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Why the Fender Champ 600 is a GREAT recording amp!

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, fender, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar tone, guitarists, Guitars, recording, tagged amp, amplification, amps, fender champ, guitar gear reviews, guitar recording, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, recording on April 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Some people may scoff at the diminutive Fender Champ 600. After all, it’s only 5 Watts and has a tiny 6″ speaker. But those naysayers may be missing the point about the Champ or any super-low wattage speaker for that matter. It’s not meant to be a performance amp; though you can certainly hook it [...]

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Gear Review: Squier Classic Vibe Telecaster 50′s

Posted in fender, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear reviews, guitar reviews, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, squire, squire classic vibe telecaster, telecaster, tagged fender, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, squire classic vibe telecaster, telecaster on November 10, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Squier By Fender Classic Vibe Telecaster 50′s Summary: Finally! An inexpensive guitar that isn’t just a pretty face like many cheapo guitars. This guitar backs up its great looks with great sound and playability! Pros: Spectacular, lush cleans from the neck pickup. Nothing twangy about this guitar. The bridge pickup is nicely “trebly,” but not [...]

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Gear Review: Fender Stratacoustic Deluxe

Posted in buying gear, fender, gear, gear reviews, guitar gear, guitar reviews, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, tagged Fender Stratacoustic, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, Stratacoustic on October 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Fender Stratacoustic Deluxe Summary: An extremely pleasant surprise from Fender with both electric and acoustic properties. Shaped like a Strat and a sporting a Strat neck, for any Strat player, it’s immediately familiar! Pros: Amazing tones. First electric acoustic I’ve played through an amp that didn’t sound like an acoustic guitar plugged into an amp. [...]

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Gear Review: IK Multimedia Amplitube Fender Studio

Posted in AmpliTube, amplitube fender, amps, Amps/Amplification, announcements, buying gear, fender, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar reviews, guitarists, Guitars, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians, tagged amp, ampl, amplification, amplifiers, amplitube fender studio, amps, fender studio, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, ik, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians on July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

IK Multimedia Amplitube Fender Studio Summary: Need a quick, portable way to get your guitar ideas down on track, with an incredibly easy-to-use USB interface for performing live through software models? Look no further. Amplitube Fender Studio will get you rocking in minutes! Pros: The inclusion of Fender Studio SE, RiffWorks T4 and Amplitube X-Gear, [...]

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Gear Steal! Fender Champ 600 @ Guitar Center for $149!!!

Posted in 6V6, amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, announcements, buying gear, fender, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear find, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, fender, fender champ, fender champ 600, gear announcements, gear find, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians on July 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »

As much as I have been ranting about Fender gear pricing as of late, and their latest “supposed” price drop (who knows for how long), my Champ 600 has been a tried and true companion in my studio ever since I got it. I’ve even used it at small venue gigs hooked to a 1 [...]

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Fender ’57 Champ Reissue: Are You Nuts?

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, fender, gear, gear announcements, gear find, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, rants, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, Champ Reissue, fender, Fender '57 Champ Reissue, fender rant, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, rant, rants, reason amps on July 4, 2009 | 25 Comments »

I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Fender over the years. When I’ve loved Fender, I’ve really loved them, and when I’ve hated them, I’ve really hated them. Right now, I’m really hating them. I’m just aghast at the prices they’re charging for their new gear! This Champ ’57 Reissue from the Fender Custom Shop lists [...]

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Fun With Re-Amping

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, aracom amps, fender, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, prestige guitars, VRX22, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, prestige guitars, re-amp on June 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »

My friend Jeff Aragaki, of Aracom Amps is an incredible inventor. Today he brought over a new unit that among other things, allows me to re-amp my amplified signal into another amp. I’ve heard of this being done before – it’s not new. I just never had the means to do it until today. The [...]

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Gear Review: Peterson VS-R StroboRack

Posted in buying gear, DigiTech, distortion, effect pedals, fender, GarageBand, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Miscellaneous, modes, Music, music theory, musicians, new gear, tagged GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar tuners, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Peterson Tuners, StroboRack on June 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Peterson VS-R StroboRack Summary: Super-accurate, super-sophisticated, yet super-easy-to-use. With point-one cent accuracy and built-in temperament and sweeteners, plus a huge display, accurate tuning is a breeze with this unit! Pros: The big display makes tuning extremely easy, and the built-in sweeteners (I’ll get into that in a bit) ensure that once you’re tuned you sound [...]

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Low-wattage fun with the Fender Champ 600

Posted in 6V6, amplifiers, amps, effect pedals, Effects, fender, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitar picks, guitarists, Guitars, Hardwire, Music, musicians, overdrive, pedals, picks, plectrum, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, champ 600, effect pedals, Effects, fender, fender champ, fender champ 600, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians on June 4, 2009 | 7 Comments »

I forgot how much fun this little 5 watter is to play! I just put in new tubes to make it have more headroom, as this is an incredibly pedal-friendly amp. The tubes I got were as follows: NOS JAN-Philips 12AT7 and a JJ 6V6. The idea behind this is that the 12AT7 has about [...]

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New Song: Running from the Future

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, aracom amps, fender, GarageBand, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, prestige guitars, songs, songwriting, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, Aracom VRX22, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, hot, hot rod, Hot Rod Deluxe, Music, musicians, new song, prestige, prestige heritage elite, song, songs, VRX, VRX22 on April 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Ever been in one of those situations where you have to face up to something you’d said or done, but avoid it all costs because it gives you this feeling of impending doom? I was recently in a situation like this, and it wasn’t at all comfortable going through the emotional and psychic turmoil leading [...]

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