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Would this neck have been made by Wayne Charvel?

I saw Richie Havens put on a clinic at the Berklee Performance Center in the early 90s. I can remember everybody sitting there stunned. He had the kind of voice and presence...I'm pretty sure he could have carried the whole room without a PA. Just pure power. By the end of the performance, he...

Is it still the "tape" delay to beat? Anything better/newer/shinier out there?

XUi1Gs2y2FI Picked up a Goldfinger 45 and matching 2x12 yesterday. Excuse the shitty phone vid. I'm still honeymooning but HOLY SHIT what an amp. My favorite tones are plexi-based. Clean up through crunch, dabbling in JCM800 and beyond territory now and then. This amp really brings it home...

Not really a shock but still a bummer that it came to this. http://m.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Iss ... ction.aspx

What do you like and why? Cantrell? Hendrix? Bad Horsie? Satch? EVH? MXR/CAE? Regular Vox? Regular Crybaby? I've had the Fulltones, Teeses, etc. Great wahs but I'm not looking to break the bank anymore. I have an old 80s crybaby with a dead pot. Trying to decide whether to fix it or get...

(UPDATE: Decided to go with separate pedals.) What are you using, what do you like, what don't you like? I'm looking to invest in some effects and I'm trying to decide whether to put together a small pedalboard or go with a multifx that I can use with the 4 cable method and my mini rectifier...

I think I can guess the answer :lol: :LOL: but I'm bored so I thought I'd ask anyway... Me, I love the compact size. The Steinberger trems had the best feel of all time IMO although it took some getting used to - the bar rode high. I'm contemplating a headless build to satisfy the nostalgia...

Hmm...hang on. I like to give working titles to projects. Makes them more interesting to me. But before I get to that, gotta start at the beginning. This is kinda like when you run out of food and so you make dinner from some old cheerios, leftover chinese food, and a can of tomato paste from...

I'm on the hunt for a low-volume home amp. Something that can whisper without sucking. Hit GC today and tried a few... Mesa Express 5:25. Tons of great features - 2 channels with 2 modes each, switchable power, loop, reverb. The master volume worked really well. Overall a "nice" amp. But one of...

On the prowl for a new home amp. Mostly late night mouse fart volumes. The Line6 DT25 has me intrigued. The official demo videos sound great. Other contenders are the mini mesas, the mini bogners, soldano astroverb, budda 18, badger 18, etc. Primary tone want is a vintage gain that cleans up...

Episode 1 can be found here. Let's tackle Episode 2. This one is still very much in progress so it will have to play out over the coming weeks but a lot is already done. Episode 1 was a pretty bog-standard Tele copy. This time we're going off the reservation a little bit and building a strat...

What's your favorite Duncan humbucker in an HSS strat, and why? Looking for something on the vintage-y side, paired up with APS-1 singles...

Skip ahead to the money shots... A fellow RT'er is having an ampfest this weekend. I wanted to put together something to bring along. Can we build a guitar in a week or so? A guitar that doesn't completely suck? I think that remains to be seen. But I'm going to cheat a bit, so maybe. The...

A strat body with no contours - flat front and back like a tele... What say ye?