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  1. Saber
    Instead of treating the symptom, it would be a better idea to stabilize the guitar by putting it in a case with a hygrometer to monitor the humidity. Then either use a guitar humidifier to raise the moisture if it's below 45% or a dessicant if it's above 55%. After maintaining it between 45% and 55% for a week or two, it might come back to normal on its own.
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    First of all, is the guitar in a properly humidified environment? High action is a typical symptom of an overly dry acoustic guitar.
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    While an older Furman would blow a suppressor to "sacrifice" itself for the more expensive rack gear, the newer Furmans don't get damaged.
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    Actually, that's not a bad idea. If you're always turning a knob between the same two volume or tone settings while you're playing, you could do it with a switch and always have consistent predictable settings.
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    Read this tutorial to make sure you get the whole thing right. Truss Rod Adjustment
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    [quote name='haggardguy' date='Oct 21 2005, 03:37 PM']I have nothing against people doing searches but... someone posted an arpeggio for somebody to practice when that person was asking for them 2 years ago. I guess I'm just mistaken, sorry about that. [right][snapback]233161[/snapback][/right] [/quote] But this is a public forum and this information can be useful today to anyone who's interested in the topic, not only to the original poster. Live and let live.
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    Could you please elaborate. I can see how the signal across the pickup itself would increase since it sees less of a load but that's not the signal you're using in humbucking mode. The pickup (string) signal actually goes across a voltage divider formed by the dummy coil and the volume pot (in addition to low-pass filtering from the dummy coil inductance) so whatever output you gain from the miniscule reduction in load is lost in the voltage divider. What am I missing?
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    I've never tried the dummy coil, but how can the output be increased if the series dummy coil doesn't pick up string vibration like in a true humbucker? I would have guessed that the resulting output would be almost equal to the lone single coil pickup but with a loss of highs. In series, you add the voltages so if you add the dummy coil's 0mV to the pickup, you get only the pickup's output minus the losses of the dummy coil. Or am I missing something? And in parallel, I would assume that the dummy coil would just load the pickup and produce very, very low output. Wouldn't it?
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    Anyone have experience with the Fender LSR Roller Nut ?
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    LGM seems to know something about using steam on a neck from this post: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=704 Maybe he could help you... if it isn't a trade secret.
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    For starters, the way you have it hooked up, when the switch is in the "kill" position, the output jack is left open to receive noise. Connect the jack wire to the middle lug of the switch along with the pot wiper wire. That way, in the kill position, it's grounded. In other words, a SPST switch would have sufficed.
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    I'm getting along fine with my Soundblaster Live, especially for using soundfonts. The best thing I've done recently is to get a dual monitor setup. Two 19-inch LCD monitors, each one at 1280x1024, and no more Ctrl-Tab! Check out my Dual Monitor Setup
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    I echo everything GregP wrote except that the BBE doesn't even generate any harmonics as you can read in this somewhat technically oriented article: Sound Enhancers I had a 482i in my guitar rig for a while but, at reasonable processing levels, the difference wasn't even noticeable enough to be worth using up a rack space. And increasing the effect only makes it sound more processed and "artificial". A good rig doesn't need it, and it won't make a poor rig great. I did try the 482i on a cheap home stereo once out of curiosity. The stereo system only had full range 8" drivers with "whizzer" cones. Amazingly, it significantly improved the sound even with processing set to minimum! So on full range material, I can see the benefit. In fact I sometimes use the Sonic Maximizer Plug-in on a final mix.
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    It's normal with very high gain, especially (but not exclusively) if you have a computer CRT monitor or fluorescent lighting nearby. As I suspected in my previous post, that amp has integrated noise reduction so that's probably why there is no noise when you're not playing. Your amp has a 12AX7 tube in it. If you also have crackling, it may be a bad tube. Try another guitar in your amp, and try your guitar in another hi-gain amp.
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    That's exactly what I said here several posts ago. All's fair in love and war!
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    Are you using a noise gate? Or is there a noise gate integrated in your amp? Otherwise, the buzzing should be there even if there is no note played.
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    If being a member of VERO allows him to arbitrarily cancel other people's auctions, couldn't you just subscribe to VERO and do the same to his auctions? Or is it too hard or expensive to do so?
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    That IS weird if all you cleaned off was flux. There may actually be a bad (or cracked) solder joint somewhere in there, and some of that flux was between the joined parts. Cleaning off the flux may have allowed the badly joined parts to touch to complete the necessary connection. If that's the case, oxydation will occur in the joint and the problem will return. Only time will tell.
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    In case you didn't think of this, one way to test for open filter caps is to hold a new capacitor of equal (or even a bit greater) value on underside of the pc board on the pins of the suspect capacitor (connected in parallel with it IOW) and see if it makes the oscillations stop. And if some of those caps are near a heat sink or other hot object, I would start with those since they're most likely to be the first to dry out.
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    The HS-3 and the YJM are almost identical except that the YJM has "vintage 50's staggered" poles, and it's just a tiny bit brighter sounding. Anyway, the HS-3 was introduced 25 years ago and is the "old technology" where "hum-cancelling single-coil" pickups are concerned. And at 23.75kOhm, 93mV, I doubt you would get great results when used in combination with any humbucker that's either in humbucking or split mode. If the HS-3 sound suits your tastes, fine, especially if used with other HS-3's, HS-2's or YJM's. But if you're looking to get as many sounds as possible by combining it with humbuckers and you want a pickup that sounds closer to a genuine single-coil pickup, I think a better choice is one of the newer VirtuAL 2 or Virtual Vintage models. Just my 2 cents worth.
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    If you end up going with DiMarzio's, instead of a HS-3 or a YJM I'd go with one of the VirtuAL 2 or Virtual Vintage pickups. They have a bit higher output, and less string pull due to the Alnico 2 magnets. And they sound a lot more like real single coil pickups.
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    Some pics here might help. http://www.ibanezregister.com/Gallery/jem/gal-jem-dna.htm
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    In case you've overlooked the obvious solution, if you live in a dry climate, use an acoustic guitar humidifier to keep your guitar above 45% relative humidity. And put a hygrometer (humidity sensor) in your case to monitor it. Don't over-humidify it either though.
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    I don't know why I like the music that I like, and I don't need to know. I just like it, not because it's good, but because I like it.
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    Not necessarily. That is assuming that the amp has a flat frequency response, which we know isn't the case with guitar amps. Since each amp is voiced differently by selectively boosting and cutting certain frequencies pre- AND post-distortion, an amp could for example boost a frequency that one pickup has more of, making it clip before the other pickup.
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