Recent content by Will_White

I like chromes, but if they're not happy with broken in rounds they aren't going to be happy with chromes.

Are those the coated ones? I had a set a while ago (6+ Years) but the coating didn't hold up well to playing with a pick, have they improved that?

I use Diadarrio Stainless Rounds for my pop punk band I only play an hour-ish a day they lose their zing in the first week but settle in to a nice bright tone for a couple months. Also never broke a string and I play with a pretty heavy hand.

Blend is two volumes so you've got 500/4 for VBT (125) vs 500/3 VVT (167) vs 500/2 for SVT(250) the higher the resistance to ground the brighter it is with everything turned all the way up

You still lose brightness because of the reduced resistance to ground with three pots vs two or one.

I missed this the first time through, but what I'd say might be most useful for you is a 3 way switch but instead of P/Both/Jazz its Both in Parallel (normal)/ P / Both in Series. You basically trade the bridge J alone for a tone that is basically a beefier, slightly brighter P bass.

Thats a 50% volume 100/100 blend not a 50/50 blend, theres a couple things that can make that distinction relevant.

Volume blend can only do 100/ (variable) it can't do 50/50 or any other partial volume mixes. With only one tone control it doesn't really matter but with two you can get some isolation of the tones by turning down the volume of the pickups. It also has 66% the resistance to ground of two...

Enclosed box type toggles go bad but musical instrument switches are just as robust as a blend and less prone to noise.

Option 6 for me, a 4 way switch for a Series/ Parallel with a P/J (or 5 way to eliminate the volume altogether with a kill position)

It's a custom with a 42" scale, also a 34" scale but that one I've already rung what I can get out of it with a keyboard amp.

For me the tonal variation of a balanced tension, or even heavy bottom set is a feature not a bug. It let's me go from a smooth deep tone on the verses to a bright grindy tone on the chorus and bridge even when the actual note is the same. I also tune to D standard which really exposes how...

https://guitarsite.com/gomez-guitars/ Apparently they made Les Paul copies and Ric 4001 clones too.

I use a 7 string guitar set using the 7th (B) 5th (A) 4th (D) and either 3rd or 2nd (G or B) on my MandoCello Tuned Tenor guitar. For dual courses I'd use the B strings for C2 C3, Low A and high G for G2 G3, Then for D either use the D and the high E for octaves or get a single D for Unison...

Another for, live with it for a bit, adjust set-up, put new strings on and find what you don't like or if you actually like the pickups that are in it. Unless you have a specific reason to switch pickups I'd just use what's in there (admittedly that hasn't happened yet but they were all swapped...