DatGuy45

Heya, an opportunity presented itself so I might be making the upgrade soon from a Helix Floor.

I remember seeing reports for a while about crashing, maybe even some hardware issues. I had my fair share of issues with scribble strips and boot loops on the older units (that were all eventually taken care of for me by Line 6) so I'm curious how the new production is fairing.

Heya so I've got my eye on a Gibson Axcess that's currently in Canada, wondering if I'll be on the hook for a fat bill when it gets shipped in.

Google sources say I shouldn't be on the hook because it's a US made product but someone told me there's a chance I'll still get hit with some fee.

https://www.help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1148?language=en_US

This makes it seem pretty straightforward, but I'm wanting to gauge other's experiences before I pull the trigger. Thanks!

Heya. I usually play Dimarzio Super Distortions in the guitars in my metal band, not the hottest in the world but they definitely get after it. Fairly old school style metal, not extremely brutal but there's some chuggin and thuggin so fairly high gain.

So I threw some PAF style humbuckers (Duncan Hades Gates) in a guitar cause I thought it would be cool to play this style with like a PAF tone. It does sound cool but I get a lot of that microphonic squeal, even though they are wax potted. I threw some foam in the pickup cavity (per Seymour Duncan's recommendation), didn't seem to help.

So I went and tested it with the exact same settings. My couple of guitars with high output pickups, alm

Been in the market for an LP with a nice flame top, and I feel like a lot of them when I see them in person the flamey-ness just doesn't pop like it does in the photos.

I guess it helps the GAS but man I am jonesing for an Axcess with a nice top. Just me or is it just the particular guitars I'm seeing?

They rocked as usual, but I gotta imagine it's quite an anomaly to have a hometown tribute band be able to pack a 20k venue and also be basically unknown outside of the region. Do any other cities have something equivalent?

Also anyone else miss Blue Oyster Cult because of the huge line yesterday? I caught maybe 5 seconds of their set.

Heya, so I've got these Fender Eric Johnson pickups that I reeeally like except that their funky staggered poles really kills my B and high E because my strat has a 10-14" radius.

I thought about trying to modify it and push the middle poles down to have a flatter radius but I think it's a little risky when I could just sell them and get something else.

I see the Fralin 54's have a pretty similar wind and also use Alnico 3 but I can get them in a flat radius. In theory these should sound pretty similar right? I love the chime and grind of the EJs.

Any input is appreciated, thanks.

The weird stagger of the poles really kills the B and high E strings for me. I have an ultra strat with a 14" radius and I think that just doesn't jive with the pretty drastic radius of the pole pieces.

These pickups sound great and have such a nice chimey attack but the B and E string are extremely noticeably weaker than anything else. It's not so bad with some heavy drive but remotely clean forget about it.

Anyone got any pickup recommendations for my setup? I found the Duncan SSL-1's too dark if that tells you anything about my taste. I've really enjoyed the Fishman single widths, they're nice and bright and chimey but I don't really wanna deal with the active thing on this particular g