Recent content by heydenkm

The build all started with a factory-finished Warmoth Strat body in Lake Placid blue.  It’s routed for a Schaller Floyd Rose and H-S-S pickup configuration.  Mounted to this a GraphTech Ghost piezo Floyd Rose trem and the Ghost Hexpander preamp kit.  This is wired in with the Seymour Duncan...

Thanks guys.  I'm happy that I at least tried out.  I was thinking of cancelling the audition because I didn't get enough practice time on some of the tougher songs.  Turns out that wasn't a problem. Now at least I can say that I've learned some country tunes so next time I find a band looking...

Well, had the audition yesterday.  It went "OK".  I was glad that they chose not to run through the Brad Paisley song as that was the one that I knew would be the hardest to get down so I back-burnered it in order to allow enough time for the others. Turns out these guys are really more...

Well, I went to my local guitar store yesterday hoping to find a Deluxe Reverb, Bassman and a Vox.  They only had the Deluxe.  I did wound great , though.  I grabbed an American Standard Tele and played around with it.  Even at low volumes it was still pretty evident that the tones were good.  I...

I'm still checking in. :icon_thumright: That seems to be a common story with the people that buy the Ceriatones.  From every review I've read to every comment on a message board, everyone seems blown away by how well they are designed and built and the prices are more than reasonable for the...

I meant to respond as well that I like the clip.  Funny though that you classify it as country.  It sounds very similar to one of my favorite local bands from my college days.  They were firmly in the "college radio" genre of the day and nobody I hung out with at the time was big on country but...

You guys are making me rethink the modeler stuff even more.  I went out and looked at Vox on eBay.  Several different versions available and as Patrick points out, even if I get the one that "Country Guy A" uses it may not be the right version for what I need.  Also, the nicer reissues are...

Thanks to all for the replies.  It is great to get the input. I looked at the Weber kits, but liked that the Ceriatones appeared to be more "modularized"--you get chunks of preassmbled parts and only need to do some assembly.  The Weber looks to be from scratch.  I have also "heard" that the...

I'll have to check out the Bassman combo.  I know that Fenders are big in country, but there are so many these days I was never sure which direction to head. As for the Ceriatone, I am sure that it would be a great choice.  After looking at the HUGE shipping cost for a complete amp kit, I would...

I've always been a rock player and as such have gear that is suited for that.  In the past several years, I have become predominately a listener of modern country and would like to make the jump to join a country band.  I just quit my "alt-rock" band and I have an audition coming up in a couple...

Sperzels are very easy to change.  Just unscrew the button (the part that you twist to tune), slide it off, slide off the spacer and the worm gear pulls out from the bottom.  Switch it to the other side and reassemble and you're set.  I had a 3x3 set that is now on a 6-inline headstock.  The...

Sounds like your 2-point trem with Callaham saddles is pretty similar to the new American Standards with the stamped saddles.  Are those the "best of both worlds"?  Fender claims to have made some other improvements to the block and other parts of the trem, too. Still interested to know if most...

Can you elaborate why it is superior?  Do you have the tuning issues that are possible?  Given the variability of 6-hole trems, do some sound better than others and what are the characteristics that contribute to the superior tone?  Are stamped saddles better or worse?  Do you need to have a...

I'd really like to know what the advantages are of the 6-hole trems.  I understand the reasons people buy Floyds--tuning stability for radical use due to the locks at both ends of the string.  I understand the application of the the Wilky/Fender 2-point trems--better tuning stability for light...

Thanks for the responses.  To DBW and Jay, good to hear that the bobbins are the same size, but I am not sure if either one fits in Warmoth's "fat" routes.  Do you know?  To Tim, I didn't think that a custom pickguard would be returnable.  Are they?  Even if it is because I picked the wrong...