Recent content by 64Firebird

I'm working in a new we site for shameless self promotion. It's far from finished, but I'd like to know how it looks on different people's screens. I do a lot of artwork on my computer, so I have a very high res and it may not look as good on other systems. I don't want things like having to...

A friend told me yesterday that if I replace the 6L6 tubes in my Fender amp with EL34s it'll distort at a little lower volume. Is this true?

In the late 80 there were some pics published in one of the guitar mags (I think it was Guitar Player) of the inside of Stevie Ray Vaughan's guitar. Does anyone have that Issue? Would you please post the pics or E-Mail them to me?

What kind of strings are you using? I'm looking for something bright and tinny sounding for acoustic slide work.

Anytime someone's not happy with their tone the first thing they want to do is change the pups. I think you'd get a lot more mileage out of throwing about $100.00 at an EQ stomp box. I like to put one at the very end of the chain (last thing before the amp or last in the FX loop). This is the...

I took my old Fender amp in yesterday for a checkup and after almost 40 years the caps have started to leak. If I don't do something about it soon, he said they'll start to blow. This is a Little sad because my amp is virgin. Although I can't complain, caps normally go out after about 20...

I was just doing some reading and ran across this thing and I've never head of one before. What is it and what does it do? Who makes the best ones and how much do they cost?

I was reading in an old guitar mag about Clapton actioning a bunch of his guitars. One of them (a 56 Strat nick named Brownie) sold for $497,500. I looked, but couldn't find a link.

I've got an old Laney amp that I bought new in 85. It's been sitting around for years because it stopped working. Yesterday I drug it out and replaced the fuse in it and blew the spider webs out of the reverb springs, but now it's was working great. Now if I can get it to play loud enough...

I stopped into GC yesterday and they had these guitars from Fender called "Closet Classics" and "Relics" What they've done is to take a new guitar from the assembly line and used a sander on it. And people really pay extra for for someone to f**k up their guitar! Sometimes an extra $1000.00...

I'm looking to put together a network of guys that I can call for gigs around here to play Blues. If you're interested, send me a PM or an E-Mail.

I've been going to the open mic Blues jams around town thinking that maybe I could hook up with some guys and start playing out again, but all that ever shows up are other guitar players. And a lot of them are real good! The cool part is that every time I show up people seem glad to see me and...

I've got a new hobby. I've been buying broken stomp boxes from pawn shops and repairing them. The other day I got a Morley Wah pedal for $15.00 and all that was wrong with it was a screw had fallen out. It works great now!

I've used so many of these things over the years and I'm still not completely happy. Most of the ones I've used or tried out in the stores sound too harsh for my tastes. Anyway, I'm using an old TS-10 Tube Screamer made in the late 80s. Another one that I think is pretty okay is the...

I've had a TS-9 reissue for a while and I've been pretty happy with the way it sounds. Last weekend, I bought an old TS-10 and I think this one sounds MUCH better than my TS-9 reissue. The TS-9 Sounds a little harsher than the TS-10 to my ears. I've heard people singing the praises of the...