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I played one of the new EVH Charvel`s yesterday and have just 1 ?...How in the amp;^%$ does Charvel achieve that low of action ( it was ridiculous ) with absolutely NO fret buzz, and a ton of sustain and resonance? Im tellin you guys, I have never been so impressed over a guitar like I was with this one. In my almost 20 years of playing, Ive always had to sacrifice 1 aspect or another with action issues and etc for the sake of sustain, tone and whatnot. But not with this guitar. I didn`t even plug it in, coz it sounded AMAZING just on its own quot;acousticquot; merit. It almost p@#$ed me off thinkin that in all this time of playing, Ive never had a guitar that was SO comfortable amp; effortless to play amp; it wasnt sacrificing anything in the sustain, tone dept. I know everyone has their own tastes and preferences, but Ive never played a guitar that inspired me to play the way that one did, and Ive played just about everything thats been made. The various Charvel`s Ive had over the years ( even 2 San Dimas models) weren`t even in the same ball park as this
one. When I think of the money I handed out to techs over the years for a quot;greatquot; set-up, and in the end, NOTHING Ive ever owned was the quot;dreamplayerquot; like this guitar. I`m still kinda miffed about it. To be honest with you, I was always dead-set against throwing out over $2000.00 for a guitar, but now, I may be having second thoughts. Still, it`s a shame in my view, to have to spend that kinda cash to have a guitar w/ flawless playability. Sorry,just wanted to vent amp; share the tale.

Ok Ok, I'm, ready to put together an effects pedal board. But, I only want the essential and necessary effects like Delay, Overdrive, phasers, and Chorus. How any of each do you think I need? I've got about $300 to drop on all my effects.
Im thinkin about a DD-3 delay, 2 DS-1's or 1 Tweak Buzz, Small stone phaser, and a chorus (BOSS or DOD) oh yeah and a Wha. I hope I can find these on Ebay cheap enough to fit my tight budget. If I'm hoplessly under budgeted, what would you chop off the list.

Hi: I'm new to this forum but I didn't see a thread on this question yet. I have an Ephiphone Elite LP and wish to change my pick ups to the APH1 (both neck and bridge). My current spacings (E string to E string) are slightly less than 2quot; for the neck, and slightly more than 2quot; for the bridge. Is this a problem when replacing pickups, or is the distance so slight it doesn't matter. Thanks!

ok, MikeS mentioned using double cream pickups in my new les paul and i was pretty set on zebras. so i did these mock ups of double cream vs zebra and now i'm torn again.

Title says it all.

Sorry, no one replyed to my previous thread, maybe i didnt make it very clear.Im wanting to know if a duckbucker in the neck and a phat-cat in the bridge would work out ok? Im wanting vintage sound and i want to try to get output levels fairly close so they dont fight each other, and i also want a pretty quiet guitar.

I have a Marshall 4x12 with 2 V30s and 2 Hellatones in an X pattern. The drummer of my band has been away for a while so we havent had practice. The loudest I've had my amp (Marshall 2203) is about 4.5 on the master, but the Hotplate is at about -20db. At that volume am I getting a somewhat accurate feel of the speakers? I was a little worried how the 120 watt cabinet would handle high gain from a 100 watt head. When I have practice I don't use the attenuator, I'm just asking so if I have to change anything in the next 2 weeks, I can. Thanks!

I'm considering purchasing a Schecter California Custom Classic late ninties axe for 600$. It has Dimarzio pickups and two tone knobs and schaller tuners with a 24 fret neck and carved gold top. What do you think it's worth?

ive got a few, even though i dont plan on going to one anytime soon...just personal knowledge...

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I recently got the pickups i ordered: Duncan distortion trembucker and two hot rails. I`ve got 1tone 1vol and a five way selector from my old jackson dinky. I hav`nt found any chematics just right for this, i tried the one for 1 humbucker and two single coils, 1tone 1 vol and the five way switch from : localhost//forum/images/attach/jpg.gif , instead of using the white leads from the singles I used the black hot ones from the hot rails, soldered the red and white together and soldered green and blank to ground on both, same with the trembucker. Did i do the right thing? Ive got some sound, but its very very noisy, and low output . maybe its just the grounding that`s abit out of wack? bad soldering maybe? I`ve installed mics before, but it was active emg`s, so i did`nt have to think much about grounding and stuff. I dont have very much experience, but I really wanna learn more, so i dont wanna just bring it to the store.

I managed to finish re-wiring my Edwards LP with the Jimmy Page wiring at about 2am, only to find out that I get no sound at all!

I had bought a rio grande BBQ for my strat....a good pickup but it doesn't seem to get that quot;chunka chunkaquot; sound I like......thinking about either one of these PUPs next...........suggestions?

Well... i just bought a brand new washburn flying v body (basswood, 4-bolt neck joint). It has the pickups, controls and pots already installed and working, though it needs a bridge and tailpiece (les paul style) and of course... a neck. Should i order parts from a part house like Mighty mite or warmoth, even though ill have to pay a lot of import tax to get them over here .. or should i scour ebay?

OK, I just bought a 59TB for my Strat, so I'm thinking of changing the pots to 500k but which one?

I can't believe I'm doing this guys Up for sale is my mint condition 1960 RI Gibson Les Paul Special DC. First and foremost are pics (and I took a lot of them, this guitar deserves nothing less): from : localhost/photobucket.com/albums/v298/t...is/For Sale/ I purchased this new from Saul at Centre City Music in San Diego back in March of this year. It has been played sparingly at home (mostly kept in its case) and it hasn't been taken out of the house (definitely no gigs with it).

Sometimes at band rehersals I play through a Mesa F-50 Combo. When using the gain for the hard rock/heavy metal stuff, it cuts through with ease. However, when switching to the clean tone it seems as if my playing just disappears?!

I need a bridge pup for a Dk2. I want something alil different and alittle bit aggressive.
By different, I mean the C5 is my fav and I have that in a couple of axes.

going to pickup the 80's USA Schecter PT as soon as i'm done typing this!!!

Hey everyone,