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opranks612

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  1. 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.
  2. 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!
  3. 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)
  4. 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?
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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?
  8. 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?
  9. 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?
  10. I know this is kind of late in the game but does anyone at least have a basic carrieburst faq?
  11. You could do like some people do, and slide the pickup around underneath the string until you find the tone that you like.
  12. Thanks guys. Now I've gotta get to work figuring out the paint job
  13. 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.)
  14. 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).
  15. So, the guitar I'm repairing for my use has a tremolo that looks a lot like this one: http://www.royaltones.com/images/Jazzmaster%20002.jpg On the end of the tail, where the strings are supposed to connect to the tremolo, there are six holes. I'm not sure how to mount the strings there. It looks like there might be some sort of hardware I need to get for it, to put in the holes that will hold it. Anybody know what I'm talking about? What do I need? And where can I get it?
  16. Does that mean the hole is already routed out for humbuckers?
  17. Would somebody please tell me? It's like there's a conspiracy to keep me from knowing. I haven't gotten a response at ~5 other forums I've asked on either.
  18. It's all about playability for me. I like comfortable guitars to play, and I don't like ones where they're a pain in the a$$ to fret right. I like a guitar you can curl up with and fall asleep playing (ok, that doesn't work for electric, but I'm not finished building my ubermodded Univox yet). Of course, it's probably because I'm learning on an acoustic, and I always play at night with the room lit only by 3 candles. It's really cool.
  19. So are p90 holes smaller than humbucker holes or not?
  20. So am I stuck using soapboxes? Or are they smaller than humbuckers so I can route out more room for em?
  21. Will it fit humbuckers though? I've got a lot more options if it does.
  22. Turned out the trem bar was assemble'd wrong I've got it all fixed now. Are the holes for the pickups humbuckers or single coil? I'd like to know so I can start working on the paint job before I save up the dough to buy the humbuckers. Or, could somebody give me the dimensions for a humbucker? (or maybe a printable template?). I think it may just be a cheap japenese knockoff. It doesn't have the brand name on the neck plate, it just say "Made in Japan". Oh, I haven't decided on the final paint job yet. ANy suggestions? (American Flag Colors suggestion noticed)
  23. Lol, it's not that much of a problem. I guess I'm just **** retentive. Probably got it from my dad. We have around 5 different kinds of silverware, but he will only eat with one of them
  24. Gah... CAPS LOCK. End the pain, turn it off. Caps lock is the online form of screaming.
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