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I can't see it helping the top vibrate freely...but hey I don't think back then they cared about "ultimate tone", I bet they couldn't even hear themselves think over all the screaming women.

New strings for sure.

+1 to that! The Dusk Tiger is a real shame, it sounds pretty good and the idea is novel, but that chrome is just awful. Really hate the robot tuning system too, I think that's a warranty claim waiting to happen. If they ditched the chrome and the robot stuff I'd be tempted. The Dark Fire is a...

I've actually wound up with 2 SX's in my pile - a 57 strat copy and a jazz bass copy. I pimped them both a little bit; bone nuts, new bridge for the bass, new pups and scrathplate for the strat, but I'd put them up against the newer squiers or other "entry level" guitars. They are made from...

Here's the Seymour Duncan version (there's heaps of good diagrams on their site) http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=1hum_1vol I would use a shielded run from the pot to the output (instead of 2 separate wires), but otherwise that's how you do it!

I thought Ovations were epoxied.

I'm betting that's custom made, not many 8 strings in production that look anything like that... Looks kinda like a Conklin headstock there? Well, maybe.

Sweet ass on that guitar there. What else is going in it?

I don't think it's about "getting" time to play - for me it's more about making time to play. Somedays it might feel a bit forced, but when actual inspiration is low, practice your mechanics instead, just do it. If you want to pretend playing music is a part of your life or a part of...

+1 for bore oil for woodwinds. Even though it's really popular, I don't like the idea of using lemon oil, it contains varying amounts of limonene which is a fairly nasty solvent (you can strip paint with it!)... I've heard over time it can soften bindings and some inlays. Might be bullshit...

Sometimes you can "minimize" the dings appearance by dropping some finish or colour in them. Stewmac sells some lacquer pens which might be the ticket? They also sell burn in type touchup stuff (which will only work if your instrument is nitro finished)... I've also had some success filling...

If it's any help, I've played one for the last 5 or more years and it's great, I don't even go amp window shopping anymore. It's taken a beating and keeps going, it's fallen off quads plenty of times (don't ask), it will not die. IMO, you DO need to make it adjustable bias (look it up, it's...

Just wanted to post that every MIM fender I've dealt with has terrible rush job wiring, poorer quality hardware and much less attention to detail than a MIA fender (with regards to the fretwork, pickguard fit, etc). There's a reason why MIA fenders cost more, and it's because they use better...

Well, it's because you've got EMG's. They use a stereo jack as a switch to turn on the active electrics (when a mono cable (TS) is inserted, it connects the ring and sleeve together, turning it on). Much the same as in a pedal as previously mentioned. You must use a TS cable. For the record, a...

Definitely a ground issue and definitely not anything to do with string choice. Do you know how to solder?