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Historically, railroad gauge (the "spacing") has been all over the map, depending on the sorts of loads carried and also the understanding of the designers. Narrow gauge (I couldn't find a measurement) is smaller than the standard you quoted, and other gauges up to 7'-1/4" have been used. The...

I've never been happy with 25.5" scales. I gave away the one Strat I had because of that -- it sounded fine, but it never felt right. Now I play Gibsons with 24.6" scale and I am happy. I string them with .011s (SG) and .012s (335). For what it's worth, Gibson arch top guitars (other than the...

I've always used .011s for guitars with Bigsbys. The Bigsby was designed before the era of slinky strings, and in my opinion they do not work well with them. It's much harder to keep them in tune.

The amps you have listed seem to be overkill for a studio environment. Just a thought.

The seller's not offering him a choice. It's three or none. If you've played through it and like it, that's worth a lot more than an anonymous generalization. I agree with DrewPeterson7. You sure won't get a new one for that. I did a quick search and that amounts to around half price.

I would never trust it to do it right. Maybe that's just me: my Toyota has a manual transmission, roll-up windows and manual door locks. Electronic gadgetry belongs in the electronics, not in what you can take of yourself. My ex-wife bought a new Cherokee in '99. It has about 91,000 miles on it...

In a review in Guitar Player, the reviewer said that the Robot got almost in tune 70% of the time. That's NOT the "killer app."

Thanks for sharing.

The tubby bottom may well come from the room you are recording in. Bass traps are the real answer, but I've had good luck by running the guitar track through a high pass filter set around 150-250 Hz (depending on the key the song is in) which will clean up the bottom without taking out resonance.

Read the "reason for editing" for why I deleted the post. I don't approach the issue of tone the way you are discussing, and for that reason I won't be contributing any more to the thread. Mark it up as another win for the good guys. As Buddy Holly put it, "Rave on!"

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Quite apart from all the rational, scientific explanations, I have learned over the years that an electric guitar is only a viable musical instrument when it's plugged into an amp, or equivalent. Until recently, I owned what I considered one of the very best sounding electrics around, a '70...

I spent a bunch of years playing a '63 Gretsch Chet Atkins Country Gent, and I discovered right away that Bigsbys don't like slinky strings. I strung Chester up with .011s (wound 3rd) and he came to life. I also discovered that, in the adrenaline rush of a gig, heavier strings get slinky pretty...

Thank you.

So far I've played a couple of solid state (excluding bass amps) that I like: the Fender Jazzmaster Ultralight and the ZT Lunchbox. Both are serious, high-power amps with distinct voices and the undeniable benefit of light weight (the JM is under 26 lb with the cab, the ZT is 9-1/2 lb) and high...

I've only been playing tube amps for 36d years, and I have always religiously kept the standby switch off until the tubes warmed up, then flipped it off a few minutes before I shut off the power amp. I ran into this exact discussion on another forum a couple of months ago -- the consensus...

You're so vain, you think this post is about you! Haha. Dementia strikes again. Best wishes, Mr Peters.

Myself. I said something that the honorable DrewPearson7 took as an insult, and he told me so. Luckily, I have found it in myself to forgive him his unfortunate taste in music. Just kidding, Drew.

Nice looking guitar.

I care, because, in my limited experience, I have found that guitars that are built "offshore" [read: in China, Indonesia or Korea] often have hidden shortcuts taken -- plywood instead of solid wood, crappy electronics, gloppy finishes -- that, at this point in my life, I'm unwilling with which...