alantig
Zombie Four, DFZ
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I'm on vacation this week, so I'm tackling some music-related tasks as part of it.
First up, I bought an EVH Frankenstein pickup to go into my EVH black and yellow stripe guitar. The guitar comes stock with an EVH Wolfgang, which is supposed to be more like Eddie's current tone. I'm not really chasing Eddie's tone, but I wanted something with a bit more bite for this guitar, and the Frank is supposed to be more like Eddie's earlier sound. I wasn't sure what to do, but I talked to Raven17 about it, and he vouched for the Frank, so I went for it.
Long story short - it's not a drop-in. The Frank is rectangular, the Wolfie has rounded corners. The Wolfie had holes drilled for the screws to mount it to the body, the Frank didn't. So prepping the pickup added about an hour to the project, but it worked first time. I changed strings at the same time, first time on a Floyd-equipped guitar, so that was a learning experience. I can see why people don't like doing that on with a Floyd (locking tuners are way easier), but it wasn't horrible. I changed string gauge, so I had to adjust the trem and the D-Tuna for the new gauge, but once I got it set up, the new pickup is BANGIN' (to quote a certain Senior DeBlanc).
That was yesterday. Today was a much delayed update on my recording computer. I needed to update the OS (OS X 10.7 to Yosemite). I'd been avoiding it because I saw that my version of ProTools wouldn't run on Yosemite, and neither would the organ plug-in that I love. Plus, being an IT guy, I'm always nervous about OS upgrades. So I closed my eyes, turned my head and hit install. And...
It installed w/no issues at all. Not exactly unexpected, but I'd hoped it would be smooth. What I didn't expect was that just about everything I'd read about my software was wrong - ProTools ran just fine. The organ plug in ran just fine. I didn't have to reinstall anything. It worked unbelievably well. So yay!
The only real project left is to rewire my Jackson Rhoads - I want to go from 1V 2T to 2V 1T, like a DGT. But the week is already a success.
First up, I bought an EVH Frankenstein pickup to go into my EVH black and yellow stripe guitar. The guitar comes stock with an EVH Wolfgang, which is supposed to be more like Eddie's current tone. I'm not really chasing Eddie's tone, but I wanted something with a bit more bite for this guitar, and the Frank is supposed to be more like Eddie's earlier sound. I wasn't sure what to do, but I talked to Raven17 about it, and he vouched for the Frank, so I went for it.
Long story short - it's not a drop-in. The Frank is rectangular, the Wolfie has rounded corners. The Wolfie had holes drilled for the screws to mount it to the body, the Frank didn't. So prepping the pickup added about an hour to the project, but it worked first time. I changed strings at the same time, first time on a Floyd-equipped guitar, so that was a learning experience. I can see why people don't like doing that on with a Floyd (locking tuners are way easier), but it wasn't horrible. I changed string gauge, so I had to adjust the trem and the D-Tuna for the new gauge, but once I got it set up, the new pickup is BANGIN' (to quote a certain Senior DeBlanc).
That was yesterday. Today was a much delayed update on my recording computer. I needed to update the OS (OS X 10.7 to Yosemite). I'd been avoiding it because I saw that my version of ProTools wouldn't run on Yosemite, and neither would the organ plug-in that I love. Plus, being an IT guy, I'm always nervous about OS upgrades. So I closed my eyes, turned my head and hit install. And...
It installed w/no issues at all. Not exactly unexpected, but I'd hoped it would be smooth. What I didn't expect was that just about everything I'd read about my software was wrong - ProTools ran just fine. The organ plug in ran just fine. I didn't have to reinstall anything. It worked unbelievably well. So yay!
The only real project left is to rewire my Jackson Rhoads - I want to go from 1V 2T to 2V 1T, like a DGT. But the week is already a success.
