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Me being the eternal tinkerer; -Remove R15, R16, and C14. -Don't add a Master or a tone control. If you have to have a tone control, replace R17 with a 100K linear taper pot. -If you want some more low end, replace C1 with a .022uF/630VDC capacitor. _Try different speakers. That should give...

The amp isn't really a bass amp. It's a Marshall, which is basically a Bassman circuit. Marshall goosed up a couple of capacitors for more bass and called it a bass amp, much closer to the original Bassman circuit. But it's a Bassman/Marshall. And 100-watts makes it hard to get 'that sound'...

Sound men want to work as little as possible, and I would too, if I were crazy enough to be a sound man. Sound men I knew were drummers had no trouble putting 912 mics on a drum kit, but more than one mic on a guitar set up? Oooooh, that's a little overkill, dontcha think? But the less junk in...

The balanced out from your GK is like a built in DI box. Depending on the sound or tone you are after, I tried a few things myself, also not being fond of that sterile tone from the interface. I mean, it's a usable sound, but it's one sound that is polite. Sometimes you want some attitude, if...

Depending on what you want to accomplish, there's many ways to do this; cheap and expensive. Typically, the expensive way is free of ground loops, hums, buzzes, and one output loading the other. I used to do this years ago when I had hair and played hard rock. A stereo chorus or even a good...

It's a bit of work, but finding lug inserts that have a finer thread than what you have now allows you to use a finer thread lug while looking original, and get more 'precise' tuning. Some of the old Japanese drums have a wide rounded over bearing edge, so cutting a nice 45-degree means less...

Larry DiMarzio doesn't give out too much information, but enough to compare with Seymour. And I'd imagine they'd be very close. The DiMarzio has 8.4K of of DC resistance using 42ga. wire on Alnico V magnets, while Duncan has 8.13K, using 42ga. on Alnico V magnets. That's the bridge model...

You guys aren't quite right, but the end result (and intention) is that the one 'number' doesn't tell the whole story. Even knowing a few 'numbers' won't tell you how the pickup sounds in your guitar, as the body wood, the pickup position (neck, middle, or bridge), and other variables all change...

I bought 'a few' Tokai guitars only a handful of years ago, and thought $800 or $900 for a 'burst Les Paul was a sign I am losing my sanity. Sure they were 70's or 80's models, but that didn't make a difference to my wife. The prices now are averaging $1,300 and go up to $2,000 for a LS160VF...

That looks close to the Jason Lollar unit that he explains in a book he wrote and sells. But yours looks simpler. Hmm. Maybe you should share your plans? :D

The Chicken picken (picking) or distorted blues garbage used to demo tweed clones is probably akin to high gain amps and super distortion pickups being demoed by some head banger going wee, wee, wee all the way home. You wouldn't drive an Escalade and ask why you can't get more than 14MPG, would...

If it's part of the power supply, it is likely a 1N4007, and very much overkill. Those are rated for 1,000VDC and 1A; not likely to be seen in your pedal. Those are usually in parallel with the internal power supply in such a way that if a reverse polarity external power supply is 'accidentally'...

You don't have to go this far; Is Tokai Silver Star stratocaster as good as Fender strat? - YouTube, but the point is you can make it a great guitar. If you have some of the 'parts' kicking around, all the better. But for £200 you can't buy a finished neck and body, so it's a good start to a...

Then the price is a little low for the seller, and pretty good for you, especially if a hard shell case is involved. Buy it, and be ready to swap some parts out to get an awesome Strat.

What kind of shape is your Tokai in? How original is it? Stock they're not 'good enough' to be your main guitar. I paid $400US or maybe £260 via eBay quite a few years ago. Mine was original except for some Lace Sensor pickups installed by the seller. The tuning pegs, the electronics, and the...

Since no one has given a serious answer, I'll bite. I will have to first assume you have a newer cabinet that has four speakers, and you can either run two speakers in stereo, or all four as a mono load. This is almost always 16Ω speakers in parallel, so you either have two 8Ω 'loads' to run a...

Say you were like 99% of the rest of us, and building a Strat. The last time I did a CBS headstock, the Warmoth was around $350, the AllParts was $180, and a Mighty-Mite was around $120, and that's a small headstock. For bodies, an unfinished simple s-s-s is $250 from Warmoth, $265 from...

I've put 'stacks' in all six of my Strats. DiMarzio, Duncan, they all look 'original' and at least in switch positions 2,3, and 4 the noise is much, much less. Then I added a Hush to my pedal board, and the noise went at least 95% or more away. Try this; HS-2

Being Canadian, I've dealt with all the hassles buying from the US, and some are still worth it. I've put together kits from maybe six different suppliers, and hands down, Warmoth has absolutely the 'best' wood and the best workmanship. I mean grade A+++++ maple (or whatever else you want), and...

Absolutely the weird 'distortion' could be the bias being way too cold. Have it checked, and if your tech can, compare the idle current of each 6L6. Even if he is using a scope, one tube could be at say 40mA and the other at 30mA or 50mA, which isn't good. The tube shield may have a loose spring...