Selling BB Preamp + Wampler Triple Wreck

A friend of mine's selling his Xotic BB Preamp and Wampler Triple Wreck.

• Both in mint condition, with boxes. 
• The BB Preamp's going for $190 
• The Triple Wreck is going for $280

 However he's feeling kind this weekend and is offering a great deal of $430 if you buy them both! SMS 90775624 to deal

Takashimaya?

Mom: "What is this? Did you go shopping at Takashimaya today?"
Me: "Unless I am a ninja, this is not possible. Didn't you see me study the whole day?'

So what is this? I'll tell you tomorrow!

Meat dress on guitar?

I guess everyone knows about Lady Gaga's infamous meat dress, yes? I really find her bizarre sense of fashion annoying at times (actually most of the time). Anyway, take a look at this. 

This is a James Tyler Studio Elite HD in a Candy Cherry Red Schmear finish. I find it quite attractive though. It is a beauty. But my friend said it looks like beef (actually it's quite true) and it reminds him of Lady Gaga's meat dress. He called this 'James Tyler's meat dress'. So what do you think? 

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Note: James Tyler guitars are available at GuitarEast and here is their Facebook.

Other brands brought in by GuitarEast

• McPherson 
• Nash
• Teye
• Warrior bass
• Soldano
• ÷13
• AYA
• Neunaber Technology (NT)
• OKKO

Red= guitars  & basses

Blue = amp

Green = pedals

The 'Pot' & 'taper' story

Someone once told me that all the pots in Fender and Squier guitars are audio tapered. My nature is not to believe in something until I see it for myself. So I looked for the stock parts of my Squier and decided to give the pots in it a closer look.

If everything is supposed to be audio tapers, all the pots there should be A500K. But see the B500K there? That is a linear taper and it must have been the volume pot on my Squier. That is usually the case anyway. Now we know that not all Squiers have audio tapered pot in it. 500K pots on a Stratocaster with all single coils? It is not a very good idea as it will make sound very bright? But my Squier is made of Agathis, a lineage of mahogany. So it has some characteristics of mahogany. So I guess it balances out.

Fender and Jackson Day @ Bras Basah

Well, the picture says it all. If you are trying to get a new Fender or Jackson (especially Jackson), you might be interested to pay Bras Basah a visit. Please expect long queues and stuffs as well. It's normal.

Physics (II)

I was too bored. So I decided to strip a humbucker pickup. What pickup? The Fernandes stock humbucker.
A humbucker is just two single coil pickups. As simple as that. I had a hard time trying to remove all the pickup cover on it. They put too much glue on it.

A humbucker?

Now two single coils. That black bar is the ceramic magnet of the pickup.

The copper wire is wounded around the two pieces separately. This two piece of 'single coil' is held together on the pickup mounting plate with screws. 

Now there is a common mistake that is made among a lot of people, even the physics teachers. They thought that the metallic parts on the pickups are magnets themselves. True but not always true. For this case, the poles are not permanent magnets. They are temporary magnets: they will gain magnetism when there is a magnet is in contact with it and loses it immediately when it is removed.

The magnet is not attached to the poles. It doesn't attack the screw.

Now, the poles with the magnet. The screw is attracted to the poles. This shows that the poles itself isn't magnetic.

This is at least true for pickups with ceramic magnets. =/ Might be a different story for Alnico pole pieces.

SOLD: Boss PS-6 Harmonist

Actually, I have never wanted to sell this pedal. However, I need some cash for some other purpose (non-guitar related). So, PS-6 has to go.

• Condition is still new (10/10). Bought it during the National Day sales at Swee Lee.

•  It hasn't left my house and was never gigged. I used it only to play at home 3 times or so.

•  Cosmetic condition is like new as well.

•  It is velcroed.

• Comes with box and all the manuals.

I will provide a 9V battery along with it if you want. 

SOLD at 9:13 PM, 5/9/2011

My temper is as short as 2 cm nowadays thanks to my exams. So I think I might not respond to negotiations that well like last time. So yeah. Hehehe. Hope you guys understand. 

New MXR shipments @ Davis

Davis Guitars Music Centre has a fresh shipment of MXR pedals.

(taken from their Facebook)

If you are looking for certain pedals like the Carbon Copy, this might be some good news for you!

HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY

I'm definitely not a very good student. I may seem like one to the teachers but these are a few things they don't know about me, such as skipping lectures. Anyway, it is the best to show our teachers some love at least once a year, isn't? So this blog post is dedicated to all my teachers.

It is for all those who had taught me. Happy Teacher's Day!

The GazettE - Remember the Urge

The GazettE's new single - Remember The Urge. Released on 31st August 2011.

The Gazette has always been my favourite visual kei band. Yes, I do listen to Japanese songs and in fact, 60% of all the songs I listen to are Japanese. I might want to get the single from CDJapan, IF I have any spare cash.