Recent content by Chubtone

Thank you so much for the info. I was down to my last set!

I'd avoid those Kahlers at all cost.

I am much more interested in what he used in 1987 in his Lion era than anything he has recorded since. His live tone in the LA club scene in those days was absolutely monstrous.

I am unaware of Suhr even making pickup rings. DiMarzio's cream color has gotten a little too yellow/orange undertones for me. I would look at pickup rings from All Parts or Gibson or WD. But none of them seem to match with the exact same cream colors. When you first get them you might look and...

They are 100% not available from Duncan in cream. I have been trying to get them for 30 years from Duncan.

I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. Are you asking what other brand of pickup would match the Duncan cream color or are you asking about what brand of humbucker ring would match the pickup you bought last week?

Seymour Duncan's Trembucker pickups for guitars with tremolos require a pickup ring with a longer inside opening from top to bottom. The actual bobbins are longer on the Duncans. DiMarzio and Suhr and most others use the exact same size bobbins as their standard pickups and just spread the...

Does the noise in my head bother you?

So to the OP, let's say you took your amp that you think is 90% of the way there and your best sounding guitar and took them with you in a time machine to 1977 and broke into Van Halen's rehearsal room. You walked in with your guitar and amp and you stole Eddie's magic Marshall and you stole the...

Dang! That sounds like every Super Lead I ever had that I sold because it didn't have as much gain as EVH. lolololololol :bash:

We have a saying in the USA. Don't put the cart before the horse. Play your guitar. So what I am reading here is that what guys like Al Estrada are doing isn't close enough for you? You have an upcoming gig or recording where you need to get a closer to original EVH sound than what Al needs...

To me, it's way better than the Universal Audio Lion '68 Plexi though I have heard some killer clips of that pedal too. Of course always in the hands of someone who is a good engineer also.

I haven't tried it for anything other than direct recording and playing it through my monitors. I mean, it's pretty good for that. I'm just using the software and using it as a plug in for recording and using it stand alone through my studio monitors for practicing. It's miles better than say...

I have a lot more experience with the 78/79 pack now. What I have found as I put it into recordings and A/B/C/D it against other recording methods is that it still sounds a little distant compared to other guitar recording methods. If I bring a song up and haven't listened to anything else and...

Not in California.