Recent content by derrick007

Well, I have, almost literally, a pile of various different 12ax7 tubes laying around, (well, stored properly, not just laying around) so if the tube did go out, wouldn't it just be a simple swap to fix it again, or can a tube blowing cause further damage.

Well the amp in question here is actually an SWR Super Redhead. I got mine second hand, so I never had the manual, but it might say the same for mine. It's a tube preamp, but still has solid state power, and I'm assuming that's where most of the heat would be generated. How about leaving a...

I've always wondered this, can you leave your amp on too long? For example, today I learned to play The Distance, by Cake, hurray! Then I noticed it was noon so I went to school, then when I got home at five, I noticed I left my amp on. This isn't too uncommon for me, not usually as long as...

oh well, how are nordstrand soapbars split?

The pickups are filled in at the bottom like EMGs, so I cant get to the wiring, so can I not split these pickups?

I was about to do an out of phase and coil split job on my Hamer Explorer which has dimarzio humbuckers, or so I thought. I already bought the push pots and took it all apart and as I found the pickups both only have two wires coming from them. The pickups are huge, 40 x 110mm bigger than many 5...

Thanks for the info, I emailed Rockfield, and they said their bass pickups are not commercially available yet, only sold to Traben. I'll shoot Traben an email asking if they're different sizes.

This one, if you don't know what I'm talking about. Link Removed Yeah, he's got 5 jazz pickups, so my question is, how many of those are neck pups, or bridge pups, or are they made specifically for that bass? I ask, one, just out of curiosity, and two, because I'm currently building a...

well does anybody have experiance with a pedal fixer, someone they can recommend for me?

Yeah, second hand from eBay, person not a store, but it's the purchase and the product that's a rip off. Even if the person who sold it ripped me off, that doesn't change the fact that the product is crap. from what the reviews said, even if I bought it new from a store it could have been as bad...

I just got a used one and it's terrible. I have never been this dissatisfied with any purchase of any kind. It has a huge volume cut off all the time, and the effect doesn't even kick on until the knob is about 80% or 3 o'clock. Worst of all is the constant loud hiss. I play an '07 MIM Fender...

okay that was it, but now i have some grounding issue. i get a horrible feedback unless i touch the metal part of the cable while its plugged in. any ideas on what i missed? edit: it also goes away when tone is all the way down.

no, i understand the 3 way switch, and all of it, like i said i've gone over it over and over, everything is wired exactly as that diagram says it should be, but no noise whatsoever. the pickups are fine, everythings grounded, it's not the amp, i can't find what it is, and it's pissing me off...

Is there any reason this wiring wont work on a fender p bass with an added jazz bridge pickup? I've checked it a hundred times now, i followed that schematic exactly, and it simply doesn't work.

Warmoth, thats so obvious, i guess i should have checked there first. either way, thanks for the help.