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Hey guys - Discussion on another board led to the topic of whether or not WD-40 can harm a guitar finish. This came up because I stated that I will occasionally clean dirty old strings sparingly with WD-40. (Cause I usually have it around, and may not have any specialized guitar string...

Anyone have one, or heard one? I like the looks of the V3. 100W/50W switchable, three switchable independent channels with lots of tone combinations, two switchable FX loops. $900 bucks. All tube. Good web reviews. Anyone?

Hey, all - I've finally gotten a few songs done and want to get them up on a hosting site to share with others. So far I have three original compositions and one cover that are likely candidates. I'll probably put the songs on Soundclick. I want to do this the right way with regard to...

...make this guitar worth more, or less money? :D http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/msg/817106910.html

.....dammit. Just like some of the other 2488's I've heard about. I'm having to give the rewind button about twice the pressure of the other transport buttons to make it work. I'm predicting complete button failure in about 1-1/2 projects. There's an authorized TASCAM repair shop in Dallas. I'm...

Look, I know that endorsements are part of the brass ring for a successful musician. And I have always like Joe Walsh's guitar work. A couple of weeks ago I got a Carvin flyer, and inside there was Joe Walsh extolling the virtues of the Carvin CT6, which I am sure is a fine instrument. Then...

...Oops, sorry - I thought I was in The Cave! :D

Check this out: http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/msg/774659826.html Awfully purty! :)

A coworker who is a fellow guitarist and collector (mostly resonators and acoustics) called me over to his desk a few minutes ago. He handed me a hand-made pick made from bois d'arc, that he made especially with me in mind. Very cool, the same size as a "standard" pick but thicker than...

I know I was harassing Metalhead28 a few days ago about the photos he took of that very handsome hand-made guitar, but I have the same problems getting decent pictures of my guitars, which is one reason I haven't posted many of them. As I think Muttley said, if you have too much direct light...

How come Carvin doesn't offer any guitars with P-90s? I love their customization options but I see no P-90s available for any of 'em. :confused: Also, what's the scoop on their tube amps?

I decided to re-tube my Matamp GT 100 since one of the old tubes had become micophonic. This amp uses 2 12Ax7 premap tubes and 4 EL34 finals. I ordered Sovtek 12AX7's (I was looking for an earlier breakup and this is what was recommended) and a matched quad of JJ EL34s. I ordered the tubes...

Hey, gents. Like all the questions I pose to you as luthiers, I suspect the answer isn't as simple as I expect it to be, but here goes. Is there any fundamental quality difference between guitars - specifically Les Pauls - made by the Gibson USA facility and the Custom Shop? By quality I am...

I'm looking at the THD Hot Plate and Gibson Power Stealth (exactly the same as the Hot Plate except for cosmetics and being about $20 cheaper), Marshall Power Brake, and the Weber Mass. The Weber Mass is unique in that it uses an actual speaker motor as its load rather than an resistive or...

I finally got the big boy back from my buddy's house. For those of you that may not be familiar with them, Matamp amplifiers of the mid-'60s though late '70s are British all-tube power monsters. They are identical to the Orange amps of that time - same amp with different logos. Mine is a...

When I picked up a bunch of equipment that had been sitting in a friend's basement for a few years, I ended up with a several cables of varying length with 1/4" mono jacks. Some are labeled as instrument cable, some as speaker cable, and some are not labeled at all. I understand the different...

I've had some gear stored in a friends' basement for several years. I'm going over to pick it up this weekend. It'll be good to get it back. Some miscellaneous PA gear, some stomp boxes, cables. But the thing I'm really looking forward to playing with is the old (vintage unknown but I'm...

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was going to build a bypass box so that I could judge the Pod XTL's effect on tone. I got the parts in last week and built the box on Friday. I've had a couple of days to play around with it - toggling between true bypass and keeping the Pod in the loop...

Has any of you guys had any experience with short-scale (24-3/4") Teles or Strats (or reasonable facsimiles of these guitars)? I've finally come around to realizing that I really, really, really like playing the shorter Gibson-type scale rather than the longer scale. My teeny hands just have a...

Playing Highway 61 at Dylan's b-day party in 1992. Kickass guitar work. :eek: :) http://www.gibson.com/en%2Dus/Lifestyle/Video/Johnny%20Winter/