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What is the best way of reducing single-coil hum other than getting hum-cancelling pickups?
Shielding the guitar.
Shielding and star grounding will help a lot...check out www.guitarnuts.com.

Ok I'm in a bit of a pickle here.
Some guy i know is offering me a very slightly used Pearly Gates bridge pickup for a rediculiously low price. But the problem is I've had my eye on a Alnico 2 Pro.
The APH-1 has exaclty everything i want in a bridge bucker. I like some of the aspects of the PGb but from what I hear it lacks much bass and sounds thin. Now i want a nice smooth thick tone that the APH delivers, but the offer is hard to refuse.

Everyone's got their favorite, and I have mine. Old, British, and really LOUD. And pretty darn small, too. The name plate may not begin with an quot;Mquot;, but anyone who don't like this little monster just hasn't played through one.
'82 or '83 Hiwatt SA112OL, 50 watt. More gain than the typical Hiwatt and one of the last made in Britain. JJ EL34L power tubes, (4) Mullard 12AX7 preamp tubes. Eminence Delta Pro 12quot; speaker just POURS out the tone !!!
HiWatt's rock!

It looks like I'm probably going to get an epiphone les paul custom lefty. Most people are telling me I probably won't like the stock pickups that much. By doing my research on the SD site, I've pretty much narrowed down my choice of pickups as some combination of a JB, Invader, Custom, or Custom Cumsom. I play hard rock. Everything from meat and potatoes power chord stuff to atmospheric, long sustain stuff. I need something versatile... any recommendations?
my BIG question is -- what makes a good neck pickup as opposed to a bridge one? I'm reading some things that say quot;this is best in the bridge position...quot; What determines what's goood for what?

Is there a way to tell how old a used Boss pedal i bought is... It was made within the last 6-7 years or so but is there a date code?
Also when buying used Boss Pedals i have been noticing that the pedals from the last 10 years start to rust at the back cover screws..... It is like there is some sort of metal differences rusting together back there.... Does anyone know why the screws seem to rust so baddly on some...
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So I picked this little beauty up at the music store last week on Tuesday before a gig on Wednesday, and MAN is it a great little pedal. I guess it's more of a noise GATE than general reduction, but either way it works really well, which is probably nothing you guys haven't heard before.
I'm surprised how much one knob (threshold) can really do, since I haven't bothered with the decay knob yet... What I wanted in a noise suppressor was that silence in between chords or individual notes.... or complete silence and then.... WHAM loud noise out of nowhere, that real Cowboys From Hell and Domination punch. That's exactly what I got, and boy does it cut out my Randall's noise in general, I can't wait to try it with the EQ that should get here any day now!
Pointless post? Sure. Just felt like venting about my birthday gift

Hey folks.. I'm wanting to chage out the pickup in my coming soon Ibanez.. I'm looking for a Duncan Distortion F Spaced in Black. I'd also consider a Dimarzio Distortion in black F spaced or Tone Zone or Air Zone.. or Fred or ?
The only other Duncan I really think I'd try would be the invader! PM me with what you have and how much you want to send here to Indiana.. Please include shipping charge! I'll get back with you within a day or two at the most.. probably within the same day..
I'm most interested in the Duncan Distortion, but would also be interested in the Tone Zone, or better yet the Air Zone.. Black, Red, Green, Yellow, doesn't matter as long as it's not pink! hehehehehe..

I've been looking at some double-neck guitars and was wondering if anone here has one or has played one and how you liked it. It seems like it would be cool to be ale to switch between a twelve and six string without changing guitars. I also wont a guitar thats very eye catching. I've mostly been looking at the epiphone and agile 12/6's the gibson is alittle out of my budget.
I had a 1275 years ago, yes they are and look cool, but:
It's not a guitar you would want to play all night, VERY HEAVY;very much a beast to handle.-
It seems it takes a long time to tune all 18 strings, and you are worn out by the time you finish!-

I am about to replace the tubes in my Mesa Rect-O-Verb, and am wondering what I should get brandwise, etc? I have never bought tubes before because the ones I got with the amp when I bought it used have lasted me til now. Any ideas? Also, does anyone have an estimation of how much it will cost me to get a brand new set of tubes? Anyone who owns a Mesa Single Rectifier please chime in. Thanks.
Also, how easy is it to install them? I'm wondering if I could do it myself and save some cash or if I should hire someone to do it for me.
Check out Groove Tubes on the web. Lots of good info there.

While I was in Vegas, I went to Guitar Center and played a Fender Standard MIM Tele and I LOVED it! The feel was right, and the tone was oh soo...Beatles-esque! It was a pleasure to play, as far as my vintage guitar playing fetishes were concerned Now here's the twist: I also played the USA stuff like the Butterscotch RI and didn't think anything of it. They just didn't feel right or sound right to me. They weren't duds either, I just didn't have a firm liking for those MIA Teles, I guess In any case, this was quite strange to me because this is probably the first time I've preferred the lower-end model of a single guitar brand to the higher-end model I also loved the Daisy Rock guitars. Felt really smooth in my nimble fingers, with an economic fit to the body. Really dug them, the tone was right, the feel was superb, and the look...well, you'd have to win a coupla guitar battles to be safe playing that in public! Hahaha, but I plan to do something of the like, should I decide to get one.The last thing I played was a Crate V-Series. I was completely blown away. These amps have a very pleasing clean channel, and an even MORE pleasing gain structure. The tone reminded me of a lot of '70s rock, and occasionally The Beatles when the gain was rolled down. Fairly Marshall-esque, I'd say, but overall just very sweet and natural. I would get my hands on these amps if I could, their tone really justifies all the hype.Oh you poor sap with those Daist Rock guitars haha I kid I kid, and I played one of those Crate V series at the Gibson Factory in Nashville for literally a whole week all day everyday while the women shopped. Sounded amazing and I actually didn't know it was a Crate till months after and I was blown away.
I've never been to GC in Vegas, but I could LIVE at Ed Roman's World's Largest Guitar Store! It truly is the best guitar store I've ever walked into! Despite what people say about him on the net, his store is really something.
SNOBS! I tell you. I keep telling you guys how good those amps are but do you listen? NO!