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I got that awhile back when I was playing for a few hours a day and was starting to play standing up more. It turns out that when you play your guitar/bass lower down your picking wrist is put at an awkward angle which overstresses the tendons. You will have to wear the bass higher up or play...

That Ibanez pedal looks badass. I've always wanted to try one (not because I love Ibanez as much as my name implies) so please right a review on it when you have the time.

Not to nitpick at your excellent advice Light, as I often read a thread I'm not even interested in after noticing that you've posted and would like to hear from your experience, BUT when cleaning the fretboard with the steel wool isn't it necessary to ensure that none of the small filings from...

Why is it that Oak has never caught on as a tonewood? John Petrucci's guitar is made of oak and Brian May's red special is part oak.

Wow, how has no one questioned my statement that glam metal ruined metal and that nirvana is more metal than glam metal? ARGUE WITH ME! I'M BORED!

How can you say Nirvana killed metal? Hell they were more metal than all the glam metal bands put together. I'm not saying they were a metal band, but they had some heavily distorted guitar, a wicked drummer, and a singer that could really scream. Nevermind and Incesticide were not very heavy...

It is a strange misconception that he used Les Pauls all the time, but when thats all you ever saw him with it makes sense. However after knowing that it is pretty easy to tell when he was using a telecaster. His sound is very much based on a thin tone with lots of layers.

The strat is a classic design, theres no disputing that. However the argument about its flaws is difficult because one must define what a flaw is. To me a flaw is something that is not subjective, although I don't like a guitar with only single coils I understand that other people do like them...

WTF!? not only is that a horribly stupid mistake by epiphone, but how can someone own the guitar for 2 years before noticing?! And how can anyone offer the advice they have on that forum!?!? AND how can the guitar tech he brought it to just "set" the intonation on it, it's simply not possible...

First of all, the most important question which you must answer before I can really offer my assistance is what kind of guitar is this going in? as well as what kind of wood is it made of? what wood for fretboard? played acoustically how is the guitars natural eq? (example: bright, dark, honky...

That pickup is designed to be really tight, but the eq is really messed up. Theres very few mids, so you'd better be using an overdrive pedal with a large mid boost, as well as bass. The pickup is mostly treble, so although it's somewhat hot it doesn't overdrive the amp like crazy because most...

My recommendations for pickups: SD Custom (ceramic, 2, or 5) bridge, SD Pearly Gates neck. The Custom series is definitely the most versatile of the bunch, handling all the needs of classic rock to metal. For a spongier feeling bass, smooth highs, and tons of mids, the custom custom is the...

I don't think a cable could make your guitar sound thin. More expensive cables don't pick up on radio signals as cheaper ones can at high volumes, but no change in sound quality is noticeable. In theory I suppose if such a difference existed a cheaper cable might lose higher frequencies, the...

Here's a suggestion that saves you money in the long run. Instead of purchasing the $1.98 switch from dunlop and paying for shipping, spend more money on a better switch from a local store and save the shipping and the future replacement costs that would occur when the new cheap switch breaks.

So you mean when its off its killing some of your treble response? If so there is nothing wrong with it from its original state, the cheaper Crybabies don't come with true-bypass switching, meaning even though it's off the circuit is still connected and some treble bleeds through to the ground...

I'd better go and buy all the tubes I can tonight!!! :eek: :eek: :eek: jk...

Check out that link that bigbubba posted, it has a pretty good description of the different grades of basswood. Your RG should be basswood, I'm pretty sure all of them are, because bad basswood is really cheap, so I'd doubt they could find much cheaper than that. However I don't mind basswood...

Ummm... where did you read that? the link is to an Epiphone guitar. Bigbubba thats a nice link to the wood descriptions. +1

Punkin: the maple neck would definitely add some weight to your Epi. Also the weight isn't really as important as the density. As far as I know the Gibson LPs have a bit of chambering to them, so the wood can be heavy but since theres less of it the guitar won't break your back. Now that's just...

NOOO! First of all Mahogany isnt always just Mahogany, this is a bunch of BS. Sure a pickup swap will get you closer but just play them each unplugged and see how different they sound, if you can't tell the difference then your blessed with the gift of never having to spend money on your gear...