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I've been doing some mods on my amplifier but theres one I'm not sure of, basically its a fender-marshall switch. Right now all it does is switch between 2 tone stacks, but I wanted to change it to a 3PDT switch so that it will also change the cathode bypass capacitor and coupling capacitor in...

I'm currently looking for a speaker for a Carvin Vintage 16 1x12, and it's pretty much between the Celestion Greenback G12M and the G12H30. I'm more drawn to the Greenback because of the lower sensitivity level and because I like the sound better judging by sound clips. But the problem is I've...

By any chance would someone be able to tell me which diodes in this schematic http://www.mif.pg.gda.pl/homepages/tom/files/DS-2.gif are working as clipping diodes? Also would removing these be able to convert the pedal to more of a clean boost as I don't really have any use for the pedal the way...

I was just wondering how much the heaviness of strings and/or brand of strings has to do with getting this type of sound. I know most jazz players use heavier strings. Right now the sound I'm getting is too 'snappy', not necessarily too bright, but not the mellow sound I'm going for. Most of...

I've mostly seen it done by shredders..where the arm & wrist stay mostly still and they just use their fingers to move the pick. Not sweep picking, but rather when they are just picking individual notes.

Hey, what type of switch do I need to get that will fit where one of my tone knobs was (strat style guitar) that will allow me to toggle one of the humbuckers between series and parallel?

Anyone that is familiar with Seymour Duncan pickups or has tried both of these in the neck position I was just wondering what the differences are between them (aside from how rails have better balance while bending, etc.) They both are suposed to have vintage humbucker sound and seem to be...

Are pickups with adjustable pole pieces just so you can make all the strings have the same volume, or does the sound actually change if you raise/lower all of them equally. What I mean is, what are the differences in sound between low pickup hight and high pole pieces vs high pickup height and...

The strings on my guitar are really far away from the frets at around the 12th fret and even further at the 22nd fret, yet if I lower the action any more, the strings touch the first fret causing extreme buzz. Is this a truss rod problem? Or are the strings not high enough at the nut? I know...

I'm about to reverse the leads on the neck pickup on my tele, so that its out of phase with the bridge pickup and the middle position will be noise canceling. Will there be much of a difference in tone if I do this? Since the pickups both sound so much different and all, it doesnt seem theres...

What are the differences like in audio quality & maximum sound levels, etc? Does it depend on what they're being used for? Right now I'm using a dynamic mic for a guitar amp & some vocals, but it doesnt seem to handle the guitar amplifier.

I have a tube amplifier so basicly I can only get that "sound" when its cranked up pretty loud. The problem is either my mic or preamp is not able to handle the noise and it ends up with a broken up overdriven sound. The microphone I'm using is an Audiotechnia atm63he. The preamp has input...

I already have a preamp for my mic & being a solo artist, I dont need multiple tracks or anything. Actually the integrated sound in my computer would work but the quality is pretty bad. All I need is a card suitable for home recording with a stereo line in & line out so I can just disable my...