Recent content by Matt08642

Even Avenged Sevenfold is gettin' in on the action!

These are active soapbar routes that have been retrofitted with passives - there will be room in the cavity for a battery

How a Floyd Rose works: That's it. That's the whole mystery.

I just pray the quality doesn't drop. My only lengthy experience with Fender has been my Player Strat (MIM, so probably unaffected by these layoffs), but it's easily on par with my MIJ Ibanez stuff. The American Strats I've played in stores (despite that patented Store Setup™ with 3mm action...

It's just the same clean > edge of breakup > 5150 amps, but there's a special section that has a webcam filter to give you white guy dreads you can look at while you play.

First: Squier Strat from some starter pack Most recent: RG550DY: I honestly want to put the original pickguard back on the Squier (I hacked it up to fit a humbucker as well) and put the random Peavey Ceramic neck humbucker back in to make it the same as it was for like 10+ years. Here's...

My issue with NDSP has always been the IRs. Either I'm doing something completely wrong, or they're just not good and try making up for it by saying there's "s0o0o0o0o many combinations". All these plugins sound 100x better with a York/OwnHammer IR.

I bought the Omega Granophyre when it was on sale and don't regret it, I just use other plugins for delay and stuff, but my next "thing" would definitely be a helix or fractal unit as well.

Updates to existing plugins: ..... (tumbleweed) New plugins: GUYSSSSSS IT HAS CLEAN, CRUNCH, AAAAAAAAAAAND HIGH GAIN!! DELAY! REVERB!! SYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYNTH!!!!! I'm happy I never went all in on any of these lol.

Floyd alternatives always seem like a solution looking for a problem to me. They all rag on the FR system, then just copy the basic principle and integrate some fixes for common issues. It's not to say that improvements can't be made such as an integrated intonation tool, but overall I find the...

Used to see this infomercial all the time on weekends as a kid:

I've always wondered where the belief in these descriptions ends. Like, where in the chain does someone roll their eyes when asked to make something to "hear every note in a big chord". Do the artists genuinely believe they're speccing something unique when asking for "Tight low end without...

I have the gear for fun, but I do gravitate towards simple. My pedalboard really only needs to be Boss Tuner > Boss Noise Suppressor > TS9.

NDSP Omega used to be my go-to but I've been feeling the free/ancient LePou Lecto lately. I always check out the new stuff, but I'd probably only get another if it had some mindblowing feature and only during a 50% off sale.

I can't really choose a favorite, so I'll just use this as a chance to bitch about things I otherwise like: RG2550E: Perfect except for the Edge Pro. Tuning stability is fine, I just can't seem to get the arm holder as tight as it is on my 7620 (tightened by me using the IbanezRules guide here)...