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Removed the pickguard in preparation for some new vintage-style cream pickup rings I ordered from Philadelphia Luthier Tools. Im pretty sure they won't fit correctly but I'm going to give them a shot anyway.

I almost bought a really nice Fender 'Squier Series' Strat a couple of days ago for like $175 or so, IIRC. Had I been looking for a Strat, I'd have snatched it up quickly but I'm not so I didn't.

Had to cancel those strings and order some 9s. I accidentally ordered 10s the first time and my niece is like 4' nothing, so 10s would be a little much for her tiny little hands lol. I got a Wyze smart thermostat the other day and it shows current humidity in the house. You can buy room...

I put them in all of my guitars. It turns out Switchcraft has a jack that's built in a similar way that you can basically use for the same purpose but I haven't tried it. It wasn't built for that purpose but you can jumper the connections and make it work like a Pure Tone jack. Just ordered...

Ordered a Joyo active ABY pedal. It has 2 fx loops built into it, as well. So it ought to be interesting getting it to work. Also ordered two Mallory 150 caps at 0.033uf each. They didn't have any 0.015uf caps so I'll probably run these two in series to get almost 0.015uf. I think that's it...

That's a known issue on amps that don't get much fx loop use. Stuff builds up on the jack plug and the contacts separate, causing no sound. I have silicone/rubber 6.35mm plugs in mine to hopefully keep it from happening.

I sanded & scraped countless mosquitos out of clear coat when I did automotive refinishing lol. It sucked every time.

I'm fairly certain I know exactly what you're talking about. I've also heard it described as more of a cone with the point chopped off vs a cylinder. I thought that might be what you were talking about. Thank you!

Could you expand on this and explain what it means? I'm amazed at the level of craftsmanship here. Incredible work! I had a pretty long post here but it got quite off-topic and sad so I decided not to post it. Short version being I wish I still had all of my dad's woodworking tools and...

Oddly enough, I've heard multiple people say you shouldn't adjust it at all under string tension. I've never followed that advice but I continue to come across it now & then.

As long as it's not from Gibson, it probably will be perfect out of the box lol. That's quite sad. I can pick up almost any Epiphone and know it's a well made guitar with no issues. But you can't say the same about a Gibson according to "everyone". You need to go through 5 or 6 or 10 to find...

Not everybody believes that anything made in the US is better than anything made anywhere else. That's why people would by a $1699 USD Firebird V built in China over a $1500 US built guitar. The 2 guitars don't compare. You'd pay $3000+ USD for a US-built guitar that's equivalent to that $1699...

I can see why you might choose the Epi over the low end Gibson. Especially if it plays as good as it looks. 👍 I want a Heritage Cherry Sunburst guitar big time. A Factory Burst? came up for sale the other day but I got outbid on it. The guy ended up getting it for around $450 with 3 scratches...

Which Epi do you have?

Oh OK. Thanks for sharing. I was just curious. 👍

What shop? I use a shop in France, IIRC, for parts because they have awesome prices called ADP Guitar Parts. But it usually takes longer than 25 hrs lol I got a Faber tailpiece foe like $40 plus $7 shipping or something. From France to the US! Since I usually don't need parts immediately, I can...

That's a good idea. One thing I did as a solution to me leaving my house and thinking I left the amp on was to use a wifi smart plug in the wall and them I plug my surge protector into that. This way, if I ever leave and wonder if I left my amp on, I can just cut power to the smart plug and it...

2023 Epiphone '59 Les Paul Dark Burst Aged. I'm not up on my Epiphone models so I'm not sure if it's Inspired By Gibson or whatever they do with the 'Gibson Custom Shop'. It has 1 scratch on it....and a couple of missing digits in the serial number. And it has the 'USED' stamp but I don't...

I just used a dot of super glue on mine and it holds them in. I had the same problem. I tried building up the walls of the holes with super glue and then decided to just try and glue it in on the 2nd hole lol. That was much easier and quicker. This was on a LP-style guitar with Gotoh tuners. I...

Yea I bought bias probes just for that very reason. It makes me super nervous working inside this amp. The Eurotubes EL84 probe I ordered for this amp came in the other day. So I checked plate current with that vs what I calculated and there isn't much difference. 4 or 5 mA I calculated around...