Recent content by ThmJ513

There may be too much interaction between the pickups' inductance, capacitance and resistance along with that of the volume controls and associated capacitors. It may require a pickup selector switch as used on regular guitars [neck, bridge or both] to isolate the pickups possibly prior to or...

Charles Mingus. Although he was more of an upright/doublebass player and composer. His playing and writing still goes over my head even today. OPG.

A few crumbs of Marshall history. ThmJ.

I'll second what b/o 402 said, the Marshall Major and the Marshall 200 are quite different animals even though they are rated at 200 watts. The 200, a.k.a. "pig", has a completely different front end for the tone circuits. I was thinking a building a lower powered amp with this front end but...

Thx folks for the kind words and encouragement. Thmj.

Hello from Los Angeles, Ca region. New member here. Figured I’d best post an intro before I forget. I’ve been a casual musician since I started playing the guitar in the mid 60s. Never played enough to be considered a professional. Was in my share of cover bands in high school and college...