Recent content by Strat Avenger

Cool.

Squealing pickups is a result of loose coils vibrating. Wax potting prevents this vibration, which eliminates squealing. Has nothing to do with pickips "wiggling" on the wooden top. And yes, they are microphonic. I have personally yelled into a guitar pickup while the guitar was plugged into a...

They're not as microphonic as an actual microphone, but they are still microphonic. Why, do you think, a ES-335 sounds different from Les Paul with the same pickups, bridge, and pots? The pickups are "hearing" the acoustic differences between the hollow body and the solid body, not just the...

My OFR equipped guitars sound brighter than my hardtails, but I also have Graph Tech String Saver Classic saddles on the hardtails. :unsure:

Yep, I discovered this years ago.

'Just ordered a 78 with a nickle cover to replace the JB in my ESP EC. I like the JB, but not in that guitar. It also had a '59 in the neck position that just did not sound good to me in that guitar, so I replaced it years ago with a SH-2 "Jazz", which turned out to be perfect. So I'll have a...

Wow! 😮

Looks like a vintage Fender hardtail bridge to me. I can definitely see a gap between the saddles.

You might...in an alternate universe.

It's gorgeous. I would have gone with the control plate that has the switch between the two knobs though. :cool:

They've made a religion out of it, and you'll never be able to reason with them despite the fact that 70 year-old technology is in no way equal (much less superior) to today's technology. Of course I prefer the styling of the vintage instruments (Strat, Tele, Les Paul, etc.), but I insist on...

'Has exactly the right number of knobs. :cool:

I want one.

On the Strat, I like the volume knob 1/2 inch further away from the bridge pickup than the original location.

Or at least an option.