Recent content by jvin248

. When someone has a guitar with bad tone, what do they do? Often swap pickups and the control electronics. So that just might mean that woods don't matter for tones. Get the wood you like the looks off in the finishes you like. However, the Amazon is burning, as are all the other rain...

. Here's the trick I have been posting for a couple of years on a few other forums: If your guitar does not sound the way you want then go in this order, testing at each adjustment, maybe even over a couple of days as your ears get fatigued if all in one go... 1-adjust pickup heights and screw...

. Measure kohms between your two guitars. Measure pickup heights between them. Adjust the SE pickup higher/closer to the strings to see if that helps. Sometimes an 1/8th inch can make a big change. I often swap pots and caps before swapping pickups for tone, as they can push a pickup around a...

. That's a factory pinstripe job. I've seen those before. The ad even references a sales catalog. Tuners are a nightmare, but easily replaced. Bridge is not a Floyd. Most likely stock. I guess the guitar seller is the son or grandson of the original owner, and not a gear head, so their...

. All maple neck and fretboard. Local US/Canadian body wood, alder/ash/pine/fir. Standard 10in radius Stainless steel frets Hard tail There are kids threatening to walk out of schools today in protest to save the environment. Guitarists don't need exotic slow growing imported rain forest...

. I heard that the SE EG Hard Tail version is the preferred one as there can be some intonation issues on the trem ones -- might be string gage restrictions on length of saddle adjustments. I had a Strat-Like-Object that was that way -- 9s worked fine but 10s could not intonate the low E...

. Maybe these notes will help you guys on this quest: -You can tell a tone difference in magnet type if you set your pickups at a fixed distance from the strings, such as the classic 'two nickels gap', if you set pickup height by ear then a weak magnet will put the pickup closer to the strings...

. Guitar picks share the fates of ink pens and socks ... they are there and then they disappear. You've probably only ever used up all the ink in an ink pen once or twice in your life. You probably only ever wore out one pick. .

. Get the Vela new and find a used SE. The Pauls SE won't be on the used market for a while, I'm talking general SE guitars. .

. Check the hardness of both materials. I have found strings seem to dig in the graphite impregnated plastic nuts. You also have to be good or find a good tech to swap and correctly cut the nut slots for the strings or you are worse off than you started. First question I ask is did you...

Always the best path is to disconnect the original wiring harness and parts in as complete sections as possible and save to the side, then do all the mods with new parts. That way if you ever want to go back you have the original to drop in -- you might miss the original tones or want to sell...

. I'm sure the reason is PRS stopped giving out free guitars to those players. Focusing their marketing attention and spend on Strat copy artists and LP copy artists. Opening up those genres to receive guitars from alternative brands. Back in the 70s, KISS received free guitars from Gibson to...

. Floor stands are disasters waiting to happen, they get kicked over, banged into, and a hundred other catastrophes. A wall hanger is much safer. However, make sure any wall hanger is anchored into a wall stud. Cheap hanger is go to the hardware store and find those vinyl coated garage rake...

. At the end of the day ... I have no desire to own or play on tube amps due to their fragility and maintenance demands (tube replacements and every decade cap replacements due to the higher voltages required by the tubes). Even the majority of players feed their amps a raft-full of pedals...

. OP .. I think you need to start with buying a couple of ebay/Reverb SE models and putting them in shops on consignment or CL in your market. When those sell try a few more and/or S2 and so on. You'll be the local dealer... ,