is it remiss of me
that as a guitarist with many years playing under my belt, and a number of nice guitars and amps, that I neither know, nor care, how to do things like that?

I bought my strat and my ibanez because they sound fucking awesome without pissing about with them.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 14:12, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

No, arguably you did the sensible thing
And invested in good quality guitars. I wouldn't say modding my Vintage SG is turd-polishing, but I'm trying to get the best I can out of a fairly cheap guitar.

But then I have only just bought myself a resonator, so the idea of forking out for a Gibson is a bit silly at the moment.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 14:15, Reply)

that's fair enough
The Vintage stuff isn't too bad. I've got a Vintage Stingray copy bass, and it is absolutely superb. Not quite as good as my mates real Stingray, but it cost me 1/16th of the price.

What resonator have you got? Singer in my band just bought one. It's lovely.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 14:18, Reply)

Ozark 3515-E
Still at the cheaper end of the scale, but I've been really impressed with it so far. They set it up for me in the shop with a nice set of .13s, and with a glass slide against it, I can actually believe that one of these days I'll be able to sound like Son House or Bukka White. Also has a pickup built-in already in case I ever need to make it any louder.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 14:23, Reply)

that looks really fucking nice
we've had a lot of success just using a mike in front of my mates one.

www.recordingking.com/resonators_rm991.html
that's what my mate has. Sounds lovely, and looks like it has the Transformers logo on it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 14:28, Reply)

That's absolutely beautiful
And thanks to this sub-thread, I am now going to save up for a resonator.
Well done.
(TheColonel, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 15:28, Reply)

16 years here
And no idea about the electrical stuff.

AA's housemate is supposed to be fixing the electrics in my Epiphone but seems to be taking his time.

I really, really want an SG!
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 14:16, Reply)

Nah
it's a right pain fiddling around under the scratchplate, and you probably wont improve the tone, just make it sound a bit weirder.

And probably everyone here is a better guitarist than me.
(Fancy a weekend on my Raymondo Luxury Yacht?, Wed 10 Feb 2010, 14:17, Reply)