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A buddy of mine just gave me a set of Gibson 'buckers. They came out of a newer Les Paul so I assume they are 498T and 490R, but I can't tell which is which. Anyone know how to ID them? They have no markings of any kind and look exactly alike.

I have a 1991 Ibanez 540 sltd. It was my second guitar and I've been playing it for more than 10 years. I've always liked it, but now that I own other guitars I'm realizing that it is the worst sounding guitar that I own. The guitar plays great and sounds good if I play metal all the time using an effects processor, but when I play straight into the amp or with just a couple pedals, it sounds very sterile and has no character. Right now it has a Dimarzio Fred in the neck and a Duncan Custom in the bridge. Both are great pickups. So why is this guitar so lifeless?

Me and my guitar buddies are always arguing over pickup height, personally i tend not to go for the close as you can get it technique, i tend to back off as i believe you get more characteristics of the pickup and guitar together, rather than just the pickups when they are really close. On my custom strat i also do adjust pole piece height to compensate for the neck radius. What do other go for?

i still have my screaming demon and i want to get rid of it! i also have an fender f spaced humbucker (taken out of a mim fat strat) i will trade them both for anything duncan and gold! pm me with offers!

The saddles on my tele are riding a little to low how do i make the neck higher in the pocket?

i was wondering if anybody new the ohms output for the S/D SH-4 JB HUMBUCKER BRIDGE. or know were i mite find this info on my owne...

This Fender telecaster has a light ash body and maple neck/finger board. I have replaced the Duncan Anico Pros with a Duncan Quarter Pound set. These sound much better than the original pickups, and give the tele more body and punch. Comes with a hard shell case.
The guitar is in very good condition and plays great. I can email pics to those interested.

Is this a good deal (so far) for this amp? Current bid is at $565.00. I don't know much about this amp but am very intrigued.

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I have the JB/Jazz combo in my guitar, and I am going to replace the capacitor and tone knob. I was wondering if there is a website that will explain in relatively easy to understand terms how to use an equation (or get one) to calculate what frequencies I want to cut and what value capacitor to use for this. I tried searching the internet but didn't find anything useful yet. I am modding an ESP LTD guitar that doesn't have the capacitance value stamped on the tone capacitor. I'm not sure really what I want yet, since I have some minor things to fix with this guitar before I know how bright or not bright this combination is. However, using the tone chart, I know where the resonant peak is for both pickups. Ideas? Thoughts? I'm assuming that I'd want to cut mids, not highs, with this combo and this guitar (maple top, agathis body, rosewood fingerboard). Thanks!

ok i have a guitar that doesn't want to play nice. when i loosen the truss rod nut, the nut just gets real loose and no relief is added to the neck. what do i do to get it to add relief when the truss rod nut is loosened? the neck is perfectly pin straight right now and it needs a bit of relief added. i have it sitting actually tuned up real high and the truss rod nut sligthly loose with hopes that the strings will pull the neck up a bit and add the needed relief. is this a good idea or not?