Recent content by robertkoa

Yes it is odd. Even the McCarty SE has 10". His excuse is old Les Pauls don't have 12" Radius anyway lol. The LP's I played were 12" and some from the 60's. I owned an SG =12" ES 347=12" Don't like vintage Radius if less than 12" Compound Radius¿ - because you play chords low on the Neck and...

That may have been a post of mine from long ago. I had a tech put a JJ803S which has a very long plate In the H&K Tubeman . The tube 803S has more gradual clearer gain and the medium gain to medium high gain [ when the diode clipper kicks in is NOT mildly fuzzy any more ] a big...

I have a hughes and kettner tubeman - and it sounded similar to the vintage Champ I had on clean tones . BUT as the gain was turned up it had a slight rasp above medium gain. I can NOT hear what the builder had for lunch when he designed it BUT it was probably the diode clipping circuit ... I...

I wonder if JJ 803s will warm up this pre . It increased warmth and bass on my H&K tube pre and smoothed out the gain . I might use this if the tubes change it as much .

I wonder if this unit would have more bass and clarity and less grainy gain - with JJ803s tubes ?

Koa was recommended to me long ago by Luthier Mike Tobias. I have had 3 Koa Guitars - all have had more bottom end than Mahogany , 2 of them were heavier than Mahogany. Ist was a BC Rich Mockingbird factory wired H -S -H passive with Duncan and Dimarzio PU's. It was heavy very warm and long...

Posted this on another thread but thought I'd ask in a new thread. Since the Triptik has 3 Channels, is super versatile and has an unusually low noise floor- wouldn't it make a great Rack Preamp for recording into Cab IRs and for people who use a Cab Sim Live into a PA etc ? If Triptik...

When will the Pedal Version C.A.B. be available in USA ? Other than no ability to LOAD an Amp Head ( not accept Power Amp input ) do these have the same sound as the "Live " ? The few demos I've heard lack bottom end but may not be using a Tube Preamp. A good comparison would be to use a...

Just wondering if there's any plans to make a Set Neck 25.5" 22 fret Pro Set ProSet 22 H-S-S ,H-S-H or Pro Set 24 etc. Set Necks are so rare in this scale length, it would be great if Suhr could make them in the more affordable Pro Series. Personally I'd like the fatter neck tones from 21 or...

There are very few companies making Set Neck 25.5" Scale Superstrat Guitars and very few of the companies that make the nice, prefretted necks like USA Custom , Warmoth, or even Carvin ( who sells great neck blanks, pre fretted) make a 25.5" Scale neck with extra length for a long tenon Set...

IF stainless frets are a little brighter and I prefer fat and warm and round tones(even in " Strats and Superstrats" ) on a custom build : If I get Stainless Frets for the first time , will a Rosewood board instead of Ebony Balance off the brightness from the stainless ? Think in terms of a...

Reading your equipment list - you guys SOUND like ampoholics- but I'll bet if I went to your gigs, you'd have amazing tones..................... so there's the balance, thanks for the descriptions of the tones and amps. I'm trying to find out if the Elmwood Preamp Pedal has enough of that tone...

What does it sound like ?! I know a few of you guys have played thru it- which Elmwood Amp (and channel) does it closely resemble ? I KNOW it depends on what you play it through but let's say just a clean amp that wasn't helping out much- what would the boosted clean/crunch and the overdrive /...

Does your Mahogany or Koa body Suhr have more bottom end and low mids than an Alder model ? Or not ? Can you hear a difference unplugged between these woods and what are your impressions soundwise? Thanks.

I know that a few dozen Suhr's were produced in the last year or so in Korina and I'm very curious how they sound. Some describe this wood as similar to Mohagany with a bit more top end and upper mids. some describe it as fat but very bright and super resonant etc;How DOES this wood compare to...