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The Pickup Place / Your holiday wish list

« on: December 23, 2019, 11:50:37 PM »

The wife is asking what I want for Christmas this year but I've been so out of touch with gear that I don't know what's what anymore.

What's on everyone elses wishlist? I could use some inspiration!

Merry Christmas everyone!

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The Pickup Place / Re: D Act.-X mod...

« on: December 23, 2019, 11:47:39 PM »

Awesome!! Do you have before and after sound samples of all your mods?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Transition Bridge Mod...

« on: December 23, 2019, 11:45:59 PM »

Thanks for the info! I'll have to try that with one of the pickups I have.

Where did you get the the magnet from?

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Gear Closet / Re: FU-Tone PMS...

« on: December 23, 2019, 11:44:06 PM »

Thanks for the review man. Do you think something like a Fat Finger would help more?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Virtual Solo with stock Pickups

« on: July 04, 2018, 03:09:27 PM »

If I were you, I'd go with the Gravity Storm and HB2 in your HSS and something else in your SSS maybe something a bit more classic rockish or even something inbetween like the Injectors to add some more diversity into your arsenal of guitars.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Music Man Steve Morse Y2d Floyd: bridge pickup search

« on: July 04, 2018, 03:03:43 PM »

I never knew the Steve Morse Y2D came with 250k pots. I don't know how well the 250k pots are going to work with most humbuckers.

Why not swap out the tone pot for a second volume pot and wiring it like a Les Paul sans tone pots?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Dimarzio Fusion Edge

« on: July 04, 2018, 03:01:40 PM »

The Titan Bridge is pretty awesome. I would recommend it.

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The Pickup Place / Re: AT-1 bridge and ....?

« on: June 17, 2018, 03:34:40 PM »

My vote goes to the bluesbucker.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Pickups that have left you less than impressed?

« on: June 17, 2018, 03:32:23 PM »

I know I might be saying something that's sacrilegious cause I love Vai and his tone but I just could never get into the Evolutions. Actually bought an evo bridge not too long ago for the second time thinking I'd give it another shot, but nope. Still too shrill. Maybe it's because I don't have Vai's magic fingers.

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News & New Guys / Re: New girl in town.

« on: June 17, 2018, 03:26:45 PM »

Welcome!

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The Pickup Place / Re: Another topic on dimarzio custom wound evh axis b1 and n1 pickups ...

« on: October 24, 2013, 09:51:47 AM »

Damn someone had a set of the DiMarzio EBMM Axis pickups for sale and I missed it??!! FML!

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Guitar Lounge / Re: Stratocaster tuning secret

« on: March 30, 2013, 09:30:30 PM »

1) When the Floyd was invented, graphtech and locking tuners did not exist, it was *THE ONLY* way to stay in tune.  Period. 

2) Now that graphtech and locking tuners do exist, a floyd isn't really necessary, and I don't miss it on guitars where I don't have one, at least not for tuning reasons.

3) A Floyd with a big brass block not only does not suck tone, it often exceeds the tone of a vintage bridge.  Also, the existance of graphtech and locking tuners make the nut clamp un-necessary unless you are doing stuff that would actually pull your strings out of the slots, and honestly, a Floyd with brass block is one of the best sounding trems available when using a graphtech nut and locking tuners, I greatly prefer it to Wilkinson, etc. 

4) The "tone sucking" and other issues commonly attributed to Floyds are not floyd related at all.  If you float a trem vs. locking it to the wood, you lose some tone.  That is true of any trem.  So if you go from a locked down 6 screw (which you locked down because it wouldnt stay in tune anyway) to a floating Floyd, you notice a tonal difference.  Duh.  I also hear this old chestnut all the time:  "well when you break a string the floyd goes out of tune" well no shit, when you break a string on any floating trem it goes out of tune, that has nothing to do with a FLoyd.  I use 13-62 or 14-66 strings at standard EADGBE pitch, and even my stop tails go out of tune when I break a string due to the change in neck tension. 

I work on guitars as part of my living, I can get damn near any trem system worth a crap to stay in tune exceedingly well with proper setup, graphtech nut, and locking tuners (excluding the Stetsbar, which still has too much internal friction).  You *DO NOT* need any "lube", "nut sauce", etc for that to be true, and if you are using that stuff, you aren't doing the wood any favors and you're making a mess to cover up a problem somewhere else, probably a sharp edge on the bridge or saddle or an improperly cut nut. 

The brass block upgrade on the floyd has been the best upgrade I've ever done on my guitars. I gotta thank Budd for recommending it to me a few years ago. Now it's the first thing I do when I get a new guitar with a floyd.

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News & New Guys / Re: Pickup Wire Color Codes

« on: November 07, 2007, 10:06:03 PM »

Sweet!!! Thanks for putting up the page!

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News & New Guys / Re: Disclaimer & Forum R&R's (Rules and Regulations)

« on: July 08, 2007, 05:56:35 PM »

Now for the rules and regulations

1. Be courteous to other forum members, so avoid excessive profanity, vulgarity and all that other stuff you wouldn't want someone under age to see/hear/experience.
2. Have fun
3. Refer to rules #1 and #2.

There are no more rules 

I love rule #3!!