Recent content by WyrmCracker

Picked up a used JSX from GC. I have been using the XXX for past ten years as my main amp, but I'm not a metal player. I like the xxx for lead, but it is a challenge to get low and mid-gain tones. Have been using pedals for those. So the JSX is really similar, which is fine, and the crunch...

I have a Fred in one of my guitars which is one of my favorite pickups. In one of Joe Satriani's DVDs he is playing a guitar with Duncan in the bridge, I have heard this is a Pearly Gates. Can anyone who has played both describe the differences? Or if this wasnt a PG, maybe it was a Screamin...

Dimarzio Breed Neck model, f-spaced, black&creme, full length lead. $50 shipped conus This was installed briefly and tested out. Sounds great, but not aggressive enough for me. PM me for my paypal id if interested.

I went to guitar center today and could barely play anything they had there. THe action on the floor guitars was so high! I have had a couple guitars plekked, and let me tell you, it is a thing of beauty. I measured the action and with minimal fret buzz on the low-E string, the action is...

I am in search of Joe Satriani style tone. I run a wet/dry rig in my home recording studio. The speaker cab is isolated in another room and I keep it miced and listen to everything through the monitors. This way I know exactly how it will sound recorded. The amp I use is a Peavey XXX, which...

I have been recording with a Peavey XXX and a v30 cab. I do progressive/shreddy style music. I have a handful of Ibanez Mahogony Sabres with various pickups. The Dimarzio Norton I was using since the 90s with various preamps. It has a huge hi-fi sound with the XXX. Great rythym, crappy lead...

And why is this you might ask?? I am currently shredding it up with a Duncan Full shred, and really like it. I want to try a Demon, but. . . Duncan pickups cost more! So back when I was in school, $10-20 was a big deal. And now that Ive tried most of the Dimarzios, I feel Im part of the...

Just wanted to throw this out there. . . All of the playing I do anymore is through a miced speaker in an isolation booth. THe amp is cranked. I listen through my studio monitors and evaluate tonal changes relative to the recorded tone with the amp operating at ideal volume. Over the past...

Have been playing close to 20 years, have wired my share of guitars but am by no means an expert. Put a full shred in bridge of old mahogany Ibanez s540. Took out the stock dimarzio in the bridge, guitar still has two "stacked" dimarzio HBs in the neck and middle. Standard 5-way setup. The...

When I sit close to my XXX, facing it to adjust the controls, it screams like an unholy demon (think LOTR ring wraiths). Not a "normal" microphonic sound. Ive been living with it because im usually not that close. Even with strings muted and not playing anything, if I get close, all hell...

I have a mid 90s ibanez with 5 way superswitch. H-S-H. Stock quantum pickups. The humbuckers have a ground shield wire and two other wires. How do I replace the bridge humbucker with the 4-wire full shred?

My main amp is a Peavey XXX with matching cab, and I get great tones in the room, but whenever I have tried to record, it sounds WAY different, as if the mic cant pick up and decode all the information from the speakers. It either sounds muddy or harsh or both. As a last resort I have ended...

I am trying to find other pickups like the PAF Pro and HFH, but I'm not familiar with the Duncan Line. I am basically looking for a low/medium output shreddy pickup that is well defined. Lower output pickups almost always sound better, but I need just enough output (and definition) so that...

I am always looking for more clarity and presence. I have downsized capacitors and even disconnected tone control entirely, but am wondering if there is a way to keep a tone control in the circuit without robbing any presence?