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I have a Hamer Studio with two Seymour Duncan '59 humbucker pickups. What is the recommended height for these pickups? (distance between pickup and strings). Thanks :)

Can anyone recommend a good guitar tech in London (England) for general set-ups and maintenance? I would prefer someone in Central London since that's where I live. Thank you!

I'm looking for a small, affordable amp with great tone for recording clean to slightly overdriven bluesy-jazzy rock guitar. I can't crank anything too loud where I live and the desktop units I've tried have left me disappointed (J-Station, Tonelab). I prefer tube sound over modelling amps or...

I'm trying out the Voxengo Pristine Space impulse reverb demo and need to come to grips with the latency. I use a Presonus Firebox firewire 400 soundcard/interface with Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop (1.86GHz Centrino Pentium M, 1GB RAM, Windows XP SP2, internal 7200rpm hard drive running the...

I just finished installing the Presonus Firebox drivers on my Dell laptop (Dell 9300 running Windows XP Home Edition), and am running into problems... Firebox is being recognized in the Hardware tab of Sound/Audio Devices of Control Panel, however it doesn't show up in Sonar 2.2 as audio or...

I'm moving to the UK and would like to get the best/most neutral monitors I can get on my limited budget. So for around £250, what would you recommend that does NOT need a sub? Is there anything better than the Wharfedale Pro Diamond 8.2 for that price? I've done a Google for Yorkville in the...

Can anyone help me figure out the best way to utilize the external hard drive with my new laptop... Dell Inspiron 9300 Pentium M 750 Processor (Centrino) 1.86GHz/533MHz FSB 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz 60GB internal hard drive at 7,200rpm with 8MB cache 160GB external firewire 800 hard...

I'm looking at getting a laptop for recording audio and midi, taking advantage of firewire technology. Here are a couple of questions if someone can help me out: 1. How does the Intel Centrino technolgy stack up against P4? It's confusing to me... what does a Centrino 1.7 GHz processor...

What's the best way to buff out surface scratches in the lacquer finish of an electric guitar? Is this something the average guitar playing handyman can handle?

Is a Wilkinson Tremolo stable and reliable? How difficult or complicated is it to change the strings and adjust the intonation? I'm used to the vintage tremolo in my MIM Strat, and I don't use it because it wreaks havoc with the tuning!

I know there are different opinions about the sound quality of Elixir strings, but for those of you familiar with their acoustic strings, what's the difference between the Polyweb and Nanoweb ones, and why do you prefer one over the other? I've visted their website, but I can't really tell...

I play a Larrivee DV-09 acoustic (cutaway dreadnought with rosewood back/sides and sitka spruce top). Love everything about the guitar, except the back of the mahogany neck is a high gloss finish, which tends to feel "gummy" or sticky sometimes, slowing down movement up and down the neck. Does...

I've been using Sonar 2.2 for a while now, but haven't been able to figure out what the difference is between track "Volume" and "Trim". Both seem to adjust the track's output by 0.1 dB increments... Can anyone shed some light on this?

I've been looking for better multi-sampled acoustic cymbals than the ones that come with Drumkit From Hell (I really like the DFH drums though). Does anyone have any recommendations? Real drumkit/cymbals aren't an option :D

Having worked strictly with drum loops for some time, I've finally discovered the beauty of the DR-008 drum sampler (along with Slicy and Fill-in Drummer) used with Drumkit From Hell samples in Sonar. Is there anywhere to get free midi files to help me get started? I've looked at the ones that...