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I had an LTD Kamikaze 20 years ago and it was the hardest-playing guitar ever. I had a 1995 M-II Deluxe and it was the greatest playing guitar I have ever had, especially for the price ($1800). Got rid of it because it was an S/H setup and I don't do single coils in my metal guitars. Closely...

I am running a Ragnarok in an LP for recording rhythm work right now (low tuning) and do not find it to be like an EMG 81 or 85. Ragnarok is like a SD Custom and Gibson 498T had a baby: hot and defined, but also throaty yet clear. I am curious to try it out in one of my shred guitars, but pretty...

Nothing sounds like an active pickup. There is a compression and between-each-note quietness they deliver that can't be pulled from a passive pickup. Like a blend of an Invader and a Custom, with an inherent noise gate.

Reb's tone was a little on the treble side when we saw Winger a few months back. Not bad, but didn't have the oomph and growl (mids and lows) that Bill Leverty (Firehouse) was packing. In case you are wondering, my old lady dragged me to see Winger because -like 90% of women- she thought young...

Did you test it out in-store and bust out some Korn- in the wrong tuning- and acoustic GnR riffs as required by the Line 6 gods? Man oh man I miss playing half-ass versions of super-popular songs through $200 amps with $100 guitars. Where has the time gone? (Proceeds to play "Sad But True"...

I have always found live Megadeth to be too "quiet" compared to other live bands. Maybe that is why I am going ultra deaf? I suppose Dave wants a clear mix, but it always lacks "oomph". Too much lowe volume treble and mids in the guitars live. Maybe he was having an off night and found...

Nay. In person, they don't quite sound like they do in recordings. Bogners seem to suffer from this phenomena as well.

Start with a 498T or a Duncan JB. Then go from there and experiment further.

Song is good. Music video not so good. Would probably have been fine back in the non-HD days, at a slower frame rate and cycle. Hi-def really brings out every little detail. Can make a movie that looked okay in old analog look like watching a cheap play in person. In general... in many ways...

Love the ads for the really nice, hard-to-find guitar, and there is cat shit on the carpeting in the pictures. Kinda makes you wonder how they acquired the guitar let alone how it's been maintained.

To me, the Duncan Custom is better for rhythm... has a nice growl to it with chords, but a little too high midrangey and shrill for leads. I found the natural lead EQ sounds Kirk Hammett-ish. JB is a better balance if you want something that truly does everything well. The '59 Bridge pickup...

Thank you for correcting me- it's been a while since I have thought about 1990s Metallica tone! The power amp I meant to note was the Mesa Strategy 500. Paired with other hot preamps; and then the classic Roland Chorus for the cleans. Popular power amp in the late 90s/early 2000s.

You even have to question "new" guitars on how many hands have held them. If you've stalked enough new guitars online, you've surely seen many disappear/sell and then re-appear weeks later with no condition or price change. With that said, buying used- without playing and seeing in person- is...

I had a late night meeting tonight, so couldn't watch it live anyway. But I knew there was something I forgot today....

Sadly, it doesn't end in high school. That's just where it begins.