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I have a strat style cort guitar. It has a tone knob, volume knob, and a 5 way selector. I have an EMG 85 for the bridge pickup, a single coil for the middle pickup, and another single coil for the neck pickup. How would I go about wiring the guitar for the least amount of noise, and the best...

What is the best way to record heavy, chunky, distorted guitars using: sennheiser e609 > Really Nice Preamp > Really Nice Compressor > Digitech DIGI 001. I am having a tough time getting the guitars to be bright yet think and chunky. Thanks in advance for the help! -bartek

I'm looking for the Best Bang For Buck Rackable Noise Gate for guitar? My budget is less than 200, and I only need a single channel. Anyone have any suggestions? Recommendations from personal experience? I have a sonic maximizer with noise reduction right now, and it sucks to say the least...

I am trying to expand my rig, and am looking for the right pedals/effects/signal processors. Right now I have: Cort w/ EMG 85 Krank Revolution 1 Amp Avatar 4x12 Cab (vintage 30's and g12h30's) Sonic Maximizer Cray Baby Any reccomendations for "Must have's" within your guitar rig? What is your...

I am looking to "beef up" my guitar tone. Right now I have: Cort w/ EMG 85 Krank Revolution 1 Amp Avatar 4x12 Cab (vintage 30's and g12h30's) Sonic Maximizer It sounds good. But I feel it's missing some "body," like the sound needs a bit more boost between 420-640Hz. Any suggestions? thanks!

I just bought a Krank Revolution Series 1 Amplifier. If you are not familiar with it, it sounds similar to a Mesa Boogie, yet more refined and the distortion is just immaculate. Krankamps.com But this Head is super powerful and my crate cab can no longer handle it. I need a new 4x12 cab that...

I've had the digitech rp12 for a few years now. I have lived with its tone for a while now, but lately i just can't stand it. The distortion is full of listening fatigue and I just cannot bear listening to the AM radio noise that saturates my distortion. I have tried millions of combinations...

I am having trouble recording my guitars, they sound kind of flat and fuzzy. I am using an sm57 about a couple of cm from the center of the cone. I am playing through a cort (emg 85)-> digitech rp12-> straight into my DIGI 001. I try to get rid off the high frequencies to reduce the "fuzzy"...