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Are we in a Golden Era of guitar making?

Build quality, specification, affordability and choice? There has never been a better time to buy new?

if splitting a humbucker equals half the dc resistance, than parallel equals...?

I just wired my super distortion in parallel. (the coils) Here are the specs for the pickup in series: Patent:n/a I didn't

Looking for an Acoustic Guitar

Hey guys, it's been a while! I'm looking for a nice acoustic guitar. I've been borrowing my brother's Fender Acoustic for a few months and

Upper Fret Access

How important is it to you? I've got an RD Gibson I was playing for about, oh, 30 minutes, and I really like it,

Blower Switch for P-rails....?

Can anyone help me with a diagram to wire my new guitar with blower switch.. electronics are the standard wiring diagram in support (above) 2-prails, 1vol, 1

Blog: Nazgûl Humbucker: It's a Weapon of Tonal Armageddon.

Click . If you dare.

Humbuckers for Pink Floyd

Just an opinion question: which Seymour Duncan humbuckers (a set of two) are best suited for playing Pink Floyd stuff? Not their songs, necessarily,

Tele-guar guitar idea. Yay or nay?

Hello there strummer friends, I'm new on this forum :) Last night I was looking at some modded Telecaster porn, and I came up with a

Need Some Help With My '59n

So I just rewired my Blacktop HH Strat. I think I did everything right but my neck pickup is giving me problems. Long

Gluing fingerboard advice.

Ok guys i am about to glue down a fretboard on my 36 fretr projects and i was wondering if anyone has some tips or

Need some advice on pickups please... used to own Little 59

Hey everyone looking for some advice. I owned a mexi strat for years and from the advice of support at seymour duncan they suggested a little

Review/Pics of my Les Paul w/ NEW P'ups (Custom/PGn), Pots (Dual Coil Split), & Caps

I thought I'd try to further contribute to this forum by doing a review of my LP that I modded the electronics on last month.

Gibson SGJ purchased, recommend a versatile hard rocking bridge pickup

I'm stumped on what to get, I was even thinking of just swapping out the magnet or something (490t). I want a pickup that is

How would this look?

Part of me thinks it would look pretty cool, but definately would make the guitar look less classy and more rock n roll. A set

Does Made in America matter?

Do American made guitars hold more resale value than MIJ, MIM, MIK guitars? I got a new AE Dred, the Breedlove Atlas Stage Series D25/SRe Dreadnought.

The SH-4 JB is amazing!

I borrow a nickel covered duncan JB from my friend and put it in my PRS Custom 24. It's much better than the stock pickup.

"Satinizing" the neck of my Washburn Renegade HM24

I recently bought a Washburn Renegade HM24 used but in great condition. I couldn't pass up the price..... and it plays fantastic. I've been wanting

Attention Floyd and Khaler users

I found a string maker that makes strings specifically for Floyds with out the ball ends so you don't have to cut them off or

Full plain string set?

Hey guys. I'm looking for a set of strings that is something like 10-52 or 11-52, but ALL of the strings are unwound. I've found

Custom Shop Arrival (1)

I just called the CS this afternoon to check the status on my orders.. and spoke with Scott.. and he told me the bridge pickup

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