I spoke to Hutchins about this last year after picking one up from a friend. Apparently they made 6 prototypes of that model in a chinese factory. I expect that Alden somehow acquired the rights to make and market it. Its a fairly nice cheap guitar and looks good on stage, but is prone to...
Severe zombie necro bump! I recently got a mode four 2nd hand and played it through the 280 cab, which was ok, but through the 400 watt cab, it just came to life. Those K100 drivers are without a doubt amazing drivers and I have yet to hear any cab that comes close to sounding like the 400...
Im a bit late to the party, but do check out the Guitarheads Actives. $44 each - EMG81 like output. Not sure about the single coils... For metal, they are a pretty decent investment. I have 2 guitars loaded with them as my stage guitars and they drive an amp or a preamp much better than a...
Bugera include Biasing info in their manuals. As I understand it, if the tubes and the treadplate are glowing bright red, its got too much juice running through it!. Im pretty sure that the 333 has a point on the back of the amp where you can plug in a volt meter, and the manual has...
I guess Im lucky. I came to this realization about 10 years ago. Ive used a Boss GX-700 as a preamp and effects unit for about 13 years now. I got it with an FC200 foot controller thrown in a bundle. For a 1U rack unit, it has more effects than I will ever use. I can plug it into any amp...
Someone may have posted this before, but I thought this is as good as place as any to post this so apologies if this is a duplicate post... Ibanez 7321 Black 7 String, No trem or locking nuts and a Gator hard case were stolen from the Old Bell Venue in Derby, UK on Sunday 27th February 2011...
Its not difficult if you have the correct tools and the knowledge to do it correctly. The main differences will be the string spacing, intonation and neck angle. A fixed TOM bridge has different string spacing to the F-spaced floyd rose. you can measure this of course, but it may mean your...
Brief & Accurate Description of gear/guitar: BC Rich Gunslinger, built and painted to resemble the Tony Macalpine guitar of the early 1990's period by Doug Campbell of Blackmachine fame. This was a custom build using a BC Rich Gunslinger Maple neck with a Maple fretboard. The body is a one off...
I use a free version of TurboCAD that came out years ago if you just want 2d drawings, its perfect! its the learning edition if that helps look for it (google is your friend)
UKGB is a great site with lots of helpful people on it. Simo (the guy who owns the site) sells wood and has some tulipwood blanks on there at the moment. You could also try David Dyke (David Dyke) and Touchstone Tonewoods (Touchstone Tonewoods) for almost anything. David Dyke is pretty much...
there is a freebie copy of Turbo cad on the web somewhere. Its called the LEARNING edition and its fully functional CAD software allows you to scale stuff to the correct lengths easily. Not only that, but drawing odd shapes is easy and the learning curve is fairly simple! search for that one...
Ive seen Jigsaws used to shape bodies. Just dont skimp on the blades. More TPI (Teeth Per Inch) = finer cut. Let the blade do the work and take your time, then you should be fine
Sorry... let me get this straight... the mahogany is 1" 15/16ths thick but only 8 inches across? that doesnt seem wide enough for a body. I assume you actually mean to split the boards in half so that they are roughly 1 inch thick, then glue them to the walnut and use them as 2 halves of a...
...because the pole piece spacing matches the string spacing for the bridge. This is an option when buying pickups, either 50mm (gibson standard) or 53mm (Fender standard or "f spaced") poles.