Tag Archives: Les Paul

Replacement Pickups Part 2: Humbuckers

by on 08. Nov, 2010 in Gear

As discussed in the last instalment of the investigation of replacement pickups, this is a sure-fire way to hot-rod your guitar, injecting your tone with a new lease on life. This time ‘round, we look at replacing humbucker pickups, so let’s begin by clarifying exactly what a humbucker is: According to the oracle of all [...]

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Compression Pedals: What’s the Big Deal? (Part 2)

by on 13. May, 2010 in Effects, Gear

Welcome back to our discussion regarding the compression pedal. Last time I mentioned being under awed by a compressor when trying it out at a store. After taking some advice, I returned for another go and this time set the compressor quite subtly and then left it on for about 10 or 15 minutes, simply [...]

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