Modifying pickups – the half-air mod

After installing my DiMarzio Tone Zone in to my Ibanez 20th Ann RG550RFR, I had been reading about the “half-air” mod, which quite a few people have performed on their Tone Zones. I was curious about it as I was wanting to find a way to get rid of some …

Ibanez RG550RFR – new pickup install

I’ve mostly been an EMG pickup user over the last 5-6 years. I decided that when I got my Ibanez 20th Ann RG550RFR that  I wanted to load up some passive DiMarzios for something different. I started off with a DiMarzio PAF Pro in the bridge position, and whilst I …

New Pickup Day (NPD): DiMarzio Tone Zone

I’ve had a DiMarzio PAF Pro installed in the bridge position of my 20th Anniversary Ibanez RG550RFR for a while, and whilst in sounded pretty sweet it just didn’t have the drive I wanted from a bridge pickup. Even after some modification experiments I found that I could give it …

New Gear Day (NGD): Celestion G12 Vintage 30 speaker

After waiting over seven months for it to arrive, my Celestion G12 Vintage 30 is finally here! I decided after getting my Blackstar HT-5 head last year that I needed to upgrade the speaker that was in my cabinet (Kustom KGA65 combo amp) to something that provided some more mid-end …