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    Guitar Center

    I completely agree that GC sucks but this is a bad article Lots of complaints are people saying "oh yeah, I totally had $3k I was willing to spend, if only someone had talked to me." What a bunch of BS. It's easy to say that online. Or they complain about not being able to play a $3k guitar as...
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    Lickliter amp expo at Orlando International Guitar Show and Amp Expo 2025

    Super cool amps. Also love how your website just opens straight up with the "Listen Now" call to action. Shows where your priorities are - the sound - exactly what people should want from an amp maker. I'm in the area and might try to swing by. I remember seeing this last year, but I don't get...
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    JSX Mods

    The JSX (and XXX, and Ultra, and Triumph) do not have diode clipping. It's a common misconception, the diodes you are likely seeing in the signal path reduce signal noise when the guitar signal is very quiet/off, they do not clip a signal or send partial lobes to ground etc like an actual diode...
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    Compatibility Question: EMG-89XR with EMG-SA Pickups?

    Yes, there is a compatibility issue and it will not sound right. You can't mix X series pickups with non-X pickups. I found out the hard way myself Note that if you don't have a tone control (I'm guessing you don't on the 5FX unless you modified it), the compatibility issue is less important...
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    How do I remove the tremolo arm assembly from a 1984 Floyd Rose?

    Sorry - is this a 1984 Floyd Rose - as in, from the year 1984? Or a recent reissue? Nice bait lol
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    Tips on making high quality guitar vids?

    My videos get dragged because I talk for 45 minutes, but I have a niche group that seems to appreciate the attention to detail and honestly I just enjoy talking about schematics/circuits/history that kind of thing. Personally I don't think recording to a phone is good. If you do, you need to...
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    ENGL E568 Steve Morse 20 watt, Yeah... I'll keep the 100 watt big boy

    I'm also really disappointed. Not sure I see the difference between this and the Ironball SE other than a blue faceplate. None of the features that made the 100w Morse a unique amp. If we could see the schematic I bet this is nothing more than an Ironball SE with a few resistors swapped out for...
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    How do I remove the tremolo arm assembly from a 1984 Floyd Rose?

    It is absolutely meant to come off. Please do not drill/dremel/hacksaw a vintage floyd There's a reason they all used to come with these 11mm wrenches: I guess in the modern age you don't get that anymore due to cost cutting, but that's how you remove the socket.
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    A friend of mine has narrowed his new amp search to an EVHIII 100 watt standard 6L6 or Stealth 6L6, Stealth has resonance controls....

    FWIW, I paid under $1k for my 5153 100w standard, and about $620 for my 5153 50w standard. Part of the reason I’ve never owned a stealth is I can’t justify the extra cost for an amp that is basically 8 or so components and two hours of soldering different. There are fewer used stealths on the...
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    NAD: Bogner Ecstasy 100B

    This is on the inside of my VHT Sig:X, but I totally agree! : The ribbon cable did really surprise me. Interestingly, the 101B I have does not have it, the preamp side is one huge single board, instead of two boards with a cable. I wonder if it was too expensive or not possible to have a board...
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    A gear pricing discussion on rareish stuff

    I basically never buy anything that isn't priced well under market value. There's a reason I've only bought one amp on this forum lol. Actual deals are few and far between, if you want to pay under price for something, you have to hunt elsewhere. If you just want to buy a nice condition X amp...
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    NAD: Bogner Ecstasy 100B

    I've been really taking my time posting this one. It's been a busy summer and I've hardly had time to even play lately. I snagged this 100B and finally had a few moments to sit down with it, so here are some initial impressions. I need to spend a bit more time dialing it in and something I've...
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    New Charvel "Bengal" model

    I like a vintage trem on a pointy shredder, and I also like maple fretboards. Hate the tiger stripe paint job on this though, and the price seems way high, especially while the similarly comparable Baretta Vintage (with floyd 1000) is not even half that ($699).
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    Bad Cat Cougar Series Marketing Fail

    The lynx sounds great I always am really impressed by the EF86 channel on the Cub, and I have the less fancy player series model, not one of the nicer USA handwired ones. Not a super high gain amp of course. Impressive amps, the current owner John (spoke to him on the phone once) seems great...
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    Can someone break down the different Splawn models for me?

    That's the premiere question in my mind right now. I have a few things to settle but I absolutely plan on getting a new fully loaded QR to compare with my older models. Supposedly the "old" switch is based on the 2006 3-pre QR so I'd be really interested to know how close it actually is. ---...
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    83 Kramer Reissue.

    Ah gotcha. Those articles are always a bit of a crapshoot, the reverb Kramer article is full of misinformation too. They have someone research this stuff for a week then write an article, then on to the next thing for SEO or whatever. ESP made necks for Kramer right from the start of the wood...
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    New Mesa Questions / Thoughts

    I have a Triple Crown. It's one of those amps that does everything well, but nothing exceptional. It is one of my favorites for "general use" though, since it has 3 distinct channels, spring reverb, can also do silent recording or headphones and all sorts of stuff. Just super versatile and the...
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    First amp purchase in a long time...

    If you decide that that Henning CB just isn't your kinda thing anymore after this, I'd be very interested in it...
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    Can someone break down the different Splawn models for me?

    Aside from the models, it's absolutely CRITICAL to know what YEAR the amp is that you're getting, or that you liked if you are trying to get that sound again. There have been a number of changes over the years and the amps sound very different from each other even if they are all the same model...
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    83 Kramer Reissue.

    What is SW? Anyway, after about '83 all Kramers came with 135° Schaller tuners, starting with chrome then moving to black for standard line stuff (i.e. not special/signature models like EE's or Classics which still used Chrome). Earlier ones had 90° Gotohs, & very early ones had chevron...
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