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Sebago Sound Releasing a Steel String Singer!

Posted in amplifiers, announcements, gear announcements, new gear, tagged amps, dumble, new gear, sebago, steall string singer on April 2, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Got a call over the weekend from Bill Dunham at Sebago Sound who wanted to tell me that he was releasing a Steel String Slinger based upon the topology of a SSS owned by a well-known, grammy-award-winning, blues/pop artist (I know who it is, and based upon the description, you should be able to figure [...]

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Fender Cutting Through Its Mellow Image with a “Machete”

Posted in Guitars, tagged amps, fender, machete, new gear on March 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »

There’s something about “Fender” and “high-gain” that seems like an oxymoron. Most people equate the Fender tone with lush cleans and open, low-gain overdrive. They’ve tried to break into the high-gain market in the past with the ProSonic and SuperSonic models, and they haven’t fared too badly, considering the likes of Matthias Jabs of the [...]

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The Tube Amp Buying Decision: What Power Tubes?

Posted in Guitars, tagged amps on February 15, 2012 | 6 Comments »

Because I’ve had a lot of experience with lots of different amps, invariably people ask me for advice – especially on what power tubes to go with. They ask, “Should I get EL34? 6L6? 6V6? EL84, etc.” My answer to that question is: Yes. On a more serious note, I do tell them that they [...]

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Don’t Make Me Think! On the DV Mark Little 40 Head

Posted in Guitars, tagged amp, amplifiers, amps, Dv mark, GAS, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, little 40, Music, musicians on October 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I mentioned the DV Mark Little 40 at the end of my previous post yesterday, which was a review on the DV Mark Galileo 15. That Galileo is a great little amp, but the DV Mark Little 40 is what I’m really taking a serious look at right now. If you want more information and [...]

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Gear Review: DV Mark Amps Galileo 15 Head

Posted in Guitars, tagged amps, Dv mark, Galileo, guitar on October 10, 2011 | 3 Comments »

DV Mark Amps Galileo 15 Summary: From the folks that brought us the big sound in a small package of Markbass bass amps, comes the DV Mark guitar amp line.Pros: Unbelievably rich tone with lots of clean headroom for a low-wattage amp. But you can dirty it up just fine by adding more pre-amp gain. [...]

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New Gear: Fender Eric Clapton Signature Tweed Amps

Posted in Guitars, tagged amps, ec series, fender, tweed on October 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »

If you read this blog regularly, you know that I wasn’t too excited about Fender’s ’57 Champ re-issue. But in a collaboration with Eric Clapton, the Fender custom shop has come out with three new tweed amps that I think are worth a good look. Here the verbiage from the site: In a historic collaboration, [...]

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I think I found my next PA system (or at least it’s on my wishlist)…

Posted in Guitars, tagged amplification, amplifiers, amps, gear announcements, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, HK Audio, new gear on September 8, 2011 | 4 Comments »

If you look on my rig page, you’ll see that for my solo gigs, I use the very wonderful Fishman SoloAmp. This is a great, integrated PA that I’ve been using to great success for the past year or so. Very easy to set up, and it has a nice on-board mixer with decent reverb [...]

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More: If it sounds good, then it’s right…

Posted in Guitars, tagged amp, amplifiers, amps, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, roland cube 60 on August 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »

At last night’s weekly gig at the restaurant I play at, I brought my trusty Roland Cube 60. I was in a rush, and just wanted a lightweight amp that I could easily set up. To be honest, I hadn’t played that amp for a long time, preferring to use my tube amp combos or [...]

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Have You REALLY Heard Your Amp Full-Out?

Posted in Guitars, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, attenuator, guitar, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians on January 11, 2011 | 14 Comments »

For a long time I was – and pretty much still to this day – an overdrive pedal lover. I have several, and am waiting for my new Paul Cochrane Timmy to be completed and delivered in the next few weeks. I’ve been wanting one of these for awhile now, and finally bit the bullet [...]

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Review: Sebago Sound Double Trouble 100 Amplifier

Posted in Guitars, tagged amp, amplifiers, amps, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, sebago double trouble, sebago sound on December 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »

I finally got some time to post my very first full video review (the Dumble series doesn’t really count because it wasn’t really a review, but more of a demo). So here, I present to you the Sebago Sound Double Trouble 100, an 100 Watt amplifier from a newcomer to the amp business and another [...]

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