Recent content by VergDan

Hi, I have a mini power amp and a cab at home. I'd like to keep my home rig fairly simple, so I'm looking for a multi effect to use as a preamp. I play mainly higher gain stuff, and I'd like the multi effect to have an expression pedal, and also not so expensive like the Helix, etc. It's a...

Hi guys, I have a Orange Rocker 15 Terror. And there's a constant hum to it. My Jim Root Terror is dead silent using the same setup. I noticed the hum when I stopped playing. It remains unchanged through both clean and dirty channel, which is quite odd as hum should be worse when switched to...

My guitar has fret buzz on the 12th fret of B string, just that one fret. The note is not dead, but the buzz is severe enough that both vibrato and sustain suffer. Took it to a luthier, the fret seems to be fitting in the neck properly, he suggested that I refret the whole neck as my frets are...

I recently acquired an guitar loaded with EMG HZ pickup. I didn't know the exact model of the pickup. But when I flipped it back it says EMG TB-1. I cannot find this model on the EMG website. But I saw people talking about it in different forums. Is it a discontinued model? Am I missing something ?

My amp is an Orange TH100 and it has 4 modes: 4 power tubes running at full power＝100w 4 power tubes running at half power＝50w 2 power tubes running at full power＝70w 2 power tubes running at half power＝30w I'm not sure what's the difference between these modes besides volume, and I'm especially...

I mean using a really clean boost pedal that doesn't color your tone at all.

Looking for a bedroom amp that can produce okay high gain tones, how are these Blackstar amps? Every youtube demo sounds different.

I'm talking about an Orange TH100 head going into a Orange 412 cabinet. The clean channel sounded good on its own. But horrible when connected to a distortion pedal. Connecting a cab simulator pedal is necessary. The dirty channel oh my god, sounded just like it when you connect a distortion...

Especially TOM style bridge.

I've got a cheap Tokai SG and it has some nasty high end within the distortion tone, especially on the low E and A string, making my power chords really thin. My Ibanez and Epiphone sounds fine going into the same amp setting. I've already changed the pickup but it didn't help much. So I started...

I've tried/owned several low budget and mid priced guitars over the years. I mainly play metal and blues. Here are some of my thoughts. Epiphone Standard- Ok build quality and playability but the pickups are not so nice. Dull and powerless sounding. Epiphone Prophecy and 1960 Tribute- Better...

I'm really unfamiliar with this famous pedal, which is a shame. Sounds to my ear it can do some beautiful solo and smooth legato runs. Does it have enough gain for 80's metal?

The chirping I'm referring to comes from the picking hand, especially when you pick fast using a thick pick made from hard and stiff material, that high pitch noise resulting from the pick hitting the string near the bridge(basically where you place your picking hand). This noise had reduced me...

My friend got a Blackstar HT20 head. The fx loop works fine but when he connects any kind of device directly to the return jack, it's dead quiet. So effect chains goes like this： Guitar, input, send, modulation pedals, return. Works fine. Guitar, Boss Gt100 or distortion pedals, return. Dead...

For example, say I want to use an AMT Legend Amp pedal as a preamp, which way is correct? guitar--->pedal--->return jack of the FX loop or guitar--->input jack on the amp--->send--->pedal--->return If the first way is correct, will using a tube amp without anything in the input jack damage it...