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Long story short, here, my left thumb was crushed at work back in mid-July, except I worked 3 weeks like that, thinking I'd just bruised the bone (based on past experience with bruised bones). Given that, the bone healed in a non-anatomical position, and while I can still deal with playing my...

Ordered a used Dual 2.3GHz Power Mac G5, which should arrive on Wednesday. I've already got figured out which HDDs to put inside, and that I'm going to max. the RAM at 8 gigs, along with buying Logic Studio and several software instruments by Native Instruments. What I haven't yet figured out...

Or should I go with 3-way, and decide on series or parallel wiring? My reproduction Telecaster neck arrived, today, and there's not many more parts I need to order, for my partscaster project, then I can start assembling it. The reproduction Telecaster body is routed for P90 pickups, and has a...

I'm buying a Fender Standard Stratocaster (Electron Blue/rosewood) that I'm going to convert to a Double Fat Strat. I've ordered a white/black/white pickguard that doesn't have any holes for the pots, which is one question I'll ask toward this conversion. I'm planning to use Fender Atomic...

It's bad enough that my collection is currently at 19 total, but not only am I planning to build a lap steel and a 12-string "Telecaster Deluxe," I'm also thinking about TWO more to buy, in the coming future. I tend to love playing rockabilly and surf instrumentals, and have definitely fallen in...

I've decided, as I have for my want of a lap steel, that I will build my own 12-string electric guitar. In looking at the various bodies and necks available, I've decided that I'll go with a Warmouth reproduction '72 Telecaster Deluxe body, and Warmouth Pro 12-string neck. They also sell a Gotoh...

I've decided that I'm going to build my own lap steel guitar, starting with collecting the hardware and electronics, then buying the woods. At this point, I'm still too wishy-washy as to which single coil pickup to use. I'll be looking to use this more for original surf instrumental creations...

But I ended up deleting them, for not being able to hear any "playback." After consulting the manual, I found what I was doing wrong, with the "recording" part, then recorded another test track...however shitty and out of tune sounding it was. But, hey, it was just a test track, so it got...

I have both a Guitar POD 2.0, and a Bass POD, and will be using them for DI recording to my Fostex MR-8mkII. Is there a certain cable I should use between them? Would a typical guitar/bass cable work? My output choices from the PODs are MIDI and 1/4", with 1/4" unbalanced input to the MR-8. I'm...

Currently, I have two Bigsby B5 vibratos, two of the roller Tune-O-Matic bridges and two sets of Wilkinson locking tuners, all intended for my Epiphone Les Paul Jr. 90 (for which I've also got a Gibson P90 pickup) and Gibson Les Paul Faded Double Cutaway. Of course whenever I get a chance to...

They're both right around the same price, but what's the biggest difference between the two? I'm looking to record to my Fostex MR-8mkII, then send that to the computer for further processing/development of tracks, toward ultimately having a complete song. Matt

Back in November, I'd tried one at a semi-local music store, and was sufficiently impressed by its potential for rockabilly and surfabilly. Nearly a year later, I'm at the store to inquire about pickups, and there it is with the used guitars. Turns out, the guy that had bought it decided he...

A local store has a Gretsch guitar having only a mini humbucker at the bridge, with a volume and tone control. It says Syncromatic at the top of the headstock, with the Gretsch logo on the truss rod cover, pickguard and pickup cover. The body is a single cut slab (a la Tele/some Les Pauls), and...

...replace it with a better sound card? A buddy at an IRC chat linked me to a Radio Shack page showing a 1/4" jack - 1/8" jack cable that should work, but I figure I'll ultimately end up happier with a better sound card. My question is, which sound card? My current setup = hp pavilion a422n...

Last night after work, I decided to try picking out a piano part ("Lady" by Little River Band) with my Bass VI through my POD 2.0, and I was reminded of a slight problem that I've found with it, since I bought it used last month. Whenever I adjust the volume and tone, I get crackling, in both...

Yesterday afternoon, I'd stopped at Sam Ash in Indianapolis, after a visit to the VA medical center, in the morning. I was planning to stop at Guitar Center and IRC Music, after Sam Ash, as I was looking to try out different all tube combo amps, other than the Peavey Classic 50/410 I've pretty...

Should I go with the 20" or 24"? Do I really need to go for the processor upgrade, or would the standard 2.16GHz configuration suffice? What about the video card? Would the 128MB standard configuration be good enough for something that's primarily going to be used for recording/editing/mixing my...

Okay, this question's fueled by CMT having a Hee Haw marathon. There's a particular, and peculiar (to me) Gibson that I've seen Roy play, other than a ES-335. The "peculiar" one is the same body type as the ES-335, but it has a dogeared P90 at the bridge, and what appears to be a Filter`Tron at...

I never knew Think Geek sells guitar gear, until this showed up in my latest Think Geek Newsletter... http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8e2b/?cpg=43H Matt

More specifically, the Gibson Les Paul Faded Double Cutaway like I'd tried at GC last month. It's a flat top LP with P90 pickups. Was I dreaming, when I played it, or would this particular LP be a good choice for rockabilly? It seems to me that having a flat top and P90s is what's giving it the...