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Archive for June, 2008

Am I GAS’d Out?

Posted in Guitars, Music, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists on June 29, 2008 | 11 Comments »

It just occurred to me that I haven’t gotten any new gear lately. Okay, I just got a new PRS SE Soapbar II guitar a couple of weeks ago. But the thing that struck me was that I wasn’t really even in the market for a guitar when I got it – I wasn’t even [...]

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Picking Up the Scent of a New Guitar

Posted in Guitars, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians on June 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Yesterday, I received the following comment on my rating system page: Hey , I just purchased a SAINT GUITAR COMPANY “bechmark” model From MESA/Boogie  Hollywood. It is  by far the nicest custom instument I’ve ever Played . Y’all should  check them out. The only reveiws I’ve seen for these is on harmony central.Any who . [...]

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Need Gear? Here are some tips…

Posted in Guitars, Music, buying gear, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Lots of people ask me if there’s a process I go through when I want some gear, if I have any tips for buying gear, so I thought I’d share some ideas. Before I dive into details, let me advise that you should first evaluate your need. I came up with a great way to [...]

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Adventures in guitar setup…

Posted in Guitars, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists on June 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »

My blog buddy IG wrote this article on a DVD for guitar maintenance the other day, and as oftentimes happens, his article sparked an idea – what if I set up my guitars myself? So, guitar tools in hand, I set off to do it. In short, now I know why I’ve sent my guitars [...]

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Turning practice time into creative time

Posted in Guitars, guitar, guitarists, musicians on June 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »

My blog buddy IG, wrote this article today about the power of short practice sessions. I totally agree that short, daily practice sessions are a great way to keep your chops up. My only problem is that while I normally set a time limit of about 30 minutes to practice each day, my practice session [...]

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Follow-up: PRS SE Soapbar II

Posted in Guitars, Music, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In my previous post today, I wrote about the value of using and evaluating gear in the place you’d normally use it before buying because you never really know how something will perform until you use it outside of a controlled environment. I got the chance to do that this past weekend, and in a [...]

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When in doubt, gig…

Posted in Guitars, Music, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians on June 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

In my humble (or not so humble ) opinion, there’s no better way to evaluate gear than to gig with it. It’s one thing to play with a piece of gear in a controlled environment; it’s an entirely different matter when you use it to perform your music. Gigs can be a chaotic affair, and [...]

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Review: PRS SE Soapbar II

Posted in Guitars, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists on June 6, 2008 | 10 Comments »

PRS Soapbar SE II Summary: Made in Korea? Who the hell cares! Workmanship is incredible, the paint job is impeccable, and with the two P-90′s, this dog’s got bite! But roll off the volume, and it becomes a sweet, cuddly puppy. Pros: Real simple controls: Two knobs and a 3-position pickup toggle. Very versatile tones [...]

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