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    Why I'm selling my pedalboard

    Here's a fun little post for you, After a short deliberation, I decided to sell my pedalboard. Consisting of a boss trifecta (RV, DD and MD 500), bogner burnley, HM-2 clone, fuzz, muff, RAT, strobe tuner, and some other tidbits. CIOKS power supply and a pedaltrain Novo18. It was a great board...
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    Anyone have experience with "Victor" amps? (not Victory!)

    So I have this wonderful setup at home with a Mesa studio preamp, a fifty/fifty (set to the low 15W) power amp, and a 212 cab. It's way too loud for home use, and I was looking into attenuation or low power power amps... That's when I found the site of Victor amps: https://victor-custom.com...
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    Looking for a scan of an old Guitar World issue (July 1983)

    Does anyone have the July 1983 issue of Guitar World (The Steve Morse issue) and is willing to high res scan the "Steve Morse" stuff in there? I'm looking to build a replica of his Frankentele as a challenge and I've been told that this issue has all the info I would ever need about that thing.
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    Mesa Boogie Triaxis vs Studio Pre, what's going on?!

    Hi all, Every now and then I like to look my gear up online to keep tabs on what things are worth. In case I need to replace them, sell them, or adjust insurance or something. And I noticed a very strange trend: A Mesa Boogie Studio preamp is now more valuable than a triaxis. It used to be (a...
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    NBD and "My first bass book" ?

    I've been playing guitar for years, six strings, seven strings, drop turnings. I'm not great, but I know my way around. Now, I've had a unique chance to own a bass. A Bo-EL "Big Generator". 35 inch scale length monster. Solid Pancake Body, 1mm Rosewood between two parts Selected Mahogany and a...
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    WTB: Buffalo FX Power Booster

    Hi all, After buffalo FX went belly up some time ago, these pedals are getting a bit hard to find. I currently already own one buffalo power booster, but I am looking for a second one to gift to a dear friend. They came in black and orange, and in the tallbox version and the flatter wider one...
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    Yet another "suggest me a pickup-set" topic

    As of tomorrow, I will be the owner of a 22 fret, 24.75 inch scale length (!) 7 string. Mahogany body with a nice carved top, glued in neck, rosewood fretboard, three knobs, fixed tailpiece. It's a custom model from the brand 'Shine'. Very unknown and therefore no "premium" price tag. But it can...
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    The JPM switching, with a blade switch?

    Hi all, To upgrade my RG7620 I'm planning on dropping in a CL/LF set and more or less convert it into a 7-string JPM. Just to see what it's all about. The JPM models perform the following trick: position 1: Neck pickup, coils in series position 2: Inner coils of both pickups, coils in parallel...
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    Midi switching an old amp?

    A lot of the older amps have foot switches included to swap between channels. This means a dedicated foot switch on the pedal board you have to stomp on to go to the other channel. Now, I was wondering, who makes a Midi switch I can stick under my pedal board to have a midi signal trigger such...
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    Looking for a good swirler in the EU

    A long long time ago, there was a swirler not too far away, in the UK who did awesome swirlings on guitars (Alan from "out of this swirled"). He stopped due to heath reasons somewhere around 2013 though, sniffing paint apparently isn't a good thing. Now, even though I'm not that bad at googling...
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    Recapping a Mesa Studio pre?

    Hi all, Let's assume that the image below is my amp. (It's an image from online, mine is identical as far as I can tell) If I want to recap my (never been touched/modded) Studio Pre. Which caps do I replace? The big blue things up top and the black/silver ones below, or also all the orange...
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    Stratocaster bridges and saddles, what's the difference in tone.

    Hi all, For a custom project I'm planning on building up a stratocaster-style guitar with a neck-true (birdseye maple neck and fretboard, rear routing) and looking at a Gotoh 510 bridge to put in there. (See also https://g-gotoh.com/productList/tremolo-510-series/?lang=en) Now, they make these...
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    Suggestions for amplification of a pedalboard

    Hi all, My current setup needs a change. As it stands, I get most of my sound out of my pedal board, sending that into an E530 pre and mesa fifty fifty power stage. into a vertical 212 cab ... However, this is damn unpractical as I don't want to lug all that around. I'm looking for "the"...
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    Your boss 500 trifecta pics please? (pedalboard recommendations)

    Hi all, With the recent arrival of an MD-500 to accompany my DD-500, and an RV-500 bound to show up within a few weeks, I need to upgrade from my Novo 18 pedaltrain. The 'end game' is to have these three pedals on board, as well as an ES-5 or ES-8, as well as a small assortment of dirt pedals...
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    Keep the Engl, or get the Mesa?

    Hi all, For a while now my rack setup (yay eighties & nineties!) has been an Engl E530 and a mesa fifty/fifty... and an Alesis quadraverb in between but let's ignore that for now. I'm considering getting rid of the Engl, and getting a Mesa Studio pre to get closer to the Mesa sound of for...
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    The picking path.. straight line or arching down the strings?

    Hi all, Recently my teacher noticed something in my playing technique that differs wildly from his, and I'd like to discuss it here to gain some more insights. The difference: When I play a scale from 6th to 1st string (so from low E to high e) and muting all the strings with my palm, I start...
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    A MIDI use-case for an Engl E530

    Hi all, After my G Major crapped out, I'm left with no way to switch my pre-amp. As I want to stay away from the G Major I was wondering if there is an alternative to switching channels and gain on the E530. Normally, to switch, I have two jacks in the back of the amp that I can trigger to...
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    Guthrie Govan - Creative 2 audio files?

    Hi all, I have a “my dog ate my homework” problem. The CD that came with my copy of creative guitar 2 from Guthrie Govan is damaged beyond use due to it falling in the wrong hands, and I need the audio. Does anyone here have the CD they can rip to MP3? In the mean time I’m left wondering how...
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    Resources specific for sevenstring guitars

    Hi all, After working through part of the Stetina series, enjoying Rock Discipline (yes enjoy, I have a masochistic streak..) and some other books I was wondering if there is anything specific written for 7 string rock/metal guitar? I prefer learning from a book, where my teacher can't help...
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    Identifying a Seymour Duncan pickup

    Hi all, When rummaging through my old stuff, I came across a SD pickup that I pulled from a guitar about 5 years ago. It's a seymour duncan, with 16.09kOhm resistance. Black bobbins with the Seymour Duncan logo on it. There is a gray wire comming from the pickups, a blue and white core...


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