Here's a quick way to drain the caps on a Fender and most other guitar amps for that matter. 1. unplug amp from wall. B. make sure the amp's standby switch is in the standby position (not the play position) III. Hook a jumper cable (you know, a wire with alligator clip ends) between pin 1 of any pre...

On the surface, the Nova is very easy. Then it has a lot of deeper features which can be used or ignored. I'd never want to have to change presets during a song. I really like the level setting ability. It's a great way to get the best S/N ratio. The bypass sounds really nice, too; a good buffer. Ch...

My friend/dual bandmate/practice space room-mate just got one of the non-cut-away kingpins a few weeks ago. He uses it with my Silverface Champ. It is an astounding tone, and very comfy guitar.

Ben

My Cure-loving-ass enjoys that guitar greatly!

Ben

Found this on flickr the other day.

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Ben

mage wrote:http://eminence.com/pdf/tone_guide.pdf

BOOM! thank you mage!

A friend of mine loves those speakers. Personally, I think Eminence has way too little description about their speakers for as many models as they now have. Is there a place to go, other than their website, which gives a good rundown? Ben well, they have descriptions, recommended uses and demos for...

Jerks. They all know what we want... naming names!!!

A friend of mine loves those speakers.

Personally, I think Eminence has way too little description about their speakers for as many models as they now have. Is there a place to go, other than their website, which gives a good rundown?

Ben

I keep forgetting, I have one of these in the garage. It needs a new power transformer, and a few odd tubes. Plus it's been thrashed over the years. Still, I just need to get it put together!

Ben

do you find your reverb control is difficult to dial it just a tiny bit of reverb? my tweed tends to go from 0 to around 2/3 (sound wise). so 1 would sound the same as 2 is does that make sense? For some reason, on the older fender amps, the reverb pots were linear taper. That means that the reverb...

taylornutt wrote:

Witch Hat knobs rule! Choosing knobs for a guitar is sometimes the most difficult aesthetic choice.

Ben

I had the original version for a bit. Wasn't a fan. It was noisy unless it had a separate power supply. It had a level drop on the more extreme settings. But I'm pretty much spoiled by my old Fender with a circuit that I've tweaked to my liking. Still, if you're not going to switch it on and off muc...

I have had great luck with their kits. I use their boards for my pedals. Sometimes I have to cut a trace to change the circuit, but that's just my own personal touch

In general, they go together well, and I've never had one fail on me that wasn't due to my own stupidity.

Ben

My Fender always sounds a little weird with zero reverb (when playing non-heavy music).

OTOH, I've heard a "big rock amp" that had an internal reverb that sounded good.

Ben

BacchusPaul wrote:That's a lovely Jag. What year?

Whoops!

I think it's about 1993. I got it in 1995, and the previous owner had it a couple years, I think.

Ben

LRCs old FrankenSonic . Not too sure on all the parts but i know the neck is a 65 Mustang neck, it has been refinished in 'Turbo Orange' like its Mustang sister model that i also own. Plays great and sounds good too. Is that a mint guard? One of the things I love about mint is that it never looks l...

The Big Black guitar is from a guitar shop in Evanston that built and sold parts guitars. It's just a stripped down, double cut tele style. Nothing special or magical. The Electrical (EGC) is now his backup guitar in Shellac. His main Bean 500 seems to have been rebuilt or tuned up by Kevin at EGC; ...

Here is my jag, with a pickup swap I did about 2.5 years ago. "original" http://farm1.static.flickr.com/230/495570643_ea04169a9e_b.jpg apart http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/495535944_6cfd1bd69a_b.jpg together again, with cyclone pickups http://farm1.static.flickr.com/195/495535732_67078...