Recent content by zizyphus

Hey team! I'm a man who loves me some dirt, and don't play clean very often. I've the various tele bridge pups I've tried, I've always loved the SD quarter pounder the best, but I just couldn't handle the noise that comes with it. A friend of mini similarly loved the QP strat pup, but also...

I absolutely LOVE this guitar! It might actually be my new number 1! I bought this at a steal because the shop that had it, for whatever reason, made no efforts to get it into sellable condition. It has dings / scuffs / finish checking that are appropriate for a well-played, 16-year-old guitar...

yea, I've never been disappointed picking up my baby "black guard" With a minihum in the neck and a noiseless dimarzio in the bridge, she can even handle brutal gain without a problem

Hey team! I just got a great new toy, the dunlop 535QAR mini. It is ALMOST everything I've wanted in a wah, but it's buffered and it will mess with your fuzz / treble booster if you put it in the front of your signal path I've always loved the tones from Dunlop wahs (except maybe the basic...

Hey team I have an A2 Pro Bridge Humbucker that I swapped an extra thick A6 magnet into (A6 pro? :9:) The magnet is about 1.5x the thickness of a normal PAF bar magnet, the size often used for ceramic bar magnets $65 shipped

Hey gang! So after having them for about a month now, I'm comfortable saying that the '54 Sparkle set, from Bootstrap Pickups, are the strat tone I've always had in my head When I think of a chimey, jangly strat neck pickup, and that hollowed out 2 and 4 position, this is the tone I'm thinking...

Hey team - quick question on how to get this treble bleed circuit to work I've wired up a gorgeous PRS SE Custom 24 to have 2 push/push knobs that are volume controls in the down position, and tone controls in the up position. I'm having trouble uploading an image to the forum, so here's a...

Well gents, lets hear it What gear advice do you wish you would have given yourself back years ago (or months ago, or last week, whatever) It can be anything from "don't get sucked into the brand names / ad copy hype" to "save up to get what you want, instead of buying lots of junk", or "a...

Hey team! I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience playing the Les Paul Axcess Customs, and if so, whether the Axcess heel joint makes a noticeable difference when accessing the upper frets and whether the thinner body has a significant affect on the sound. I've made some sales...

Hey all Someone did a thread like this at the end of 2020 about what everyone wanted Santa to bring them / what they would snag in 2021 I know its a bit early, but what are we all dreaming about for our next axe, either in the upcoming holidays or next year? For me, I'm looking for a...

Hey team One thing I've been thinking about, when trying to assemble a complete pedal board that is also a reasonable size, is "why aren't there all-in-one utility pedals?" What I mean by this is something like a tuner + noise gate + switchable buffer, or other common pedals that are good to...

Hey folks! Just for the sake of discussion, what's a popular pickup that you just can't stand? Your choice should be something that fits with the genres you play and enjoy, i.e., don't say "I hate EMGs because I only play da bluez" Also, what's a pickup with a bad rep that you actually really...

Hey team Do any of you know where I can buy gold pole pieces for USA made pickups (i.e., 5-40 thread) that are 1-1/4” in length, or really anything longer than the typical 3/4”? thanks in advance!

My Foxrox FR100 came in the mail today, and it is exactly what I was looking for! If I continue to be as keen on it as I am right now, it will likely replace both my wampler tumnus and my fulltone fulldrive 1, so it'll be the only dirt pedal I use with my Laney Lionheart (whose drive channel...

Hey! I'm looking for a solid mini-hum neck pickup that is bright and cleans up well, but can also do smooth / singing leads with gain. I'd like it to be 4-wire. I'm ok with a firebird pickup rather than a classic epiphone / LP deluxe style mini humbucker, if that's what gets me the tones I...