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I Love My ’58 Champ!

Posted in Guitars, tagged 1958, amp, champ, fender, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, Guitars, Music on November 8, 2011 | 3 Comments »

This morning, I was taking stock of gear that I hadn’t played in a awhile, and saw my little ’58 Fender Champ sitting on my workbench. I hadn’t played it for several months. So I hooked it up, and started playing. Now mind you, I’ve had some serious work done on it. I had to [...]

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Gear Review: The Rock Lock

Posted in GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged alpha, barron wesley guitars, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitar reviews, guitarists, Music, musicians, rock lock on October 25, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The Rock Lock Summary: After a year-long wait, the Rock Lock has finally hit the market! What started out as an ingenious idea to provide some gig security for your guitar is not finally a reality. Pros: Rubberized (or what appears to be rubberized) material around an obviously sturdy, metal locking “C” and attached to [...]

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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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There’s Nothing Like the Aracom PRX150-Pro!

Posted in Guitars, tagged aracom amps, attenuator, GAS, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, PRX150-Pro on October 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »

As many know who’ve frequented this blog over the past couple of years, they know my love for the Aracom PRX150-Pro attenuator. It has allowed me to record in my garage till the wee hours of the morning, and not get complaints from my wife or the neighbors about being too loud, as I can [...]

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New Gear: Gibson Firebird X “System”

Posted in Guitars, tagged firebird x, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gibson, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear on September 29, 2011 | 5 Comments »

Okay, boys and girls… After announcing this guitar over a year ago, Gibson has finally released the Firebird X er… system. Not just a guitar, this baby packs built-in effects, completely on/off switchable and coil-tapped pickups. It also includes a piezo pickup for getting an acoustic sound. But wait! There’s more! The pickups can be [...]

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Gear Review: Awesome Guitars TCP-T2 Telecaster Control Plate

Posted in Guitars, tagged guitar, Music, Guitars, guitar gear, gear, gear reviews, musicians, GAS, guitar gear reviews, TCP-T2, awesome guitars on September 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Awesome Guitars TCP-T2 Telecaster Control Plate Summary: Want to expand the tonal possibilities of your Tele? This solderless control plate assembly will give you six distinct tones.Pros: Undoubtedly, the pros here are that you’re going to get tones that you’ve never heard from your Tele. Cons: Not quite as easy to install as advertised – [...]

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New Gear: Rock Solid Guitar Stands

Posted in Guitars, tagged guitar, Music, Guitars, guitar gear, gear, musicians, GAS, new gear, gear announcements on September 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The other day, I was at my good friend Jeff Aragaki’s (of Aracom Amps fame) home/workshop and noticed his ProLine multi-guitar stand where he always keeps five or six guitars. I was thinking to myself that I could use one of these in my home studio, as I have at least five guitars and a [...]

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

Posted in Guitars, tagged guitar, Music, Guitars, amps, guitar gear, gear, guitarists, musicians, GAS, amplifiers, amp, 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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You Gotta Love Variations on a Theme!

Posted in Guitars, tagged GAS, gear announcements, guitar, guitar gear, Guitars, Music, musicians, perry riggs, slash l guitars on August 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »

As I’ve said in the past, there’s always room for people who are good. I said it about Barron Wesley Guitars, and I’m saying it for Slash L guitars made by Perry Riggs. Look at the guitar to the left. Notice anything familiar? It’s patterned after a ’59 Les Paul with a mahogany body and [...]

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The Problem with “Top” Lists

Posted in Guitars, tagged GAS, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, thoughts on August 8, 2011 | 5 Comments »

A friend of mine shared with me a Top 50 list that was published by Guitar Player mag back in 2004. I vaguely remembered reading that list back then, and when my buddy shared the list with me again a couple of days ago, it reminded me of the Rolling Stone Top 100 guitarists list [...]

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