SixString | MCKNZ61 | Activity https://www.sixstring.com/members/mcknz61/activity/ Activity feed for MCKNZ61. Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:20:00 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=3.1.2 en-US 30 hourly 2 f57cdc0e7f0b4f984668db619aaf730b MCKNZ61 posted a new activity comment https://www.sixstring.com/main-feed/p/13432/#acomment-13501 Sun, 04 May 2025 23:07:34 -0700 @Notecracker curious but what do you usually play? I just ask because those Tribute models are weight relieved (hollow spaces under maple cap) and quite light for a Les Paul though heavier than the likes of a Junior or Danelectro.

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Says I’m supposed to show off some of my gear so here goes: picked us this Les Paul couple years ago and have grown quite fond

]]> a5135ae28c7f8e5c82de08ed74cab59b MCKNZ61 posted a new activity comment https://www.sixstring.com/main-feed/p/13432/#acomment-13445 Fri, 02 May 2025 15:27:30 -0700 @Gaghiggs Tribute models aren’t all that heavy as they’re weight-relieved but some 70’s Les Pauls with thick finish and zinc hardware can be too heavy to play comfortably for an extended period

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Says I’m supposed to show off some of my gear so here goes: picked us this Les Paul couple years ago and have grown quite fond

]]> 607ef25e72fa9bc39cf916859a05801e MCKNZ61 posted a new activity comment https://www.sixstring.com/main-feed/p/13432/#acomment-13438 Fri, 02 May 2025 00:19:44 -0700 @Notecracker well before I retired managed to get my self that proletariat Les Paul, a US nitro finished ‘61 Strat reissue, short & long scale Mexi Fender basses, studio sized tube amplification for both and a killer albeit Chinese Yamaha acoustic-electric (not to be underestimated, it plays and sounds like wow) Anyways kinda enjoying retirement…

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Says I’m supposed to show off some of my gear so here goes: picked us this Les Paul couple years ago and have grown quite fond

]]> 8e2db800276f77c199ffe37534f9d23b MCKNZ61 posted an update: Says I’m supposed to show off some of my gear so here […] https://www.sixstring.com/main-feed/p/13432/ Thu, 01 May 2025 19:01:29 -0700 Says I’m supposed to show off some of my gear so here goes: picked us this Les Paul couple years ago and have grown quite fond

]]> 10 17264ca6c5af5140ea64da06f5d2346c MCKNZ61 posted a new activity comment https://www.sixstring.com/main-feed/p/13122/#acomment-13125 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:50:03 -0700 Well I think due to a heavy wash of ambient effects used in shoegaze would tend to get muddy with humbucking pickups (even P-90’s which tend to fall in between humbuckers and single coils) To compensate I’d thin my tone a bit and employ a treble booster (or boost with active hf control like an eq)

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It appears that for the often effect heavy guitar sound to cut through the mix in any avarage shoegaze band setting you have to go singlecoils, which is why most of the bands, […]

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