Introduction and Thank you!

C8rockin

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Hello all... 1st time poster here,.. 1st time anywhere actually. I can only get on line at work and until recently I didn't have much free time. Things are kind of slow now so I thought I'd give it a go.

Anyway,....I've been hanging around here a while now, maybe about a year whenever I can. I've never asked a question because I didn't need to. I'm very familiar with the search function (and anybody that says they did a search and "can't find anything". Well I just don't buy it.) so I figure a long overdue thanks is in order.

Thank you, you guys Rock!! :headbang: (You know who you are.) You definatly know your stuff around here! I found this forum never having done anything other than just a straight pickup swap and then couldn't get the new one to sound good because I didn't know how important the adjustment is. I swear,.. I've been playing electric guitar off and on for a long time (20 yrs) and have never been happy with a guitar til now. I've probably sold some nice guitars (gibby's, fenders, ibby's, 1 jackson in particular) because I thought they were crap and they probably just needed a good setup. :banghead:

Thanks to you I have rewired my guitars (several times) and fixed my friend's bass. I tried quite a few different wiring options and oddly enough, now that I have, my guitars are wired with staight CTS pots and Orange drops.

The real fun started the day I did my first magnet swap. I have done swaps in a JB, PGb, PGn, (2)CC, APHn, and a PCn and It truely is amazing haw many different tones are available with each pup/ mag combo. I even made a hybid just to see if i could and then swapped the coils back when I didn't like it. Worked every time. (I haven't played with de-guassing yet) Oh,...and thanks to John Wymore, great service and a nice guy! (and he had what I needed, and no, i don't know him personally)

I ended up with a C8/JB-3n in my MK patriot shadow (rocks hard) and a CC/APH2 combo in my Schecter griphon (cheapest one they make i think, and it now plays and sounds great). For the first time ever I have neck pups that sound good. I've never liked a neck pup and it took a while to settle on these but now I love my tone in all positions and I use my knobs alot... all of them, too!:cool2:(thats a really big deal to me)

Thats all I'm going to write for now,.. I could go on (and on) but just wanted to hit the high points and say thanks
 
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Welcome man, yeah, there's an infinite amount of information (treasured by some) to be found here, not to mention, a GREAT place to hang out and talk about your favorite (most often but not only) guitar-related stuff ;)

CheerS!
 
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These guys are awesome. I have learned a lot from them.

I also have recently discovered the magnet swap. I can't wait to get a boatload of magnets.
 
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I can't wait to get a boatload of magnets.

What would happen to a boatload of magnets? Would the boat sink or would it be drawn irrevocably to one of the poles? :dunno:

Presumably a boatload of ceramic magnets would arrive at the pole ahead of a boatload of A2 magnets.
 
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A boatload of magnets would throw the compass out of whack, so the boat would go around in a circle.

(As you can see, the forum is a great place to get silly, also. :laugh2: )
 
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Welcome to the forum man. Sounds like you've done more actual tweaking and experimenting than a lot of the guys who are on here posting all the time! Hope you stick around and spread some of that knowledge / experience man, we need more people who are willing to get their hands dirty with this hobby.
 
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Yeah, I've had alot of free time at home on the weekends lately and I've spent the last few months really getting to know my gear. I've also been dabbling in the fine art of modding my pedals and I plan to do a few mods to my amp. (Peavey classic 50 212) I've already swapped tubes and speakers.

I had no idea this could be so addictive when I started, but I cant stop now,... I seriously need help!!!

Ironically,..I've spent so much time and money over the years that I shouldn't have searching for "that sound" and now it seems like the closer I get and the better my equipment sounds, I'm realizing that somewhere along the way I forgot to learn how to play, but I'm happy with my tone!!
 
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Welcome C8 !You really have to hang around and spread the experience you had with magnet swapping and different guitars.
Have fun bro!
 
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