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I haven't noticed that 2-ply gives less stick attack (I have Emperors on all my toms, and go back and forth on a couple of snares), but you're getting different results. A 2-ply absolutely will give less volume, and slow response is already a potential negative with a larger drum, with all the...

Not too shabby. I've never fallen in love with a Schecter, but they've always seemed well-executed to me.

If you want more boom, use less/no muffling, no hole, and tune the batter up until the click goes away, tune the front head for pitch and/or dampening. I don't think a double-ply head will help any. I can get my 20" quite boomy with a PS3. Edit: you're not using a hard beater? Felt is what you...

Talk to the band (by which I mean, those of you who are actually playing together) ahead of time, get them on board with the following plan: 1. Prior to the next practice, bring up the idea of learning song structures. 2. Agree to the structure for each song. 3. When Jimi Van Malmsteen starts...

Well, here's the thing: making sure that the 12th fret fretted note is the same as the 12th fret harmonic is not really intonating. Chances are, you're using at least adequately-made guitars, which will be somewhat intonated using that shortcut, but I guarantee if you form a three or four note...

You are wrong. The height of the bridge has more effect on notes near it, just like the depth of the nut slots have more effect on the frets near it. No amount of tuning or lateral saddle adjustment will change that. For example, most new guitars have shallow nut slots, and the first few frets...

Processors and memory on a netbook would probably be OK, but I'd be prepared for driver problems. Who knows what parts they sneak onto those things to hit a price point. One wonky controller or shady chip, and it'll be rough sailing. I'd go with a used/refurb outdated laptop with similar specs...

Not true. Raising the action, the notes will get sharper, and moreso towards the bridge, lowering causes the inverse. Since this bass is always the same amount out, it's not the action, the bridge (or maybe the nut*) is misplaced. * If the nut is wrong, tuning the open string to a tuner would...

You may well be seeing the Blowout pickups bought from GFS, and not GFS pickups. Those remainder buy-outs, the $15 sets of strat pickups, are as you describe. The GFS branded pickups I have, probably a half-dozen different sets, are at least OK-to-Good on the lowest end, and excellent on the...

The Laces are a noiseless design, they do not operate like conventional coil/magnet designs. IIRC, the Gold are the good ones, one or two of the other lines are not well regarded, and people often dismiss the lot of 'em. These have been Clapton's pickups for years. That's only about $30 off the...

Guitar->Line/mic In->Main Output->Amp Input? Ensure the channel you've plugged into is turned on. Watch your meter, engage PFL (pre fader listen), and turn up the trim on the channel you're using until you get the green lights all on. Make sure the channel is routed to the output, turn off PFL...

Well, I had recently done my semi-hollow P90 LP copy from Xaviere without much fuss. The 335 copy went smoother still.

Bigsby-ed my 335 copy. Set-up on two guits for my other guitarist, including his new Hwy 1. Replaced the 300k pots on my '78 LPC with 500k. Destroyed the knobs in the process, they seem to have softened up over the last 30 years or so.

Those are nice pickups. I've liked all of the GFS single-coils I've tried. For noiseless, the NeoVins might be worth a whirl. I've only heard clips (try Youtube), but they seem like Serious Business. For the tele, you could try a fatbody, but for really high gain stuff, I'd look to their Lil...

Allparts is good too.

Yeah, I'd hesitate to generalize. I play some 5 string, so I like to have a bigger speaker, as they can usually be trusted to get into those ultra low B string fundamentals a little better. For a four-string tuned standard or D, a 4x10 will have plenty of lows, and probably better punch...

I'm partial to my SWR Basic Black. They've been discontinued a while, but they turn up used in decent shape for $250-300 pretty regularly. They'll play with a moderate to loud band, especially with an extension speaker. Very versatile sound, a little imposing looking, but quite light. Cats love...

Hmm, hopefully, just lowering the action would get you close enough. Problem with the video is the lower frets, especially the first, will probably be disproportionately sharpened. I'd rather suck it up and move the saddle, if it were far enough out to annoy me.

Upper frets that sharp? Is the action really high? When you fret, you are in essence bending the string at the same time. A really high action will get progressively sharper as you go up the board. That's easily fixable. If, on the other hand, you have drastic fallaway, where the fretboard dips...

You can fix your electric bug cheap. I keep buying Xavieres. I have always had good, big-name US electrics, but I've been buying these guys like candy. A little set-up, and they do just what you'd expect, sometimes more. I returned one out of six for some rough finish work, a couple of the...