Posted in Guitars, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians on June 24, 2008 | 4 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 . . [...]
Posted in Guitars, Music, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians on June 11, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
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, [...]
Posted in Guitars, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists on June 6, 2008 | 2 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 from nice, [...]
Posted in amps, gear, gear reviews, guitar gear on May 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The big drawback of being a gear freak is that it can be an expensive hobby. But at the same time, it’s a hell of a lot of fun discovering new gear, or discovering little-known vintage gear. I was in a local use gear store the other day, and happened upon this amp. What a [...]
Posted in Effects, Guitars, Music, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear on May 15, 2008 | No Comments »
BOSS CS-3 Compression/Sustainer
Summary: If you’re looking to really squeeze your signal, this box’ll do it.
Pros: 4 knobs provide great flexibility to shape your compression. For the money, it’s a pretty good deal.
Cons: Has probably some of the most severe compression I’ve ever experienced, which results in a loss of tone. Sounds okay with solid state [...]
Posted in Guitars, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear on April 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Voodoo Lab Micro Vibe
Summary: Looking for that vibey sound? Look no further. The Micro Vibe serves up a range of vibe tone from chimey chorus to thick, soupy psychedelic in nice compact stomp box.
Pros: Incredibly versatile vibe that has multiple personalities depending upon where you set the knobs.
Cons: A little tricky to set up [...]
Posted in Guitars, Music, gear, gear reviews, guitar, recording on April 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Sennheiser e835 Dynamic Microphone
Summary: A fantastic and versatile, and super-affordable mic with a wide field that is equally at home with vocals, and instrument/amp sound reinforcement.
Pros: Nice, flat response, with built-in presence boost produces very clear sound.
Cons: None
Price: $99 Street
One of the underlying themes in the reviews I write here at GuitarGear.org is that cheap [...]
Posted in Tone, amps, gear, gear reviews on March 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
My Hot Rod started making a bit of a humming sound a couple of weeks ago, and I figured out that it was one of the preamp tubes. So instead of replacing the bad one, I decided to replace all of ‘em. Not knowing what was best, I called up The Tube Store because I [...]
Posted in Effects, Guitars, buying gear, gear, gear reviews on March 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe
Summary: Fulltone makes some of the best pedals in the world, hands-down. You pay for the quality, but you’ll almost never walk away disappointed for the coin you have to pay for a Fulltone pedal. The Mini Deja Vibe is a great take on the original UniVibe, and faithfully reproduces the old [...]
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