I love that strat.

I wish more Fenders had the contoured heel. It really makes a difference!

friend of mine found a concert lead on the side of the road recently. The power cord was cut so he soldered a new one on and it worked perfectly! Sounded killer, especially with an old rat pedal into it.

The Melvins like their Sunn solid state amps.
My band keeps an old SS Acoustic head in the van ...

if they were $999 they'd be winners.

I love them all, and agree with what everybody's saying about the Op-amp muff sounding the most different from all the others. That said, I use only one muff at a time and basically for the same purpose. I can use my op-amp or my greeny for the same parts in our set.

I have heard every muff (until ...

Thanks guys....realizing all the songs I wrote on that mustang.

Long story short....I always played the same guitar for many years, a USA Hamer studio (which thank god was safe at my rehearsal space) in metal and hard rock bands.

In about 2006 my metal band broke up and I started a more ...

Aye. A nightmarish situation.

Is there any sort of insurance available on account of the strat having been bought recently on a credit card?

Thanks dudes,
I bought it with paypal via the gearpage. My paypal goes to my credit card since I don't have any real money. Since the guitar arrived and ...

Yesterday between 3-4 pm my house in Wallingford was robbed and 2 really special guitars were stolen from me:

1. 2006 Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster Pro Closet Classic. Ser. no. 3503 (on neck plate).White with Rosewood fingerboard. This guitar should be easy to spot because it has the big CBS ...

The silver face is the working musican's real friend.
Hard to go wrong with a bassman....

If you don't get on with your line 6 you should consider the Digitech Hardwire DL-8. You can turn the tails off. It will do everything a good modern digital delay should do. I don't know if its hype or not, but their description of the extra high headroom on this series sounds good to me, especially ...

my experience is a tubescremer into a rat can give you a killer thash metal tone. Try a cheap TS pedal.
Also big muffs (especially green russian) are great for doom.
Or use a massive clean boost into your bassman for Doom overdive / sag.
Best octave up and down is the POG I believe.
Foxrox makes a ...

I played an ESP Ron Wood Tele and it was the best tele in the whole store!

The lower horn on the ESP Firebird is weird. Too bad. Tokai makes some cool copies.

Get some 1/2" foam in whatever size you want from a specialty store. Google revealed a bunch in Buffalo. It won't be much. Better yet, most of those shops will give you scraps for free.

that's the shit right there. To get comparable balls you're going to have to get a Sunn 2000s or model T

If you can check out the music man head you should! They are great and $275 is a solid deal as long as its all working.

endsjustifymeans wrote:bassman for under $500? not on my local craigslist.

Silverface bassman head = $350 to $500 if you look around

Also look for a Fender PA-100 head

Silverface bassman, bandmaster, showman, etc. Whatever you can find on craigslist in your town. Best band for buck. It'll grow with you, take pedals well, and have enough power for playing with most drummers.

Rock

Your best bang for the buck if you are playing shoegaze is something loud and clean....then you can use all your pedals.

Silverface twin reverb would by my recommendation. Also Musicman amps, bassman heads.

USPS= no problems in my experience and much quicker

UPS= 50% break rate and 7 days minimum

I shipped a 1980 Les Paul, the most expensive guitar I'd ever bought (and then sold because it was too much $$ to keep around) and the packed the hell out of it. The guy I sent it to said that when it ...

Just email Tim at Bare Knuckles.
He responds the same day and is very very helpful. I recently bought a Crawler humbucker from them based on his recommendation and it was exactly what I needed.
Great pickups and great company. If you want to go boutique, It doesn't get much better anywhere.

I am assuming you are breaking strings at the bridge?

Its either the saddles or the tailpiece (at the point where the ball end is held). Something is too sharp and as the string stretches out, it's like rubbing it across a blade. Snap!

The jagstang has Mustang saddles which aren't usually ...