Posted in Effects, Guitars, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, pedals on November 20, 2007 | No Comments »
A power supply? I know, kind of mundane, but if you’re still using 9V batteries, you might want to rethink your power supply needs. Here’s a common situation: You’re in the middle of a set, and your beautifully clean tone starts getting kind of fuzzy. It’s not too bad at first, but worsens as [...]
Posted in Effects, Guitars, Tone, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, pedals on October 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
When it comes to chorus sounds, Roland/BOSS is pretty much the standard for the last twenty or so years. The CE-2 has especially been very sought-after used pedal 1) for its simplicity and; 2) for it’s analog design. I owned a CE-2 back in the 80’s, and have since kicked myself since I traded it [...]
Posted in Effects, Guitars, Tone, Worship Music, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, pedals, performing, playing live on September 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I was at a casino last weekend, sitting in a bar with a couple of friends and listening to this great duo play classic rock hits. During one of their breaks between sets, I went to the stage to talk to the guitarist (he had a cool name: Buford) and checked out his gear. He [...]
Posted in Effects, Guitars, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, pedals on September 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Since I recently did a review on the Fulltone OCD, I thought that I’d do a review on the much-revered TS808. As many in the know, this is the pedal that defined Stevie Ray Vaughn’s sound. But it’s not the reason why this pedal is so special. The Tube Screamer has a unique, transparent tone; [...]
Posted in Effects, Guitars, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, pedals on August 30, 2007 | 11 Comments »
There have only been a few times in all the years that I’ve been playing guitar that I’ve had an epiphany with a pedal, where after just playing a few notes, a light bulb would go off in my head, and I’d exclaim, “That’s the sound I’m after!” The Fulltone OCD did that to me [...]
Posted in Effects, Guitars, Music, Tone, guitar, guitarists, pedals on August 2, 2007 | 1 Comment »
…that makes you sound good. It helps to have great gear, but it’s the player that counts. Don’t believe me? Check this out…
I saw this street musician playing in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago playing a crappy Fender Squire Telecaster, and a beat up amp that also doubled as his vocal PA. Guess [...]
Posted in Effects, Guitars, Live Performance, Tone, amps, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, pedals on August 2, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been searching for a decent compression/sustainer for a long time, and I’ve tried out a bunch over the last year. Surprisingly enough, it wasn’t until recently that I decided to check out the MXR DynaComp. The DynaComp has been around for a long time, and has several faithful followers. Unfortunately, I’m not one of [...]
Posted in Effects, Guitars, Tone, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, pedals on August 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I just noticed something: This blog is called Guitar Gear, but I haven’t reviewed much gear! That’s going to change right now! The first piece of equipment I’m going to introduce is the BBE Sonic Stomp.
Based upon BBE’s very successful line of “Sonic Maximizers” - the Sonic Stomp actually uses the same technology from its [...]
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