There are many ways to give your axe an overhaul, but one of the best and easiest ways to spice up your tone is with new aftermarket pickups. Besides, this is a relatively affordable way to upgrade. You might be surprised how much better your jazz bass can sound with the right set of...
The Present and Future of Lipstick Pickups Today, lipstick pickups and their tone are still synonymous with the Danelectro sound. Like Filter’Trons to Gretsch, PAFs to Gibson, and Strat single-coils to Fender, they essentially define the soul of the brand. ...
The hiccup came in the pickups. Michael, like many great musicians, has great ears. I put a set of Duncans (JB and 59), which everyone agreed at that time were great sounding pickups. Michael took one listen and said the pickups suck! He said they are not articulate in the lower reg...
The best theory comes from string theory, which states that dark matter is nothing but a higher vibration of the string. We are, in some sense, the lowest octave of a vibrating string. —Michio Kaku 4 The chakras are specialized energy centers which connect us to the multidimensional universe...
I need to replace the nut with a graphtech TUSQ nut so I can use the tremolo actively. Personally, I don't know about the 700, but I love my 600. The design was great. Looks like a Strat should. All that's missing are real pickups. The JTV has superior features, definitely, but...
CAUSE #1 - Frets Are Not Level With Each Other The frets are supposed to be level with each other (they should all be the same height). There is an exception to this rule (upper fret "fall-away"), but we won't be getting in to that here. When the frets are not level with each...