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Gear Review: Fishman SA220 Solo Amp

Posted in amplifier reviews, amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, performing, tagged acoustic guitar, amp, amplification, amplifiers, fishman, fishman solo amp, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, SA220 on June 17, 2010 | 6 Comments »

Fishman SA220 Solo Amp Summary: Compact and weighing in at just 25 lbs., the SA220 Solo Amp is an ideal PA solution for the solo acoustic guitarist/vocalist, but it’s versatile and loud enough to be used as a PA for a band (if you have a couple of them). Pros: It may not have the [...]

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Good Things Happen When You Can Crank Your Amp…

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, attenuator, buying gear, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, performing, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, att, attenuation, attenuators, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians on August 31, 2009 | 10 Comments »

I’ve often extolled the virtues of a cranked amp here at GuitarGear.org and elsewhere. My belief is that when you’ve got both your pre-amp and power tubes working, you get the real character out of your amp. There’s something that happens to your tone once you get juice into your power tubes that adds a [...]

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Gig Report: Reason Amps Bambino

Posted in 6AQ5, amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, performing, playing live, reason amps, reason bambino, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, Bambino, GAS, gear, gear reviews, gig report, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, reason amps, reason bambino on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Did my weekly church gig this evening and took the Reason Bambino along. Didn’t bring a pedalboard; just a 1 X 12 cabinet and a couple of cables. I wanted to test out the amp in its pristine state, with no added accoutrements. I also wanted to test the balanced line out to see how [...]

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Gettin’ In the Zone

Posted in amplifiers, amps, aracom amps, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, improvisation, inspiration, Music, musicians, performing, playing live, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, guitar, guitar gear, guitar life, guitarists, improvisation, inspiration, Music, musicians, playing in the zone on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Ahhh… the venerable SRV in a classic guitarists pose. I used to think that was just something rock stars did for publicity shots, and that the poses were contrived. But then as I’ve delved more and more deeply into improvisation, I’ve realized it’s not contrived at all. That kind of pose or expression is all [...]

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Caveat Emptor: Don’t Fall Prey to Pedigree

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, aracom amps, buying gear, GAS, gear, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, performing, playing live, prestige guitars, Strat, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, buying gear, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, prestige guitars, Tone, V-Picks on April 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I admit it: I’m an incurable GEAR SLUT! I jones for vintage and vintage style gear, as the music I play leans toward the blues and classic rock. And to satisfy that never-ending craving, I pore over the Internet and various magazines in search of all sorts of gear; hence, the existence of GuitarGear.org where [...]

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I am a…

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, buying gear, custom guitars, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar lifestyle, guitar pedals, guitar picks, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, Music, musicians, pedals, performing, picks, playing live, plectrum, Tone, tagged amplifiers, amps, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar life, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, lifestyle, Music, musicians, pedals, picks, plectrum, Tone on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Gear-aholic. Tone Freak. Gear Maniac. At least that is what I have been called. I like to think of myself as a “Tone Crusader.” I comb the ethers in search of implements to try to catch the unicorn called “Tone.” And since tone has so many faces, I need different kinds tools to help me [...]

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Songwriting: Stuck in a Rut…

Posted in guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, musicians, performing, playing live, songwriting, style, Worship Music, tagged church, guitar, guitar performance, guitarists, Music, musicians, performance, Worship Music on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

…but there’s a light at the end of the tunnel… At least I hope so. For the past few weeks, I’ve been in kind of a rut with writing music. I’ve got eight songs for my new record, which I recorded pretty regularly over the course of about three months. And it wasn’t just eight [...]

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

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, aracom amps, buying gear, custom guitars, gear, gear reviews, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, performing, playing live, reason amps, Saint Guitar Company, SM25, Tone, tubes, tagged 18 Watt, 18 Watt Amps, amp, aracom, aracom amps, baritone, baritone guitar, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, Guitars, messenger, RoxBox, saint, saint guitars, Tone 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 [...]

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Insight: Playing Rhythm

Posted in guitar, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, improvisation, inspiration, musicians, performing, playing live, rock star, style, tagged guitar, guitarists, inspiration, making music, Music, musicians, performance, playing guitar, playing live on December 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

In last month’s issue of Guitar Player, Steve Cropper was spotlighted. Cropper was a great session guitarist for Stax records who wrote and played with the likes Otis Redding, and was arguably one of the great guitarists responsible for establishing the 60′s era soul sound. In the interview, he was asked what advice he’d give [...]

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

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, performing, recording, tagged amplifiers, amps, anthony bonadio, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Music, musicians, obeid kahn, reason, reason amps, Tone, vintage gear 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 [...]

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