Recent content by musitron

For the late 60's Strat sound (AKA "the Hendrix Sound"), Lindy Fralin Woodstocks.  $250 for a set; they aren't cheap, but they capture "the Hendrix sound" better than any other pickups I've ever heard, as they are actually designed to be like left-handed pickups for a right-handed guitar.  "The...

You may've seen these? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBF0vgZz8Vs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3gvCRULcRI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKWnGtuvZBo

I dunno man... never met a humbucker that really captured that Strat sound..... don't forget one of the biggest things about that bridge Strat sound is the angle of the pickup.... the bass side is further away from the bridge so the low end doesn't get completely shut out, and the treble side is...

I have a set of Dimarzio Breed pickups on a baritone routinely tuned down to A, and couldn't be happier with the chunk I get out of the neck pickup.  Almost too much for me at times, actually.....  Don't know about all the way down to that bass E, but the Breed has enough highs to it to make...

Oh, and cute idea putting the battery in the tremolo compartment.  Veeery clever.  :laughing7:

Are the knobs chosen for the cosmetics, or do you find the skirt helps when adjusting them, particularly on the fly while playing? Digging the guitars, especially the black one.... black knobs, maybe?  :dontknow:

Warheart, What do you have against black hardware?  :icon_tongue:  Though on this blue one, I'm torn... I got black pickguard covers, but the bridge, switches, and tuners are chrome.  Chrome knobs, you figure?  J

You said "budget," right?  :sign13: On my baritone I've got Dimarzio Breeds and I can't say enough good things about them.  (Hell, half my posts in my short life here have been about them!) However, I've heard a Strat-style guitar from these guys at GuitarFetish, and for the money they're...

Updown, Sweet finish.... so what does what?  =) J

I have a 28" scale baritone and I've got Dimarzio Breed pickups in it, and could not be happier.  The bass is full but not overwhelming, and doesn't make the amp 'fart' at high gain, and mids and highs balance it very well.  The coil-tapped neck is quite piano-like in the baritone range. I'm...

My ancient Squier Strat I've had since I was a teenager already has a (simpler) toggle-switch scheme that I use playing live, and it works just fine for me.  With what my group does, I don't have much need for lots of pickup changes anyway.  I do more recording than live playing, and primary...

Ok, yes, the site is a bit over the top.  All they need are more frames and some garish colors and it'd be straight out of 1998.  And not defending hyper-zealous way they come off about their product.  However... All I really care about is, "Does they thing they're selling me do what I need it...

Oh HECK no!!!!  Personally, I don't understand a body with an absolutely stunning top half-covered by a pickguard, but that's just me.  The top routing is easier to deal with as far as building the thing, but I'll take a one-time headache.  :laughing7: J

BEAUTIFUL top!! I'm such a quilt homer...... =)

Hrm, I'll have to look for that once I get it back...  I don't think I played that guitar for more than 30 minutes total.  Nothing wrong with it at all, and sounds actually pretty ok (all things considered), but several days after getting it my dad calls up and asks if his girlfriend could...