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Gig Gear: MONO Cases and Bags

Posted in accessories, GAS, gear, gear find, guitar, tagged gig bags, guitar, guitar gear, Mono on November 13, 2011 | 5 Comments »

As an actively gigging musician, I’m always looking for the most efficient and safe ways to transport my gear. But I do have to admit that I value efficiency a bit more than safety. My thought behind this is that treating my gear with care is a given, so I want to make as few [...]

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Gear Review Video: Hercules Mini Guitar Stand

Posted in accessories, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians on April 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Wow! I didn’t realize how fun doing videos would be! Expect to see more video reviews in the future! In any case, here are some key points: Tone Bone Rating 5.0 Notes I LOVE this stand! I’m going to get a couple more! Very well built and lightweight, it’s a perfect stand not just for the stage, [...]

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Gear Review: Radial Engineering ProDI Direct Box

Posted in accessories, buying gear, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians on March 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Click on the picture to see an enlarged view. Radial Engineering ProDI Direct Box Summary: Need to plug your acoustic guitar or bass directly into your mixer or DAW? Don’t do it without one of these units. Pros: Completely passive DI, requires no internal or external power sources. Super-transparent, the ProDI adds no artifacts to [...]

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How Did I Miss This?!!! Introducing the TC Electronic Polytune!

Posted in accessories, announcements, buying gear, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear find, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitar reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, pedals, tagged effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear find, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, tc electronic on February 1, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Could this be the last tuner pedal you’ll ever need? I don’t see how I missed this! I scour the ‘net daily for new stuff, especially from companies that are known to create really high-quality stuff – like TC Electronic. These Scandinavians are incredible inventors, and I haven’t seen or played one one thing of [...]

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How’s It Hanging?

Posted in accessories, GAS, gear, gear find, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, tagged GAS, gear, gear find, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, Music, musicians on January 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Your guitar, that is… I dig cool, off-the-wall stuff. Remember the Harmonic Capo I wrote about? I actually never got one, but that never reduced its cool to me. But this new, cool thing is something I’m definitely going to have to check out. It’s called the Guitar Hanger, made by the guys at The [...]

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Gear Review: Sennheiser e609 Silver Instrument Microphone

Posted in accessories, buying gear, GarageBand, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar tone, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged amp mics, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar mics, guitarists, Guitars, instrument microphones, microphone, microphones, Music, musicians on January 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Sennheiser e609 Silver Instrument Microphone Summary: Need a great mic to close-mic your amp? Look no further! The e609 delivers on all fronts, able to withstand high SPL’s, and still accurately reproduce your tone. Pros: Flat-face design makes placing the mic a breeze, but more importantly, placed correctly (as you should with any mic), it’ll [...]

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Gear Review: Dunlop Ultex Sharp 2.0mm

Posted in accessories, buying gear, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar picks, Guitars, Music, musicians, Red Bear Trading, Tone, Tuff-Tone, V-Picks, tagged buying gear, Dunlop Ultex Sharp, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar picks, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Ultex, Ultex Sharp on January 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Dunlop Ultex Sharp 2.0 mm Summary: It’s sharp alright; nice and pointy, and it feels great in your hand! Pros: Like any sharp pick, this pick is accurate. It’s super lightweight, and made of a material takes a lot of pressure to even slightly bend. The pointy end makes pick harmonics a breeze! Cons: It’s [...]

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Why an Attenuator Will Change Your Life

Posted in accessories, amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, aracom amps, attenuator, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar attenuators, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitar reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, overdrive, PRX150-Pro, reason amps, reason bambino, Tone, VRX22, tagged guitar, Music, Guitars, amps, guitar gear, gear, gear reviews, guitarists, musicians, GAS, guitar effects, reason amps, amplifiers, guitar pedals, amp, overdrive, aracom amps, amplification, guitar gear reviews, attenuators, PRX150-Pro, guitar accessories, guitar attenuators on November 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Ever since I started this blog, I’ve talked about attenuators, and how they’ve enabled me to get tones out of my amp at reasonable volume levels that I could only previously get at super-high volumes. But before I get into the discussion part of this article, take a listen to this clip (it’s the same [...]

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NOS Tubes: It Ain’t All Hype…

Posted in 12AX7, accessories, amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, buying gear, ECC83, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Mullard, Music, musicians, NOS, tubes, tagged 12AX7, amp, amp tubes, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, ECC83, GAS, gear, guitar amp tubes, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Mullard, Music, musicians, NOS, NOS tubes, Pre-amp tubes, tubes on October 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Just put in a re-labeled 1960′s-era Mullard ECC83 into my Aracom VRX22 this afternoon. I had a JJ 12AX7 in there, and make no bones about it; that’s a great pre-amp tube. But the difference in tone between the two is immense. Where my JJ had a great tone, one thing that I noticed was [...]

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Gear Review: StageTrix Pedal Risers

Posted in accessories, buying gear, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, tagged accessories, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, pedals on October 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

StageTrix Pedal Risers Summary: Definitely one of those “why didn’t I think of that” kinds of products. Elevates pedals 1 inch and makes reaching your back row easy. Routing allows you to keep your wires out of the way! Pros: Very well made, with convenient fuzz to attach your Velcro’d pedals. Cons: None. Features: Raises [...]

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