Huge setup and pickup pictoral
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hirah
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the tuner is a peterson strobostomp. the best tuner under $200 for doing intonation imo.
i bought the pafs on ebay for $70 for the pair i think.
from what i've played with them, they sound great. but i do like a bit more mids in my sound anyway.
i bought the pafs on ebay for $70 for the pair i think.
from what i've played with them, they sound great. but i do like a bit more mids in my sound anyway.
Mids stop you disappearing into the mix when playing with a band.
Cutting strings scares the crap out of me too....I had a band member that tuned WAAAY too high once....His string popped and I was standing too close. Long story short, I have a scare the runs from my lip to my nose and had to get some stitches on the inside and outside of my lip.....
starsnuffer
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Um, you don't even have to take the strings off to change pickups.
Just remove your trem springs (carefully, don't loose an eye) and then lift your floyd up and out. You'd have to remove your homeade trem stop too.
If you strings are broken in you'll barely have to return when you put your bridge back in.
You should never cut strings when they still have tension on them, it's bad for your (guitars) neck.
Great post on how not to do it though.
-W
Just remove your trem springs (carefully, don't loose an eye) and then lift your floyd up and out. You'd have to remove your homeade trem stop too.
If you strings are broken in you'll barely have to return when you put your bridge back in.
You should never cut strings when they still have tension on them, it's bad for your (guitars) neck.
Great post on how not to do it though.
-W
I think the point is he was changing the strings anyway. He did loosen the strings too, re-read the first post.
hirah
Contributor
i've been changing strings for longer than i care to remember.
so yes, i do relieve the tension on the strings BEFORE i cut them. there's still something about it that kinda scares me. i work in a machine shop and i've seen what type of injuries metal can inflict.
and yes, mids rule!
so yes, i do relieve the tension on the strings BEFORE i cut them. there's still something about it that kinda scares me. i work in a machine shop and i've seen what type of injuries metal can inflict.
and yes, mids rule!
that guy
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i lossen the strings to where there is no tension in them , just i dont like trying to wiggle that fxkin twisty part through the bridge ...and hey im a scaredy cat
that guy, i'm with you.
It's easy to take off the string braking them, but it's dangerous.
You can take it normal, without cuting them, your neck will love you!
Mids rule? what are you talking about...
It's easy to take off the string braking them, but it's dangerous.
You can take it normal, without cuting them, your neck will love you!
Mids rule? what are you talking about...
that guy
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mids are awsome dude unless you want to sound like early metalica (i e buzz saw)
that guy
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and when chuck norris does a push up , he doesnt push up off the world , he pushes the world down
hirah
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mids rule, means that i will be heard. depending on the amp i'm using, usually between 12 to 4 oclock.
recording is a different story, but live you need mids to cut through. i can't even start counting how many live bands that i HAVEN'T heard because they have absolutely no mids.
i'm liking the paf7s more and more.
recording is a different story, but live you need mids to cut through. i can't even start counting how many live bands that i HAVEN'T heard because they have absolutely no mids.
i'm liking the paf7s more and more.
I know that one.
read this one:
In the world aren't people without legs or people that can't walk, that people survive to a flying kick of Chuk Norris.
I have to put some mids, but they sound like shit.
Now with the new amp that i'm going to buy i'm going to try new things.
I want to sound like me
Mids in 0 are nice to me.
Now i'm trying to use some mids.
0 mids? Good luck when playing in a band
Ken
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Nice picstory. I don't turn away when I'm cutting the wound strings, but I do when I'm cutting the others. I've never had a string fly up and hit me in the head, but I'm not about to take any chances.
As for the install, I noticed that the pickups have the coils in the same position. Don't you have to turn the neck humbucker 180 degrees for polarity compatibility with the bridge pickup when combining the two?
As for the install, I noticed that the pickups have the coils in the same position. Don't you have to turn the neck humbucker 180 degrees for polarity compatibility with the bridge pickup when combining the two?
0 mids? Good luck when playing in a band
Emperoff i play on a band.
To play i use some mids, if not i "lost" the sound.
thats just what he was saying....without them you get lost in the mix
