spectacular. Distinctly thick even compared with his vintage Les Pauls. These will go in my 67 reissue flying V when it's back from getting a refinish. I have no doubt diminishing returns...

Any opinions welcomed- I've currently got a sh-5 custom in the bridge and 59n in the neck. That set works ok. I mainly got the custom to handle forays into heavy metal/ thrash but these are increasingly rare and I mainly play classic - hard rock and blues now. My favourite tones are Slash, Joe...

Hi I have aged white Fender pickup covers as standard on my fat 50s strat pups. I'm thinking of changing to Duncan classic stack noiseless pups but want to maintain the look of the guitar. 1) Will the fender covers fit on the Duncan classic stack pups? 2) If not, is Duncan parchment or cream...

Some advice please... My number 1 guitar is an American Std strat with the original Fat 50's neck and middle pups and a SD Pearly Gates humbucker in the bridge. I love the PG and spend most of my time in that position. I go to the single coils for SRV and Hendrix covers and occassionally some...

Hi Wondering if anyone has the new MXR Univibe/ chorus pedal yet and could offer a review... Space on my pedaltrain jr is getting tight. I have a Danelectro Cool Cat Vibe which is pretty cool but no space for a chorus pedal left over.... Would this new MXR check both boxes and function as a...

"noiseless" single coil vs strat size humbucker vs full humbucker for neck position?? Hi chaps So a couple of months ago I put a Pearly Gates full size humbucker (with coil split option) in the bridge of my american standard strat. It really is the bomb- exactly what I was after. Allows me to...

I just got my strat back from the local tech. He's wired in a 250 Fender Push-Pull in the neck/middle tone pot position. This is to coil split the bridge humbucker. The coil split works perfectly. The bridge tone pot also works fine. The problem is that the push/pull pot (when up or down) no...

My other recent guitar mod. I struggled to find pics of zebra pickups in a cherry Flying V before i modded it so here's a pic.

Nickel cover Pearly Gates in my 2012 American Standard. Stock Fat 50's in neck and middle. Wired with a coil split option (250k push/pull at midlle tone knob). Sweet.

I've narrowed it down to these for my strat bridge. I play blues through to classic rock on my strat. I have the Chopper on its way but then I started reading up on and listening to samples of the Hot Stack Plus. I've got Duncans in my Gibson so am probably slightly biased towards them. Can...

Anyone use this in their strats bridge position? Looking for Billy Gibbons and Angus Young -esque tone from my strat. Also considering the Dimarzio Chopper.

Hi guys I'm asking this fairly reluctantly as I really like the full SSS fat 50's set in my American standard strat.... However, I do a lot of classic rock covers (AC/DC, Zeppelin, Free etc) and the bridge fat 50 pup isn't quite thick enough. It manages ZZ Top stuff quite well through a TS808...

Mainly looking at this vs the Crybaby Classic (fassel version).... Good reviews for the JB until I saw this http://www.absolutemusic.co.uk/community/entries/dunlop-crybaby-shootout Seems to say the Bonamassa isn't a particularly vocal wah compared to some of the others. I've had the Slash Wah...

Hi chaps You guys really helped me out with a previous query about a bridge upgrade for my Flying V- the new Custom (SH-5) sounds like it was born for that guitar and the output/ volume balances perfectly with a 59n in the neck. So metal tones are covered! The 490r/498t set in my LP studio is...

I'll start this post with what I perceive to be the answer- unless your a pro guitarist with limitless funds and endless time on your hands for trial and error, there will always be a question mark over the perfect guitar and pickup combination. It's best to settle on a pairing that works and...