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You answered your own question. :~) Yes... you can use the stereo jack wired for mono use. And it does make life easier when you decide to put an active circuit in.

This is the closest thing to the Boomerang I've been able to find. Although, it's based on the Z.Vex Lofi Loop Junkie, it still serves the same purpose.... just lower quality sound.

Creedence Clearwater Revival made a decent living using Kustom amps, but they were the original amps, not the new ones.... obviously. I'm sure its the same circuitry though.

I just discovered that Trower is selling limited edition copies of his last album "Living Out Of Time" on ebay. So.... I bought one after reading about the 2 Marshall heads he sold on ebay aswell. I attatched a short note with my payment talking about the ridiculously cheap price the amps went for and that I would have paid more. 2 days later I check my email and what do I see but a message from Derek Sutton (Trowers manager). It basically said that they were going to be listing a couple more amps, but if I wanted to cut out the middle man (Ebay) that I could just buy one for a price I won't mention here. Signed JCM800 completely certified, with a photo of him signing it, used on the road in the early 80's. Let's just say..... It's on its way!

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Gibson is still extremely bad about that to this day. I worked for them at the Memphis plant for several years and quickly learned that 95% of the opaque finished guitars have some serious flaws in the wood. Holes drilled through the body.... big gouges from a slipped router.... unsightly glue joints... etc. They just slap some bondo on it and paint it black. Whats funny is when I worked there, which was about 2 years ago, we had way to many "black" guitars coming out of the plant..... so.... they decided to re-release some of the classic colors to hide our mistakes such as Phelan Blue and they used colors that weren't standard on certain models and sold them for more as "limited editions" or "customs". Very sickening if you ask me. Forget fixing the problem as to why there were so many mistakes being made.... Lets just learn to make more money from it. My advice is to leave it alone. If you want a Honey Burst, sell the white one and buy a Honey Burst. You might not want to know whats under your paint

Check out this ebay seller. I've bought quite a bit of tolex from him and its quality stuff for a great price.

I would fill the neck pocket with a block of wood and route a whole new pocket... just to be sure it fits nice and snug. If it already fits snug enough then just use the heel of the neck to make a template and route out the extra little bit. But I wouldn't do anything til I measured it.... and then measured 50 more times.

This is going to be a very strange question, but I need a small scrap of a highly figured wood, preferably some type of light colored burl. Anything will work as long as it isn't a dark wood (gotta be able to see my decals) and is highly figured. It needs to be about 6" x 2" and no thicker than 3/8". I very rarely use figured woods, cause I like the plain look. I've looked on ebay, but I don't want to spend that much for a scrap. People sell thier bookmatched scraps as knife scales for more than what I pay for body blanks. CRAZY!!! I plan on using it for a faceplate on a battery powered practice amp I built that has a major western theme going.... its covered in black and brown "aged" tooled leather with a burlap (feedsack) grill cloth. I built it to look like a half stack, but the head is attatched to the cabinet with screws running through the feet. The cabinet is a 4 x 3" with car stereo speakers I bought at Walmart a few years ago for $1.00 a piece on clearance. They actally don't sound too shabby once in the cabinet. Anywho.... I'm now waiting for my corner pieces and handle to come in and figured I'd ask if anyone wanted to donate a scrap or sell one extremely cheap. Keep in mind that this is basically an updated version of the Lil' Smokey amp ($25+/-) and I've already put about $60.00 into it. Not trying to be cheap, just trying to put an end to the money pit before I realize I could've bought a better practice amp for less. The amp is actually for my daughter..... but she's only 18 months old. Shhhh!... Had to give the wife a good reason why I needed another amp. Its kinda funny.... I have a Marshall TSL60 head and 2 x 12" cabinet, a Peavey Classic 50 410, a 1950s Supro, and various other vintage tube amps, but I just couldn't stop myself from building a 1W solid state. Maybe I'm the crazy one!!!

They are vertical thumbwheel pots. You can get them here. They are used on the Gibson Chet Atkins SST, mounted on the top edge of the body, as well. I've thought about using them on guitar but never have. You can't do volume swells with the pinky.... that's for sure.

I know this has been discussed, but I don't recall seeing any new info on it. It is official now.... Eddie Van Halen has parted ways with Peavey. Just read this! He has signed on with Charvel for the guitars. Still haven't heard about the amp situation yet. edit: Damn.... that title is supposed to say "5150s". I hate typing at 4:00 in the morning.

Was it this one? I started building that design long before Mr. Roman. Although, I wouldn't say I came up with the design. Actually, I got the design from Yuriy Guitars. Their model was called the Yuriy Angel, but now all they make is hollow bodied jazz guitars if they are even still in business.

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I found this while looking for some other components and thought it might be of interest to some of ya'll. Seems like a really good price, though I've never priced fiber optics. I have bought a ton of stuff from them though, and they are reliable.

You people are morons! :~) They usually don't get the guitar signed, ocasionally, but not usually. They get the pickguards signed. They take a stack of pickguards to a show or whatever and get them to sign as many as they can. Then they put them on the guitars to sell. They also usually don't stock 50+/- guitars. They put a pickguard on one guitar, take a picture, take it off and put another on and so on and so on. When someone buys it they then put the pickguard on the guitar and ship it and move on to the next one. So that way, they might have 50 guitars listed, but only have to own 1. When they sell the guitar, they just go buy one that matches and ship it. If you notice, they never put a pic of the headstock, so all they have to match is the color. Smart, huh??? In most cases, they use Johnson strat copies or Jay Turser. There are quite a few sellers on ebay that do this, and I've dealt with most of the US dealers. I buy the guitars, take the autographed pickguard off, put on a normal pickguard and resell the guitar. Some of the dealers on ebay sell the guitars for just a few bucks more than what you'd pay for the guitar in the store. I have a decent collection of autographed guards. I've never dealt with this seller, but it looks legit to me.

Not neccesarily. The greening of Gibsons gold tops was due to UV light. If the guitar was kept in its case and not played much then it wouldn't green. Its the same as the Silverburst Les Pauls. I had one a few years ago that some old lady bought new for her grandson who never took it out of the case. Absolute mint with no greening or checking. As far as the checking is concerned, if it was kept in a decent environment at a fairly constant temperature and was built with stable wood, that wouldn't be an issue either. A guitar in reality is no different than a piece of furniture (different finish but same concept). I have a Headboard on my bed that dates back to 1874+/- that looks like it just came from the factory. Its all in how you take care of it.... and sometimes just luck. Once again... if it was kept in the case and stored in a closet then why would the case not have scratches? Or... maybe they had an extra case that they liked more and used that instead. Or maybe they only played the guitar at home and the case never left the house. I've seen tons of cases that old that look brand new. As far as the PAF with no sticker, that is a fairly common thing. After working for Gibson for several years I can tell you first hand that not everything that is supposed to be on a guitar makes it there. We ran out of labels for the ES335s and only had like 25 guitars left on production for the day. Do you think we halted production till we got the stickers? Hell no! We put em' in the case and shipped them out. Luckily we got the stickers in the next day. We then shipped the stickers to the buyers to put them on themselves. I've seen many 50s Les Pauls pass through various shops and the Gibson factory and can honestly say this one looks legit. As far as that price is concerned.... I've never really understood the point in paying that much for something you can do yourself. Build or buy a Les Paul, buy some PAFs, buy some new old stock pots and caps, and its the same guitar. I'm tired of the mojo schtick. Does owning a $100,000 guitar make you play or sound any better? Nope!

Check out the song he did on the album put out by Guitar World Magazine "Guitars that Rule the World". (I think that's the name of the album) The song is called "Black Magic" and he shreds out his ass. I hate Winger, but the man could play.

Red Bear amps are Russian made tube amps that were distributed by Gibson for quite awhile. They are fairly uncommon due to lack of advertising.... Thanks Gibson! I own one that belonged to Kurt Kobain pre Nirvana. Yes it is certified with paperwork to prove it was his. They are very decent amps for the money. They are not Marshalls by any means. The gain isn't that great, but they can sure take a beating. As you can imagine... mine was put through hell and back before I bought it... and I've definitly put it through its paces. If you want a loud tube amp that's built like a tank, then they are great. If you're looking for the dream tone... then look elsewhere.

Reb Beach - Winger Blues Saraceno - ex Poison/Solo the Maestro Alex Gregory Steve Morse Eric Johnson Rex Carroll - White Cross (christian band... check out the instrumental "Hammer & Nail") Vitto Bratta - White Lion Jake E. Lee - ex Ozzy/Badlands Michael Schenker /Uli Roth/Matthias Jabs - Scorpions Jon Sykes - Blue Murder/Solo Adrian Vandenberg - ex Whitesnake Jose Feliciano (awesome Flamenco stuff... not Feliz Navidad) John Jorgenson - the Hellcasters Tony McAlpine Micheal Angelo - Nitro/Solo Monte Montgomery (totally kick ass acoustic player from Austin, TX) My personal favorites PAUL GILBERT, STEVE VAI, ALEX SKOLNICK, JOE SATRIANI, MARTY FRIEDMAN, DIMEBAG, ERIC JOHNSON, VINNIE MOORE, SHAWN LANE, ...etc... Or you could just check out this website: Shred Guitarist List Definitly check out Todd Grubbs. Amazing talent. There is a link to his website on the link above.

I am a Marshall man. Couldn't live without it and would trade the wife for a factory white JCM 800 or vintage Plexi. What's with the pre and post "ABC" Fender amps? Isn't it supposed to be "CBS"? Wrong station!

I think it rocks the way it is. Looks great.

Did I type EX? I swear this keyboard has a mind of its own. Anywho... Its an RX exactly like the one you posted the link to. Thank you. I know the EX guitars were basically crap. And I know the Jem has an angled head. I have a neck from a Jem that I need a body for. I don't want to go through the hassle of making a template from scratch or buying one. So I plan on buying the guitar so I can make an accurate template for future use and turn the body into a Jem... the way I feel they should be. The tremelo threw me off, cause I've never seen that style on an Ibanez. I've seen the basic strat style tremelos on the cheap Ibanez guitars, and of course the Edge tremelos, so I just wanted to know what this one was. I talked to some of my friends on the Ibanez forums, and they were no help without more info. I personally can't stand tremelos and plan on filling in the cavity and slapping a Hipshot hardtail on it. Just wanted to know what it was and if it was original. Thank you Alex. And thank you LGM for that truly informative, yet almost sarcastic response.

First of all, let me say I know this is a very lame question cause I don't have all the details. Sorry. I'm looking at buying a used Ibanez EX series. I don't know what year or model, but it has the large Ibanez logo with the check and the small EX logo. It has a mahogany body with a translucent cherry finish, H-S-H, white pickguard, maple neck (24 fret), a 5 way switch, and a push pull tone pot for coil splitting. My question is about the tremelo. I've owned a ton of Ibanez guitars through the years, but have never seen one with a tremelo like this. It is just a basic nonlocking tremelo with 2 pivot points. It looks identical to the Hipshot bridge in the following link, but it looks original on the guitar. The recess behind it is routed to the same shape as the bridge and the finish matches perfect. Did Ibanez use a tremelo like this? I've seen the Floyds, Edge, and the trems used on the older Roadstars and such, but never one like this. Tremelo I only got to look at the guitar for a few minutes on my lunch break and will look at it again tomorrow so any help would be cool. I just want it so I can make a template, and then I will turn it into a Jem.... just cause I've always wanted one.

The wood is ash or an ash veneer. As for the guitar, I couldn't tell you anything you don't already know. Having worked for Gibson, I personally would never buy another one. I prefer the cheaper copies from the seventies. Same wood... change a few parts and its the same guitar... without wasting $2000+ dollars. As I like to tell everyone, if you like it buy it. In the end, yours is the only opinion of the instrument that matters. And, its only worth what someone is willing to give for it. Take baseball cards for example... the 1910 T206 Honus Wagner was only worth $200,000 till someone decided to pay $1,000,000 for it. Why didn't they just pay the $200,000 for it? Because they wanted it bad enough to pay more. So if you want it, buy it. Help boost the economy.

Hey, I'm in the process of building a new enclosure for one of my old beat up combos right now (haven't actually cut the wood yet, but I've bought all the supplies). How did you do the piping on the top of the amp? Is that center section of the top a seperate piece of wood that is attatched on the inside or are there just grooves routed in the top to tuck the tolex and piping into? I had decided just to leave that detail off of my enclosure, but it adds so much style. I have to say I'm jealous. I looked everywhere for blue tolex and everyone was either out of stock or don't carry it. Oh, well! Maybe next time. Great job, by the way.