Recent content by Sb39

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qopX3Ip4pWs Went to the luthier today.  All fret buzz issues ironed out!  But it didn't need fret work, at all.  The nut was too low.

Capos do make things sound differently, though I can't imagine using one constantly.  Albert Collins used a capo all his life, and the reason I say I can't imagine it is the way it tightens up the strings and prevents them from being bent.  That man must've had mega strong fingers and wrists...

I have to throw this in there...I said I don't own any Fender that I didn't have to severely modify, and it's true, but there are two production units in Fender's history that I would probably just buy and drive, so to speak. The Strat Ultra, that is one badarse guitar. And the newer Blacktop...

Pabloman...remember the jukebox channel in the early 90s?  They used to play that song by Suicidal over and over.  They'de bleep out the rant and the '**** you'.  I always rolled over laughing when they did that. Gonna have to disagree with you politely on the LP, though.  Yes, it has a scale...

Well, I was able to relax the bow and get the neck more straight.  It didn't really help, unfortunately.  I'm kind of wondering if the frets need working.  When you fret a note past the 12th fret on the D string, for instance, the string's vibration area is just extremely close to all the...

Reluctant, yes, it's an angled pocket.  And yes, the neck is bowed where the middle of the neck is further away from the strings.  The truss rod, I was under the impression that: counterclockwise = convex clockwise = concave Is that correct?  Or is it the other way around?  If so, it feels...

Hi everyone.  I figured it would be easier to just post a video.  Sorry for the crappy mic quality, it's actually my mixing board that's on the fritz. Thanks to Cagey for the advice I've gotten so far. In this video I talk about the problem and try to demo the sound so you can hear it.  Watch...

Ok, I'll give this a shot.  I personally don't own any Fender that I didn't have to severely modify to feel and sound good to me.  Out of the box with no mods, my experience is most of them haven't been all that great to me, though I *am* fairly picky about what I like after 20 years of...

Don't wanna sidetrack this thread, but at LAST...someone who will tell it like it is about 'classic' Mustangs.  :P And I should know, I owned one of the worst, a 73.  They were like all musclecars in the 60s.  Designed to go fast, and in a straight line (although fast is refutable today when...

I actually always figured the Hendrix era strat to be the turning point that made people begin to appreciate the pre-CBS models and give them value in the first place, but I could be wrong about that.

Bagman...everything I've seen and heard about Aerodyne Strats leads me to believe they're one of Fender's most unintentionally well kept secrets.  I WILL own one eventually.  On my wishlist, big time.

JumbleJumble - Depends on what you're being a snob about.  Music is kind of like a personally arranged and personally tailored religion for each of us.  I get some of your ideas, you get some of mine (in the common artists that we like), but we should never ever proselytize the artists the other...

I've always wondered why Gibson has never considered the Fender model...by that I mean produce guitars with the actual Gibson label on them in another country.  The Epiphone line, while quality now (some of the late 80s models like the Emperor were total crap at the time) ...doesn't make...

I'll agree with that statement.  I think back to the early 90s when Fender started putting out really unique instruments like the Strat Plus and the now rare Strat Ultra.  And I remember how just a few years earlier, my MIK Squier Strat was brand new, and a total piece of junk (no...

I still have a lot of respect and appreciation for the basic Musicman/Axis, which Leo Fender helped to design.  Still an outstanding guitar, and like the PRS, very competitive against anything Gibson makes without the ludicrous price tag.  Although I am a huge Van Halen fan, I don't think that...