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None of which really matters, as the pedal in question is analog. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Except the lacquer isn't "worn," its sanded; and the metal on a real old guitar isn't "distressed," it's old and rusted and probably needs to be replaced; and the pickguards on those things are "aged" they are yellowed. The wood is too smooth and clean, the finish doesn't even begin to look old...

Well, to some degree it depends on the type of master volume (there are any number of ways you can do it); and then of course there is the way they design the amp - if you are designing an amp to make the most of the preamp distortion, you're going to design it differently than if you design it...

If it's got a master volume, I won't like it much. The problem is I don't like to overdrive preamp tubes, and if you've got a master volume, that's what you are doing. For me to like it, you've got to be hitting the power tubes hard - that's the sound I like. Also, I'm not a fan of most amps...

On the contrary - the TC Electronic SCF pedal is fully analog, and is quieter than most digital pedals on the market (quieter than any 16 bit pedal, at any rate - 20 and 24 bit are a whole other thing). Back when it came out (25 years ago), most digital effects just weren't up to par -...

The whole point is to look like an old beat up guitar, right? If we can agree on that, then no, it is a simple fact that they never actually look like an old beat up guitar. Ever. No one with any knowledge at all would ever mistake a "relic'd" guitars for an actual old guitar. Now, if you...

God, I tried so many damn chorus pedals (Boss, Digitech, you name it, I tried it!) back before I got my TC (which I never even use anymore, but that's a whole other thing), and none of them could ever compare. Along with the sound of the thing (which is great), it is also quieter than most...

Sorry, I've seen hundreds, perhaps even thousands of REAL beat up guitars, and no one - EVER - has even come close to making a relic that actually looks right. I've seen hundreds of those too, and from dozens of different sources (the Fender Custom Shop, various "freelance" relicers* on down to...

TC Electronic. Hands down, the best chorus pedal on the market. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Waste of money. It's not that they are bad, they just aren't any better than a more basic cable, and if you can handle a soldering iron at all you can fix them much faster than getting the replacements. And without paying for gas, so it's cheaper too! Light "Cowards can never be moral."...

I think it was just him and Elvis, but I could be wrong. The four of them certainly had chemistry, though. GREAT band. And his bass playing is such an important part of all that early Elvis Costello stuff. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

Pump it up is so repetitive that it's not going to be much of a reading exercise. Use it as a ear training exercise, and get something else for the reading. I'd go with some of the old James Jameson bass lines - he always had a lot of that melodic content that Bruce Thomas had, but with a more...

Yeah, as has been said, no you don't. It's a GREAT bass part (Bruce Thomas is one of the greatest bass players ever, to be sure), but it's also pretty easy to figure out. The verses are a fairly simple pattern, and the choruses are just an improv around an E major arpeggio. The only other...

Sorry, didn't see this first time through. I'm afraid you really are stuck with the suppliers - that glue joint is one of the few in a bolt on neck guitar, but it is all that much bigger of a deal for it. Just bite the bullet and get the good stuff. Then again, a 3 piece alder body blank...

If you're looking for ash, it is worth it to get the wood from a "luthier" supplier, as they will probably be selling the light weight stuff you just can't find in a hardwood lumber yard (it's the same tree as the "oh my God, I just picked up my guitar for 2 minutes and need a chiropractor"...

Honduran Mahogany (the stuff Gibson has always used on Les Pauls and the like) is already on the CITES list. It is not all that restricted yet, but it will get there. That includes basically all the stuff they call "South American" mahogany (actual Mahogany from Honduras hasn't been readily...

Great guitars. Light "Cowards can never be moral." M.K. Gandhi

If you want to dive-bomb, there is nothing better than the Floyd Rose. (It doesn't need to be an actual Floyd - both Gotoh and Schaller make very fine clones.) The Kahler works very well too, but it is rather ungainly, and I dislike the position of the trem arm (it's too high - I'm used to the...

Appropriate? Yes, of course. But it is not expected, and we won't think less of you if you don't. That's mostly true. It's not so much that tipping will get you better service, but certainly it is a friendly gesture, and we do tend to get things done a little faster for friends. One of...

Oh God! The horror! I've seen them smash guitars to splinters through Calton "Flight" cases! The worst one looked like they took a giant hook - the kind of thing you would see on the end of a crane - stuck it in the top of the guitar right around the end block, and dragged it through the top...