Recent content by ReptilianNosewood

Normally would be my cry baby but as of last year the John Petrucci wah has taken over. The normal crybaby feels weird now having less than half of the sweep that the JP has.

My custom 24 moves a lot too, i live in an area near water where the humidity fluctuates drastically from day to night, and even moreso lately. I keep a feeler gague handy and evey so often i measure the relief and set it back at .010.

PRS and Strats. I had an olllld Les Paul i was in the middle of refinishing and i decided i didnt want it so i gave it to a friend. My next one may be a Skervesen, or an Ormsby. I need a high quality 7 and PRS does not make one for less than the price of a car.

Phillip Mcknight just had Paul on live and it was great as it always is when Paul is live. He said a few things about a PRS Strat, and spoke about his problem with single coil guitars is getting to signal to noise ratio right, so that the hum is not louder than the guitar itself. He did refer to...

If its just the scratchiness that bugs you, spray some contact cleaner in there, that usually does the trick.

Not many Strat lovers around here, but i say "Surf Green" Strat! I paticularly like this one because of the Noiseless Jeff Beck pickups. Hotter bridge that hits heavier rock really well, but still all those cool in between tones for the surf part. And the noiseless pickups are not a joke, these...

I also have the 58/15's and the 85/15's and i swear there seems like more of a difference then just covers. With the 58/15's into my Roadster on the Brit setting i get perfect Classic rock tones, the chorus riff from Ramble On sounds like a sledge hammer, but it doesn't quite hit a metal sound...

Loosen truss rod and lower saddles.

Could also be a preamp tube, my Mesa Boogie makes a static like noise when a preamp tube is bad.

The Recent SC245's with the 58/15's are already selling for cheap and have most of the 594 appointments minus the extra fraction of an inch scale length, neck shape and LT pickups. I personally prefer the regular 58/15's, the LT's lack punch for harder rock in my opinion especially that bridge...

Did the ebony rings and black hipshot knobs ala Mark Holcomb to complete the bumblebee look. This guy on reverb made me a matching truss cover and i swapped the HFS/Vintage Bass for 85/15's and Satin finished the neck. Wood rings make everything better!

When i realized that the 5th fret on the E string and the open A string were the same notes i lost my ****.

Love how the ebony rings looks with the black gold, it really makes the flame pop.

I mostly like 24 frets because visually it helps me to see two groups of 12 frets, for improvisation the 24 frets is much better for me.

I look for the balance between relief and saddle height to soften the string feel, i try to get the least possible sharp break angle off of my saddles. I have 10's on my Strats, Custom 24 and SC245 and they all feel similar even though they have different scale lengths.