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    What tubes

    I think I'm going to change the tubes on my TSl 60 Marshall,I like the sound when cranked at gigs but I know there are better tubes on the market.I play mainly rock ,Guns n roses ,ZZ Top Billy Idol etc ,any ideas ? I like pleanty of overdrive and a dark heavy sound if that helps,also I'm in the...
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    Standard les paul very heavy

    My mate has just bought a Cherry Burst standard 2005 ,he got it off Ebay at a good price.The guitar is unmarked and very nice .Right here goes ,It weighs a whopping 10 pounds 5 oz ,sounds bloody nice too ,even the side and back of the body seem to match the top with a loverly...
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    What about Les Paul 25/50

    A mate of mine is after one of these 25/50's ,just wondering how much would he be expected to pay ,UK pounds or Dollars , not many are for sale at moment ,November December see's a lot of guitars come up so will keep a look out . He is not really wanting a mint condition one,he's looking for a...
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    various actions on Les Pauls

    Do most people that own a few Les Pauls find it pretty impossble to get the same action on all of them ,mine have just been alterd to a little higher as too low was robbing tone ,also bending my fingers were sometimes missing the strings .Think Im on about .46 on the 12 frett ,straightish neck...
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    Ear plugs for loud gigs/ practice

    Just bought some of those Heroes I think they are called ,played a gig on Saturday night and it was loud as hell ,ears were whoosing when I got in and I know some of the guys on here have got problems and I think I would rather keep my hearing ,Ears retuned to normal now but took a day or so...
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    A few pics taken today

    My Tobacco 97 and my friends 04 Desert burst as well as his black Studio ,took today as I had a few mins to spare . His Desert is plain black on the back ,mine does have a differant nice burst finish going up thru the neck Cheers .
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    Just got this Burst

    Picked this up last week it's a 97 Tobacco burst with nice flame and plays great . Been looking for something like this for a while .Had to pay a bit for it but I'm quite happy.Not sure if Tobacco is everyones cup of tea,but reminds me of a Slash type Les Paul .Anyway I think I needed a...
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    marshall tsl and potential boost pedal

    Just got this new Valve amp the TSL 60 and find it superb ,the super lead channel is really nice and overdrivern even at mega low volumes ,when my band has been practicing I switch to the super lead from the crunch channel for solo's .I'm liking the super lead channel more and more and was...
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    Action ajustment

    Hope someone has an idea for this ajustment ,my les paul standard with ebony fret board plays nice n low as I like a low action but compared to my Studio it is not so low at the high end from the 12 fret down to the 22nd but is a bit lower on the low end of the guitar ,my studio is super low...
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    Advice needed on choosing Valve head

    Hope you guys could help me out a little ,I'm looking soon to go for a valve amp head .I'm in a band but would also like to use this for practice as well ,I have heard good reports on the Marshall dsl 50 . Couple of things to ask is can I get a nice tone on low volume withy pleanty of gain or...
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    Uk Guitar show Birmingham

    I think this show is called Guitarfest and it's on end of september in the Uk ,just wondering if anyone on here has been before ,I'm off to this and just need to know a couple of things. Are there many stalls there to buy guitars and also are ther many second hand ones for sale as I'm looking...
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    1975 custom

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180022717463&ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&ih=008 What about this ,have been offerd a this well used les paul as original buyer pulled out ,can get it for £890.00 .What does anyone think ,seems nice if it's genuine.
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    New pick ups in my paccific ltd

    Just got some new pick ups fitted in my Standard ltd ,Bare Knuckle rebel yell humbuckers ,took out the Burst buckers as I hated them .Also had a graphite nut fitted ,this guitar at last plays and sounds like it should ,hardly goes out of tune at all now with the new nut and the sound is...
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    About the Les Paul classics

    My ltd Pacific has gone away to have some bare Knuckle pick ups fitted and a graphite nut as I hate the Burst buckers .what I wanted ask if I buy another Les Paul I dont want those things on so was looking at a Tobbaco burst classic or something (if I can get away with buying one on the...
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    fret problem ,I think

    Got a slight problem on the 4th fret on the high e string ,think it may be a bad fret when the string is depressed it sounds this bad resinating sound even when I lift the action a bit the other high strings dont do it and it seems to be on the 4th and 5th ,but the 4th is worse ,I'm fed up with...
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