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God I just dialed in a tone to die for! Sorry had to tell about it (you know? like when you fall in love): A Gibson ES-335 (a 1958 reissue, classic '57 humbuckers), neck pickup tone at 4.5, full volume. Old 0.011 .. 0.052 Dean Markley strings tuned a whole step down (DGCFAD). Plugged into a...

Hi, I wondered what's the correct nut and saddle height for a classical guitar. I know how to adjust electrics and acoustrics but classicals have a much higher bridge, but how high? It seems much too high on my guitar and I have difficulty with barres above the 5th fret (I don't have any on...

I create pinch harmonics by touching the outward side of the thumb while picking. Unfortunatly I can't seem to do it consistently! I tried and tried but cannot find *the way* to do it everytime. Some times I get an harmonic, sometimes I get a faint harmonic that dies quickly, sometimes I just...

Hi, I'm building my own guitar and I need pickups (duh?). I don't know much about them though and would like advice. The guitar itself will be either made of mahogany, ash or maple (depends on the availability of the wood). The neck will be maple. The design is based on a Gibson SG and so will...

My nephew is 12 years old and he's dying to get an electric guitar with an amp. Unfortunatly his budget is very low, about 300$CAN, (that's about 200$US). I lent him my classical guitar in the mean time (didn't want to lend him a Fender, yet <grin>) but what he really wants is an electric. Is...

I have what may be a tricky question since you don't live with me, but my room is rattling like crazy whenever I play with my amp. The buzz is huge when I play on the bass strings (I use .11-.52 strings). Is there a way to setup an amp so its easy to manipulate, still loud and hearable...

I'd like to build my own studio monitors for fun and profit (well, maybe not profit lol). Is there any good reference on the Web or some good books about it? Thanks

I was wondering if I needed to add compression to a solo cello recording I'm doing. Would it take out too much of the performance and feel? I'm asking because classical music is another beast than pop and so might require different recording techniques. I'm quite new to recording. Thanks

Ok sorry if this hick-ups but as I'm looking at the thread now, my original message never got posted (got a bunch of server errors while posting). I have a Fender strat. with single coils, maple neck and .010 strings. I want to play some Metallica with it. I plug it in a POD v2 and use patches...

I have a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp. When I plug-in my ES-335 (Gibson..), I always overdrive it. The only way, it seems, that it doesn't distort is by lowering the volume of the guitar and the amp (very low). I also always overdrive my POD (I can't get a clean sound out of it, but a separate...