Wiltonauer
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Attenuator. I played a Rocker 15 Terror like mine with one the other day, and it was unfuckingbelievable.
What is your next guitar/gear purchase gonna be?
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KnightBrolaire
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Might need new tubes for my Double Cross. Buying 6 6L6s is going to suck ass. Gonna end up paying more for tubes than I did for the damn amp 
Ah didnt know parts were changing plus the rebias, shows what i know
To be fair he was also working later than expected when I showed up.9
Yeah IIRC there's 3 resistors that are different on the 6550 amps.
You may just be able to get away with rebiasing but should really do the component swaps. If you want something in that direction without updating anything you could try some KT77s.
Attenuators became really good and much more affordable. I love my Torpedo Captor.
Jon Pearson
SS.org Regular
What does everybody here use to polish their guitars (if you are into that)? I ran out pf the stuff I've been using forever and can't find any for sale.
Wiltonauer
SS.org Regular
I have a bunch of different things I’ve bought to use, but I’m afraid to use them on anything that’s not cheap and poly-encapsulated. Now I have a Les Paul with a worn-in nitro finish, and I have no idea how to take care of it, let alone the case queen stuff. I think Dan Erlewine said we could breathe on them to clean them.
Jon Pearson
SS.org Regular
I saw PRS sells something for nitro - Trogly's on YouTube deals pretty much exclusively in high dollar Gibson stuff, I'm thinking about messaging him to ask what he uses for cleaning and polishing.
nedheftyfunk
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TheBolivianSniper
SS.org Regular
Just pulled the trigger on a very mistreated BC Rich mockingbird I found at the Nashville Guitar Center. I was asking about it when my buddies went to look at bullshit for fun since the switch was literally broken off and they said they couldn't go lower on it since it was already discounted due to insane overstock sitting for 3 years.
After a few other considerations I went back and asked what the discounted price was. It's an 1800 guitar new any more, and after I cleared some space with a (terribly valued) trade in, I went home with it just now for 500 even.
Just pulled the neck pickup since I won't use it and I don't feel like soldering a new switch in at the moment and I'll honestly just clean up the open cavity and set it up for B. It's not the best playing thing ever like some of my other guitars but I think with a good setup it'll really shine.
It feels like an extremely high quality guitar, just very abused, and it sounds ridiculous. I think any pickup that's not crazy tight wouldn't work in it but the fishman modern sounds immense in both voices. It holds tune perfectly even with ancient strings and is a rhythm player's dream.
Very happy to have a mockingbird again and I'm extremely tempted to go back to pick up the satin black one that was missing a string since this one turned out so well. It would be insane to have 2 great guitars that just needed some TLC for 1k.
Moongrum
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Bought some tortex picks. I usually use the green flow ones, but been thinking I need more give and a less pointy tip, so bought the regular ones in orange (.6) and yellow (.73), huge purchase, I know 
HeHasTheJazzHands
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Going back and forth between two pieces of gear that I've been saying I'm gonna buy but still haven't lol: Amp1 Iridium or PRS SE CE24 in sunburst.
Spaced Out Ace
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Within 2 weeks: both.
Jon Pearson
SS.org Regular
I think I'm going to buy another Les Paul or SG. After this Orville, I'm feeling a binge come on.
Sell the orville buy a 3k ish used custom shop and riff
Jon Pearson
SS.org Regular
Sell the orville buy a 3k ish used custom shop and riff
I really like the Orville though! It's a low-guilt guitar - it's already beaten up, but still plays great. Don't think I'm going to dump that one.
While we are talking about though - comparing an R0 to say, the current LPS '60s: how different are they really? I'm not such a huge Gibbo guy, I'm not sure what the quality difference is between the custom shop and the regular production.
There are some spec differences I would assume - long vs. short tenon, pickups, bridge(?)... not sure how far that goes
My R9 has worse bumps than my 96, just play em .
R0 is vintage spec with higher spec parts for everything. Much more likely to try 10 great ones vs 10 standards and 2 are great. Takes out the guesswork.
Used historics arent much more than new standards these days, depending on model and year of the CS. Grab an R7 and go!
.R0 is vintage spec with higher spec parts for everything. Much more likely to try 10 great ones vs 10 standards and 2 are great. Takes out the guesswork.
Used historics arent much more than new standards these days, depending on model and year of the CS. Grab an R7 and go!
HeHasTheJazzHands
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Well it's gonna be the PRS because I found another Crown XLS1000 for stupid dumb cheap lol. GC had one listed for $120 so I nabbed it... Even though I'm waiting for them to cancel it because that always fucking happens when I find a deal.
I had the H&K power amp but that ended up being a dud. Way heavier than described and it doesn't even work in mono properly.
But yeah the PRS may not happen either because I've also been looking into Ibanez SAs. And I also decided to nix the modded Strat idea because I have very specific needs for what I wanted to to, and I don't feel like having to put a shit ton of work into a Warmoth project.
