Recent content by JRapp

Uh, yes...that was implied. Reading is fundamental.

Use the middle position or whatever combination, turn up the bass on the amp, do the tap thing with a small screwdriver and listen for bass rolloff as you turn both pickups all the way up. Likewise, the bass response should increase as you turn one of the pickups down.

Yes, that's similar to what I have. I work way out in the AZ boonies solo and have to get through thick thorny brush on occasion, so the machete. I prolly should take it out of the truck when I'm not working...cops are not fond of them during a traffic stop.

Nah, but I have a machete and an Eastern Bloc bayonet that I used for work in the truck.

Play it first---they are not all created equal. IME, these units are some of the most variable of the older Fender stuff, some have it, some don't.

Ummm, if ya don't like 6V6s, don't buy a Deluxe Reverb. Every day there's a post about how to get 'more' out of a DR, a PR, or a 5E3. I get it, they're cute. The answer is: you really can't to any significant degree without modding it to take 6l6s. The other answer is to buy an amp that is...

Junior Barnard modified his Epiphone archtop with an extra pickup and two outputs back in the 40s...

Don and Dewey...

Either make a new baffle that fits, put the 15" back in, or sell it along with those precious IC caps in the power supply and get a 2x12" amp.

Classic rock... Jazz... pick one from the above.

good money after bad...that's the BJ story.

Dude, listen to some real blues music and learn some tunes and solos.

I play some open tuning stuff (E/D or G/A) and I have used .046-.010 sets, maybe subbing out for .011 and .014. A little too heavy for standard playing and last year or two I went to .0105 and .0135 GHS singles on the high strings and it's a bit fatter sounding than .010s. Nice compromise...

I just pulled a big mouse nest out of a friend's AC30 along with a stash of pinyon nuts. Looks like the leads to the standby switch got nibbled a bit...

Yes---the compressor switch is next to the control. Use the multifilter judiciously or you end up with cocked wah sounds. IME, a speaker swap away from the CTS stuff helps; a brighter speaker helps clear up the kludgy midrange. Ground wire may go to a speaker lug IIRC (like the Yamaha and...