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BFG mod update.... i changed out a few parts Brian suggested and man what a different sounding head i have on my hands! i still have two mods left to complete, but i'm waiting on the parts to come in (a day or two more). what i got so far is a JCM800 hot rodded crunch channel, with a...

well, what do you think of the pickups? what do they compare to? more highs than the usual?

i have to say...Brian at BFG is the man and he knows his stuff. very cool guy to deal with. i did a couple things he suggested and the amp is sounding better already. got parts on the way to complete some more mods. will post some clips when it's all done.

i have a marshall JMD:1 head now, and a couple other odd pieces of gear, so i'm shooting for a slightly different tone with this head. the clean channel is nice, but the gain is a little on the nasty side. looking at the schematics, it looks like they borrowed from Mesa....but didn't finish...

i heard back from one guy who said that model head is crap shoot to get good tone. he suggested replacing the tubes, which i already did. his final advice: sell it. luckily, i also got an email from BFG and he had some great mod ideas. i will be doing some mods following his advice, and if i...

i have an old Carvin X100B III that i would like to have modded. i don't want to spend a fortune on a head that ain't worth much, so i need some advice. is this head worth modding? i like the clean channel, but the distortion channel has some nasal midrange crap going on that i can't remove...

i'm thinking about gutting the gain section and doing something different, any suggestions? i may have to send this to some amp wizard that can mod it.

JVM for metal would be my choice.

unfortunately it happens. back in the touring days, my guitars ended up in a big travel case in the back of the PA truck...which meant 100 degree summer heat in the southern states. it was then that i learned to repot pickups and do neck adjustments. we never got the point of having air...

leaving your guitar in a hot vehicle is a sure way to get microphonic pickups. you need to repot them. last time i repotted pickups i got some wax from Sally's beauty supply and melted it in a pot, after pulling off the black tape/material from the side of the pickup i then used a coat hanger...

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fender clean, marshall crunch, 5150 lead.

i haven't played one, but at those prices i'm sure i will...soon. what do they compare to? i'm funny about neck sizes, i don't like them too thick.

until i get new pickups, i rewired my tone control to be a bass cut control. that helped. i used to have bill lawrence pickups in a similar guitar and they sounded great...i forgot about those. EMG's...i wasn't sure they would sure the issue, haven't tried them in any mahogany guitar. Bare...

when i tried the pod hd 500 for a week, it sounded like high end fizzy shit.....so i say the second clip is pod because of the highs.

I have an Ibanez RGT42fm that is mahogany neck through, and i've tried a couple different humbuckers that sound good in other guitars, but in this guitar it's all bass and scooped mids. duncan distortion was too dark, PJ Marx were too thin. I haven't had much experience with mahogany guitars...

thanks for the kind words Orbis. i make a ton of presets by request, but the forum has slowed down to a crawl...so i haven't done much lately. this particular preset is nice not only because it sounds good in a mix, but it feels great to play. it has a more amp-in-the-room sound and feel.

the innards were pristine clean....no mods. the pots were really dirty, so were the jacks. it appears i had two issues: 1) the effects loop jacks were filthy from non use and not letting much signal through. the same with the input jacks. 2) the inverter tube was weak/bad. i changed out all...

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trade completed! i got the carpet covered X100b head with two 4-12" top slant cabinets. i parted with two of my least favorite guitars on the trade. value wise, it was a good fair trade to me. when i tested the amp, it wasn't without some issues though. first the good stuff: 1) the clean...