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    New video: High Output Humbucker Smackdown

    I was a diehard 59+JB guy for a long time. Then, when I got the Kraken (Victory's 5150 clone) the JB became just too mid-rangy for me. I EQ'd a ton to try and fix it, but wound up deciding to go another direction. Full Shred, Steve's Special (DiMarzio), Custom Custom, and finally Pegasus all got...
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    Rick's TelePaul

    Built this one for my son-in-law. He really wanted a Les Paul style guitar but with updated features. We settled on the Tele chambered body in Mahogany with a Swamp Ash top in blue burst. The neck is Roasted Maple/Ebony with cream dots and binding. Scahller mini locking tuners and a Gotoh...
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    New Amp = Boss Katana 50 MK2 _+_ THEN _+_ upgraded to the Katana 100 MK2

    I haven't changed the speaker, but the reason I got the head versus a combo was because I had two really great cabs that I wanted to keep in the rotation; a Carvin 2x12s with their version of the Celestion G12T, and a Fender 1x12 with a Eminence Legend 75 in it. I really like the Katana with...
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    New Amp = Boss Katana 50 MK2 _+_ THEN _+_ upgraded to the Katana 100 MK2

    I've been a Katana fan for a few years now. I actually wound up selling both Bugeras, and an old Marshall because it's such a great amp. I got the Mk 1 head and was playing it through my Carvin 2x12S (their version of the G12T speaker) and it's both clean enough and dirty enough to handle just...
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    10 Albums that define you

    No way could I keep it to just 10, so I split it up a bit. Early influences -- Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind Iron Maiden - Powerslave Dio - Holy Diver Judas Priest - Point of No Return Rush - Permanent Waves Rush - Grace Under Pressure Joe Satriani - Surfin' With the Alien Jimi Hendrix - Are You...
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    Talk me out of this Swimming pool route nonsense (?)

    Starting weight was just over 5.5lbs. It wasn't that it was overweight, but just heavier than I wanted. I wound up with that weird corner toward the bottom because I just kept shaving until I got close.
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    Talk me out of this Swimming pool route nonsense (?)

    I got a hold of a 72 Strat re-issue body a while ago. It was made out of a beautiful piece of Swamp Ash, but damn it was heavy. When I was going to repurpose the body I did exactly what you're talking about; routing more away from under the pickguard than just the swimming pool rout. My goal was...
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    Roasted Maple Neck Questions

    Roasted Maple with Pearloid inlays is great stuff. I would highly recommend going all the way and getting white side dots as well. I got black on the neck for the 8-Ball and they're hard to pick out on a darkened stage.
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    Happy Birthday....The Aaron!!!!

    Happy Birthday Aaron!! Hoping you have a great year!
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    That one discovery that changed you as a guitar player

    Oh yeah. I'll second this and add that once you've mastered the various positions of the Pentatonic Minor, you realize that it's about fitting in the half-steps to get to minor scales in two shapes, major scales in one (and a half) shapes, and various modes. That truly opened up the fretboard...
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    That one discovery that changed you as a guitar player

    Same here, both with the Charvel necks and unfinished neck woods. I still have, and play occasionally, an '87 Model 2 that is one of my favorite guitars of all time. I was a little skeptical of the raw necks until I got a Canary/Ebony neck. I'm never going back. Since then I've had...
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    New video: Maple vs Roasted Maple Necks

    When I did the update of the 8-Ball I decided I'd go with Roasted Maple/Roasted Maple. What I found was exactly what you hear in this video. The top end is a bit brighter and the mid to low mid range is tighter. It's almost like you just took the Brightness control and gave it a 2 position...
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    First Warmth Neck- Roasted Maple or Vintage Nitro?

    I love my Roasted Maple necks and probably won't use anything else as a neck wood again. But there is one thing to consider when using it as the fretboard material: the black side dots get lost on darkened stages. I've found that I have to lean a bit around to see the fretboard dots with that...
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    Is "Standard Thin" too thin?

    As usual, I'm a dissenter in the crowd. The Wizard is perfect fit for my hand since I like to stay way up on my fingertips. If I had to give that up though, the Standard Thin is also a very nice shape and size.
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    New Warmoth Video: Traditional Bursts

    Team B-R-Y Burst here.
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