There's alot of guys who perform mods on this forum. You should check out Lickliteramps. Good guy who know's his shits and knows ALOT about mods. Shoot him a message one here even if it's to ask about someone elses mod.
-Alex
I'm using EMG's mostly for the herbert right now... With techdeath you don't really want dynamics. works well with what i'm doing at this point in time... I'm doing some recording right now for some hard rock stuff and kinda wishing i had some BKP aftermaths....
-Alex
it is very responsive to your volume knob. I mean obviously if you have active pickups that wont work, but if not then it cleans up real nice. It also has a more and less switch...
-Alex
there's a thread on here about the herberts serial numbers. post it on there. you can also take the chassis out and the year is hand written on the board :D Enjoy your herbert buddy!!!!
-Alex
It's so much easier to get a wicked tone when recording with a modeler. You don't have to mess with different cabs, speakers, mics, mic positions, then dialing the amp in, room sizes and dampening... Ugh it's messy recording an amp. Is it worth the effort? It takes ALOT more effort to get the...
1. Make friends with someone who works at guitar center
2. Get Mogami Cables for 10 bucksm
3. ?????
4. Profit
My buddy bought me all new mogami gold XLR cables for my recording rig and told me it cost him more for his KFC the night before......
long ago when i first started playing i bought a digitech GNX4. It sounded terrible but it really let me explore the world of effects and taught me alot about them.
Any amp will have a problem cutting through when you dont dial it in right. Guitars are a mid range instrument. Go to a show and listen to them sound check the guitars. If the band sounds really great when they are all playing, the guitars will sound like shit 90% of the time when they are sound...
+1 Turn down the gain. I play tech death and on channel 3 I have the gain below 12oclock. Watch the presence knob, and what are you doing with the mid cut? Got it on or off? And if you have it on what settings you using?
-Alex