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    Which Eminence/WGS speaker my Ampeg VL-503 (muddy, ecessive bass and little treble)?

    So my Ampeg VL combo (which was not designed by Lee Jackson, btw) has 2x GE 6550's and a mix of Chinese and Tung Sol RI 12ax7's w/a Sovtek 12ax7LPS in the PI. I use it as a head into my 2x12 w/Eminence V128's. Clean is nice, if too quiet. Channel 2 is nice for 'soloing'. Channel 3 is mud...
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    A Dumb Question: Define 'Tremolo Picking'?

    I was looking through my old Emperor tab book and I noticed that when notating very (very) fast rhythms, Ihsahn never states that any of their riffs have Tremolo Picking (his tab book doesn't even refer to the term). Guitar World's transcription of Morbid Angel's Rapture had the entire...
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    BKP Black Hawk is a bit too thick for my guitar-needs routing?

    I'm loving the pickup (bridge) but when I try to back it away from the strings, the rear bobbin rides higher than the front bobbin and I'm unable to lower it before the adjustment screws start coming out of the pickguard. It's a versatile pickup, so I really want to be able to back it away from...
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    Griffin Effects Blender pedal mod-anyone ever tried it?

    I like my MXR Micro Flanger but it seems like analog flangers under $200 don't include a blender/mix/level control (like the MXR Analog Chorus has). I've got a VFE Enterprise Phaser with a mix knob; it makes it much more usable than the Phase 90. I haven't seen any mods for the Micro...
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    Using my amp's loop sounds like crap; Tube or tech problem?

    I've got an Ampeg VL503 (supposedly even Lee Jackson didn't want to put loops in the VL series). Whenever I turn on the Loop, the tone becomes much 'weaker'. If I press the 'bypass loop' button, the tone is much thicker and aggressive. This amp's loop a +4/-10 switch (no send/return knobs)...
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    Ebay- Engl Screamer 50w Head w/Z5 Footswitch

    50w and 4 channels of Screamer for sale: Engl Screamer Head E 335 Guitar Amp Head with Z5 Footswitch | eBay
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    NPD: VFE Enterprise Phaser-Nuclear Wessels

    When I got my Micro Flanger a few years back, I'd decided I'd put more effort into the search for a good Phaser than I had for the Flanger (the Micro's alright but it either makes you sound like drugs or it's off). I've been looking for a used Analog Phase pedal with a level/mix control knob...
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    Has anyone tried a BKP Black Hawk Alnico bridge?

    There's really not a lot of clips or vids out there aside from the guy that works for BKP demonstrating the difference between the Ceramic version and Alnico version and a few guys shredding on expensive amps. Anyone ever try one for heavy rhythm stuff? This would be for an RG2550 tuned to B...
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    Which speaker would mix with a Emi V128 to clear up a muddy amp?

    I own an Ampeg VL503 combo used as a head with 2 Eminence V128's. I think the Ampeg VL series was designed to be used with Vintage 30's (which I hate). The 3rd channel gets muddier as you turn the gain up. Yes, I do turn the Bass and Resonance down and crank the Presence to get rid of some...
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    Need low output neck HB for Ibanez RG2550

    I like low-output neck pickups paired with hellfire bridge pickups. It's one of the reasons I won't go back to actives. In my Ibanez Prestige RG, I have a custom-wound PAF made by Jon Baxter in the neck (traded a pedal for the set but only needed the neck HB) that I got a few years ago...
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    NAD: AMPEG VL503 - Help me retube this thing!

    I got this thing for 399 from GC. I'm pretty sure the original owner either never got rid of the original preamp tubes or retubed it with tubes from the Thrift Store. I can't really tell, because the chassis has to be removed to even look at the guts. I've heard that a high gain 12ax7 in...
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    Which speakers for my XXX 212 combo?

    I've had this peavey xxx combo since 2005 and I've been planning on selling it since blah blah, etc. I had it set up with new JJE34L's (actually the tech did that accidentally without changing the screen grids and yes, without a screen grid change E34L's will knock a XXX the fuck out) so that I...
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    Are there any 7's that have a 2" (50.4mm) nut?

    I have a hard time with guitars that have 1 5/8" nut width, and while I haven't tried every 7 string out there, the ones I've tried seem to have the same distance between strings that 1 5/8" nut guitars have. I noticed that Warmoth offers a 2" locking nut, but does anyone (other than Warmoth...


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