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You can get an acoustic pickup for $50, so that'll save you the trouble of trying to convert the acoustic. If your friend's guitar has single coil holes, you can get small humbuckers that will fit the holes fine.

I hate luthiers who rip you off. $600 list for a guitar at a local music shop, and I checked the MSRP, and it's $330! $270 profit on top of what the company already assumed they would like to make!

What kind of guitar is it?

Thanks for the help. I got it in tune, tightened up the locks, and as soon as I used the trem bar, it was out of tune again. Apparently the guys at the shop had been using it as a practice guitar, and they replaced the locking nuts, but with the wrong size! I've gotta get them to replace it or something, I don't have another $30 to drop on a nut assembly. Oh well, I still think I got a pretty good deal on the guitar, it's really my dream, I couldn't really ask for anything better. (Ok, well I could. But this has all the features I want now, so it doesn't matter)

Whenever I tune my Washburn Maverick, it's a pain, because the floating licensed Floyd trem moves whenever you tune one string, so it's like solving a rubics cube trying to get them all tuned. Isn't there some kind of locking system or something you can buy to hold it in place while you tune?

Rock is an extremely wide spectrum. Humbuckers would be best if you're going for metal or hard rock sound (but it all depends on position, position, position). Of course, punk and tons of other kinds use single coils as well. If I recall, I believe the guitarist in blink-182 uses 3 single coils. Just try out as many different configurations as you can, then you'll know.

I've heard tube amps are generally better for metal. Is this true? Also, what model do you think I could afford? From what I can see they don't sell online. And I don't have any guitar shops around here.

Update: Just calculated my income/expenses again It appears that if I really pench my pennies, I'll be able to have $330 for an amp, or if I wait 2 more weeks (which I might if it gets me a much better amp) $400 What are some good amps in this price range? Or at least what can I expect from the average amp for this amount?

Yeah, I'm definitely not going for a top of the line or anything. There's not much I can afford as a student, so around $200 is probably as good as I can go. I just want something decent that will be able to get me through college, and if I'm still playing by then I'll get a really good one. Oh, and by the way. Anyone have some links to the products you were talking about?

I've been playing my dad's acoustic for a while, while saving up for an electric. I finally got the electric (a very nice one. I can't remember the brand right now but it's a $600 humbucker-single coil-humbucker with licensed floyd rose trem and grover locking tuners that I got for $300 because no one bought it after a few months), but I still need to get an amp. I'm willing to spend up to around $200 for a good one, maybe even a little more if it's worth it. I want an amp that has distortion that works well for metal type music, has a headphone jack, and maybe a few programmed in effects but that's not a must have. Also, I'd like something that can get decently loud (from what I can determine, probably somewhere between 15 and 30 watts). Does anyone have any recommendations on what I should look at? Is there any one definitive amp in your opinion that just blows all away for the price range?

I know this is kind of late in the game but does anyone at least have a basic carrieburst faq?

You could do like some people do, and slide the pickup around underneath the string until you find the tone that you like.

Thanks guys. Now I've gotta get to work figuring out the paint job

So I won't need any extra hardware? (just making sure. If I can find the part or not determines if I'll just get a new body altogether.)

Snork said exactly what I was gonna say. Get the led's, and mount them around the outside of the plexi. I'll go into more detail though. Pick your color(s) of choice in led's. Try to get the square ones. Then, get a piece of frosted plexiglass. Using a small file, or a dremel, route out a small amount of it on the side which will face in, to put the led in. Make a hole for each led. Make sure to space them fairly evenly, and don't place any right behind where a scrwhole is. If you use different colors, they will blend in the middle. Mount the led's, and use a hot glue gun or acrylic glue (just a clear glue that's not thin so it will take up space and fill in the holes). Wait for it to dry, and using a file or razorblade make the glue flush against the side (make sure not to bend, break, or file off the poles coming out of the led).