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alex m asked:


I just traded my guitar teacher a Burstbucker for a pair of old Gibson humbuckers that he thought were ’73 stock but actually turned out to be an original ’58 PAF humbucker and a 1959-1962 PAT NO. 2,737, 842. I’m not sure they’re actually the models I think they are but all evidence points to it. The one that I’m sure is a ’58 PAF has the original “Patent Applied For” sticker on the back. The sticker is very old and brittle and could flake off at any moment. The other humucker has the patent number stamped in the back and wikipedia states that it is a pre-1962 humbucker. I’m not sure if I should sell or keep them. Does anybody know how much I could get for them?

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Jim asked:


Can someone please translate the following Wikipedia definition of Eddie Van Halen’s brown sound into layman’s terms?

“Van Halen achieved his distinctive tone by using a stock 100-watt Marshall amp, a Variac to lower the voltage of the amp to get high gain distortion at lower volumes, and a “Frankenstrat” guitar Van Halen constructed using a vintage Gibson humbucker pickup rewound by Seymour Duncan.”

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Brian asked:


I am a kind of new guitarist, been playing for about a year and a half. I am pretty good. I like to play blues and classic rock. I don’t really like any types of metal. Which of these guitars should i get?

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Gibson-Les-Paul-Vintage-Mahogany-Electric-Guitar-103371357-i1149476.gc

Price: $900

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone-Zakk-Wylde-LP-Electric-Guitar-101892289-i1150007.gc

Price: $600

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender-Highway-One-Series-Telecaster-Electric-Guitar-512871-i1166355.gc

Price: $750

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone-Limited-Edition-Les-Paul-Custom-104065958-i1168180.gc

Price:$600

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone-Limited-Edition-G-400-Custom-with-Gold-Maestro-Tremolo-511895-i1174746.gc

Price: $600

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone-B-Stock-Les-Paul-Custom-Electric-Guitar-100176337-i1149998.gc

Price: $650

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone-LP-100-Electric-Guitar-100246478-i1150098.gc

Price: $270
If you want to, you can recommend me a guitar but it has to be less than $1000

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