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Thoughts on Guitar Amp Speakers

Posted in Amps/Amplification, Guitars, SM25, Tone, amplifiers, amps, aracom amps, buying gear, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitar lifestyle, guitar rigs, guitarists, reason amps, speakers, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »

My good friend Phil of Phil ‘N The Blanks has been bugging me to write about speakers for the last couple of weeks. I’d talk about this speaker or that in some amp or cab, and he’d say, “There’s your next article, dude. You gotta write about speakers.” Admittedly, I’ve been a bit reticent about [...]

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The Quest for Less Gear

Posted in Amps/Amplification, Blogs and Resources, GAS, Guitars, Tone, amplifiers, amps, buying gear, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitar rigs, guitar tech, guitarists, tubes, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 27, 2008 | 8 Comments »

What? Less gear? I must be speaking blasphemy, especially considering I’m such a gear freak - especially with my proclivity for pedals. But there’s also a practical side to this, as I am also a gigging musician. And especially when I do solo gigs, having less gear means less trips to the car. So as [...]

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First Impressions: Saint Guitars Messenger Baritone and Aracom Amps RoxBox 18 Watt Amp

Posted in 18 Watt, Amps/Amplification, Guitars, Music, SM25, Saint Guitar Company, Tone, amplifiers, amps, aracom amps, buying gear, custom guitars, gear, gear reviews, guitar gear, guitar rigs, guitarists, musicians, performing, playing live, reason amps, tubes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Saint Guitars Messenger Baritone
Just wanted to share some initial sound bites that I created with a couple of new pieces of gear. The first is a Saint Guitars Messenger Baritone. Before now, I had never played a baritone, and really didn’t know what to expect. But after playing around with it for a few days, [...]

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Gear Find: Aracom Amps RoxBox 18 Watt Amplifier

Posted in 18 Watt, Amps/Amplification, Effects, GAS, Guitars, Tone, amplifiers, amps, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians, tubes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 19, 2008 | No Comments »

I love writing this blog. Not only do I get to share my passion for guitar and guitar gear, in the couple of years since I started this blog, I’ve met and encountered some really great folks who also share the same passion. After all, it’s why you visit, and I thank you for all [...]

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Review: Reason SM25 Combo Amp

Posted in Amps/Amplification, GAS, Guitars, Music, SM25, Saint Guitar Company, amplifiers, amps, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, musicians, reason amps, tubes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Reason SM25 25 Watt Combo Amp
Summary: Incredibly expressive and versatile amp that can deliver a wide range of tones from glassy, sparkly cleans, to lewd, rude, and crude distortion, all in a single cabinet!
Pros: Killer tones in all channels. Amp is voiced bright by design, which makes it great to use in the studio. StackModeTM [...]

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New Song: Lookin’ for the Good Life

Posted in Amps/Amplification, GarageBand, Guitars, Music, SM25, Saint Guitar Company, amplifiers, amps, gear, guitarists, musicians, reason amps, recording, tagged , , , , , , , on November 28, 2008 | No Comments »

I love getting those intense spurts of creativity when I’m using awesome equipment. I just happened to have a couple of review pieces on hand: A Saint Guitars Benchmark and a Reason SM25 combo amp. This song started out as a simple riff this morning, and grew from there. It’s called Lookin’ for the Good [...]

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Reason Amps: Notes from a Conversation with Reason Amps founder Anthonly Bonadio

Posted in Amps/Amplification, Guitars, Music, amplifiers, amps, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar lifestyle, guitar rigs, guitarists, musicians, performing, recording, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This is a continuation and expansion of the original new gear article I wrote previously…

Riddle me this…
So what do you get when you cross a veteran cabinet maker with an electrical engineering guru? Right. A new amp manufacturer. But the two guys I’m talking about, Anthony Bonadio and Obeid Kahn, didn’t just want to create [...]

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Review: Victoria Amplification Double Deluxe - More “Fender” than Fender?

Posted in Amps/Amplification, Guitars, amps, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear on October 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Talk about getting a “clean” tone, and invariably, some Fender amp will be mentioned, especially the models from the 50’s like the Twin. By far, “Fender clean” is the clean tone that has been emulated for decades by amp manufacturers the world over. Unfortunately, if you want that clean tone from the 50’s, you’ll have [...]

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Review: Dr. Z Air Brake Revisited

Posted in Amps/Amplification, Effects, Tone, amps, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, performing, playing live on September 5, 2007 | No Comments »

About six months ago, I wrote a little ditty about the Dr. Z Air Brake, but I thought I’d revisit this essential piece of equipment once again. The Air Brake is a power attenuator; in other words, it reduces the amount of signal from your amp that reaches the speaker, thus reducing your audible output. [...]

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Review: Fender Twin Reverb ‘65 Reissue

Posted in Amps/Amplification, Guitars, amps, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear on August 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »

If you’re looking for the ultimate in clean tone, go no further. Fender is the clean standard, bar none, and the Twin Reverb is the definitive clean amp. Like the original, it is a no-frills, no fuss amp, providing 85 watts of beautiful clean tone. There is no drive channel with this amp, folks. You [...]

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