Actually got it free of charge from a friend of mine who runs a furniture repair shop. It was my luck, cause the shops ask for insane amounts cash for rare woods, and they only sell them in large quantities.
First of all I wanted a natural finish, and since I love my Ibby, it was the perfect candidate. The practical idea behind this was, that a coating as thick the one that Ibanez applies would sort trap the natural vibration of the wood in a "box" so to speak. At first I was somewhat worried about...
I did the 9V parallel / 18V series mod to my Hellraiser C-7 a while back. Before that that I just had 18V. I used a mini toggle switch, drilled a hole for it just next to the bridge volume (so that the switch sits right above the knob where my hand usually doesn't touch it). This was just what I...
The first influence was years ago from a danish player Torben Enevoldsen. I first heard him playing on the tribute album for Jason Becker. I got interested and got his solo album and also his bands album Section A labelled "The Seventh Sign". His tone was a real inspiration.
A very good post. I used the excel sheet to calculate some different sets for my guitars with different tunings. Since my local shop doesn't have a ready supply of D'Addario singles, I opted for Ernie Balls. I calculated my sets from the perspective of progressive tension. Very good results...