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Is there a difference between the three terms? I know that Hendrix used to like to use a fuzz pedal, and there was a fuzz used on the Stone's song Satisfaction . . . but can't you sort of simulate that effect with a distortion/OD pedal? And I know that overdrive refers to pushing your signal into clipping, but isn't that the same thing that a distortion pedal does - clip the signal? I was trying to explain to my girlfriend why I need a fuzz pedal . . . and she was saying that my OD pedal can do exactly the same thing . . . it got me thinking . . .

where is the best place to buy seymour duncans? most places only have a few models. and i dont mean ordering them through my local shop. i mean on the internet.

I'm replacing my old 1979 Peavey head this week for a new one. My cab is a Crate Blue Voodoo with Celestion Vintage 30 speakers. I'm seriously thinking about buying the Randall RH200G2, but the Spider II looks pretty amazing. Both amps cost $399 at Musician Friend. I've heard nothing but great things about Randall amps in general. Line 6 on the other hand is different. Many say the fuzes blow a lot in them. Is this true? The head I want to buy must have a killer thick distortion channel (think AIC meets Down with a bit of Slayer) but it has to have a good clean channel also. Which would you buy?

I have a Samick Tele copy, which I like alot. It has always surprised me. Cheapish. Not through the body string setup. Not fabulous hardware either. But always a nice resonance in the body, especially on the bass side. Kind of thing you can feel against your hip, even when not pluged in. What kind of wood i wondered. I had a look and it's a Ply-wood body! The stock pickups were really dull. Got a Hotrails for tele amp; a push-pull switch.

Jackson? Charvel? Nothing other than Fender?

Hey,
my guitar, a Jackson DKMG, has a gain booster knob on it, known as the quot;Active EMG® TurboCharger® (0-20dB Gain Control)quot;. Am I going to be able to use it if I change pickups? Will I need any extra work/parts to make the switch? Switching from passives to passives.Thanks

so i had a show last night at our local lion's club, and my Atomic was put to the test. Its a pretty big open venue and there was probably 100-200 people there. During sound check, i realized just how directional the Atomic is, which was an issue since the place was so open. Volume wasn't a huge deal, but it was a challenge for those 18watts because we had another guitarist, a keyboard (who sometimes was a 3rd guitar), a drummer and a bassist. I put the Atomic on my amp stand, which helped a lot, but to ensure everyone could hear me wail, i mic'd it with my 57 and ran it to the PA. End of problem. Most people in the crowd could hear my playing coming straigh out of my amp, and those who couldnt heard me through the PA. It worked great. Afterwords, I got many comments on my playing. None on my tone, but i dont think there were too many people in there who knew a lot about tone. I thought the tones that my Atomic were kicking out were excellent.

I have a Epiphone J-200 copy and i want/need a better nut and quot;bridge nutquot; (right word?) and i wonder what the real Gibson J-200 use, is it bone? I heard something about Tusq, true/false?

Hey guys, we should review John Spina's mods on harmony-central.com

Hey Everyone,I was just wondering, I have an older jackson SL-1 that I have a C-5 in the bridge and a Dimarzio Fast Track 1 in the neck position,
I took the middle p/u out for various reasons...anyhoo, it has three mini toggle switches to turn each p/u on and off, since I'm not using then middle togge switch, can I do something else with it? maybe a coil splitter for both p/u's or something? Think up something cool and let me know, you will probably need to help me with specifics if I decide to do it...