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Russel, you're completely right. Every Pickup-changing tutorial I saw on the net last night showed that you didn't even have to take the strings off....just slack them and move them out of the way. Not ONE of the tutorials changed the strings!

Darn...I feel like a soldier complaining about being shot when he didn't wear his bulletproof vest.

These bums scammed me from the start. I almost want to take that pup out and check to make sure it's what I bought.

NELA, I'm going to see if there are any other complaints about them on the BBB website. Thank you.

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Well, I called and spoke to the manager.

Basically, he said that they gave me a deal on the pup installation ($25.00) since I bought and paid for the installation the same day.
He said that I should have been told about the string installation charge but apologized for not having that done. (Made no offer of cost refunding...)

He also said that he will put on a new set of strings (10's)  free of charge when I come back in.

The store is Make N Music in Frederick, MD.  I'm beginning to get a strong feeling that this place is the "Car Dealership" of local guitar stores. And we all know how evil car dealerships are...

*grumble*
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Geoaguiar is completely right.
Rondomusic.com is the spot for quality at cheap prices.
Just be aware that their les paul style guitars weigh a TON!

Dm

Whoa!! That was an eye opener.
I've been trying to figure that out as well.

Thanks!

Dm

X-Static by Foo Fighters.
It inspired me to learn how to play the guitar and it brings back good memories of my time as a skater in NYC.

I have loved other songs but THAT ONE is special to me.

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1. The new neck is much more sensitive to truss rod adjustment. I didn't have to wait 30 minutes between adjustments. It was more like 5. The frets on the new neck are taller and much more effective for my thinner fingers. When I press down on the strings, none of the strings are muffled. Fingerstyle or chords come out perfectly without and dead strings! The new neck also doesn't fret-out after the 18th fret like the old neck. The finish on the new neck is also a LOT smoother/faster and the size of the neck is consistent from the headstock to the heel! It fits my hand sooooooo perfectly!!! I transferred my locking tuners and my graph-tec nut to the new neck as well. Had to do some drilling but all went well.

2. The new Seymour Duncan sh-4 pickup....
OMG...I can't describe how alive this pickup has made my guitar. First, this pickup is like a tube-amp in your guitar. No, wait, its like the boss dyna drive pedal inside your guitar. By that, I mean that the pickup is dynamically sensitive to your picking! Pick soft...you have a normal sound. The harder you pick, the more breakup/distortion you get from the pickup! I have never experienced this before. Its so amazing! The awesome thing about the sh-4 is that at the 3/4 point on my volume control and up, it seems to control the amount of distortion of the pickup as the volume seems to max out at the 3/4 point. Its awesome and is like having a separate gain control in addition to my pedals and amp! I have gotten some STP and foo fighters tones so far. Marked them down in my notepad for later hehe..,
And the sustain! Oh my goodness the sustain! Notes ring so clearly and long now. I can do a Hendrix style grip and hit the low E string and then do chordal or lead work without the E string's note decaying before I finish. The other kewl thing is that I can now do pinch harmonics sooooo easy. Before I could get the squealie to happen once every 10 tries. Now I can get it EVERY...SINGLE....TIME!! Its amazing!! I was playing every zakk wylde riff I could copy off of youtube earlier today.
Oh! The pickup matches the Kent Armstrong pup that's in the neck on my '51 WAAAAAAAAAAAY better than the GFS pup that was in the bridge before. Now the outputs are more even. The sh-4 just barely comes out over the KA pup and gives the middle position that warm quack with a little growl on the high end. Splitting the bridge pup in the middle position gives a tone that is like baby skin wrapped in velvet wrapped in microfiber Liz Claiborne cloth. Its just sweet!

I have only tested the new setup with my line-6 spider 112 so far (headphone capability hehe) cause the wife was home. I will have more to report tomorrow after church and some videos on Monday night.

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Um....I love binary and I love redheads even more....

But I don't get it...

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Seersha,

    I am touched by your story and as a christian, appalled. Let me tell you something, the bible says to try the spirit by the spirit. Not everyone who calls themselves "Christian" are so. It sounds like that church you got hurt at were full of "AINTS"...not "SAINTS".

First and foremost, find yourself a true bible preaching church that only preaches the word and not anyone's interpretation of it. Also, put forth an effort to build a relationship with Jesus for yourself. Once you have a relationship with Him he will lead, guide and direct your path and put the people you need in your life...and also take those that don't need to be in your life out! (not kill em but just move em...hehe). I don't know what your denomination is but I'm COGIC (church of God in Christ) and it's the most pure holiness denomination I've encountered. I've tried baptist, catholic and athiesm and they all left me vacant.

Next, don't give up on your guitar! I also put down guitar after a series of bad people entered my life and took my focus off of my instrument. Thankfully, after getting saved and letting God lead the way, he put the people I needed back in my life that would encourage, uplift and help me get to where I need to be. As long as you keep leaning on Him, you won't be led astray.

Also, stick around here and learn as much from the positive people we have here on Chordie. It's part of how I got back into the guitar game and I'm doing great and learning more and more everyday!

God bless,
Dm

OMG!!! THANK YOU!!!!

<Talking to the wife right now to get authorization of funding for the purchase!>

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It's all in practicing...

For example, today I practiced a G-B power chord riff that just repeated over and over.
It's not a song, but I want to make sure I get that "chunka-chunka" sound and my timing down perfectly before I try to apply it to a song.

Try out different patterns in your efforts to get your strumming solid. Just keep at it until it's second nature.
It will come to you in time...if you put in the time.
My strumming took almost a year to get right for playing on my acoustic.

dm

Holy HEE-HAW batman!!!

Lol,
Dm