Posted in GAS, Guitars, Music, Tone, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians, tagged Amber Burst, AmberBurst, Comanche, G & L, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar reviews, Guitars, Music, musicians, Tribute, Z-Coil on January 7, 2009 | No Comments »
G & L Tribute Series Comanche
Summary: Super-affordable, production version of the venerable Comanche. Has the same swamp ash body and rock maple neck with Fender Avenue parts. Comes with either maple or rosewood fretboard.
Pros: This guitar is a great value! My eyes almost popped out of their sockets when I saw the price! Plays just [...]
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Posted in GAS, Guitars, Music, Tone, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar lifestyle, guitar picks, guitarists, inspiration, musicians, picks, plectrum, style, tagged gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar picks, guitarists, Music, musicians, picks, plectrum, Red Bear Picks, Red Bear Trading on December 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Does a pick really make a difference? For years, I’ve read about guitarists using custom picks made from tortoise shell or other special materials, seen all the ads from handmade pick manufacturers, and eschewed even the thought of getting one of them because I just couldn’t justify spending up to $40 for a freakin’ guitar [...]
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Posted in Creation Audio Labs, Effects, GAS, Guitars, Holy Fire, Music, Tone, boost, booster, buying gear, distortion, effect pedals, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitar rigs, guitarists, overdrive, pedals, recording, tubes, tagged guitar, Music, guitar gear, gear reviews, guitarists, musicians, guitar effects, guitar pedals, effect pedals, overdrive, guitar gear reviews, Creation Audio Labs, Holy Fire, distortion on December 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Creation Audio Labs Holy Fire Overdrive/Distortion
Summary: Overdrive and Distortion and tons of gain in one box that will not alter your tone. Has built-in wave shaping that responds to attack and input gain that simulates overdriving the front end of an amp.
Pros: Possible to achieve all sorts of clipping from swampy grind to searing distortion [...]
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Posted in 18 Watt, Guitars, Music, Tone, amplifiers, amps, aracom amps, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar rigs, guitarists, musicians, recording, tubes, tagged guitar, Music, Guitars, amps, guitar gear, gear reviews, musicians, aracom, 18 Watt, 18 Watt Amps, RoxBox, guitar amps on December 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Aracom Amps RoxBox 18 Watt Combo
Summary: The RoxBox is an ideal small to medium size venue amp. Don’t let it’s diminutive size fool you. This amp is LOUD, and packs a real punch. Oodles of clean headroom in Channel 1 and capable of super-sinister drive in Channel 2 due to the “hidden” extra gain stage. [...]
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Posted in Effects, GAS, Guitars, Music, Tone, buying gear, effect pedals, fuzz, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, musicians, pedals, tagged algal bloom, effect pedals, Effects, FH(fx), fuzz, fuzz face, fuzzhugger, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, Guitars, pedals on December 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Fuzz pedal? Me? GoofyDawg? I know, I know… I’m an overdrive and overdrive/distortion pedal kind of guy. I usually prefer soft clipping pedals that throw just a hint of clipping and lot of input gain at an amp to make the amp’s tubes saturate and overdrive. And up until this point, I haven’t even discussed [...]
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Posted in 18 Watt, Amps/Amplification, Guitars, Music, SM25, Saint Guitar Company, Tone, amplifiers, amps, aracom amps, buying gear, custom guitars, gear, gear reviews, guitar gear, guitar rigs, guitarists, musicians, performing, playing live, reason amps, tubes, tagged guitar, Guitars, guitar gear, gear, gear reviews, Tone, saint guitars, amp, aracom amps, aracom, 18 Watt, 18 Watt Amps, RoxBox, messenger, saint, buying gear, baritone, baritone guitar 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 days, [...]
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Posted in Effects, GAS, Guitars, Music, boost, booster, buying gear, clean boost, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, musicians, pedals, tagged boost, booster, booster pedal, clean boost, Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, Music, musicians, pedals on December 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Creation Audio Labs Mk 4.23 Clean Boost
Summary: Truly flat EQ response, zero coloration, clean boost pedal that takes your tone and gives you more, much more of it. Can be used as a simple clean booster, or can slam the front of your amp with up to 24dB of gain.
Pros: Does only one thing: It [...]
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Posted in Effects, GAS, Guitars, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, tubes, tagged guitar, Music, guitar gear, gear reviews, musicians, Effects, GAS, guitar effects, gear find, reverb, valve train, spring thing on December 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In my search for a new reverb unit, I ran across this interesting unit by Valve Train. I know, it looks like an amp, but it’s a tube-driven reverb unit with a dedicated reverb tank - very cool. There’s really nothing like a good spring reverb unit, especially ones done the old school way. I’d [...]
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Posted in DigiTech, Effects, GAS, Guitars, Hardwire, RV-7, Tone, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, pedals, tagged DigiTech, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Hardwire, Hardwire RV-7 Stereo Reverb, Music, musicians, reverb, RV-7 on December 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Back in September of this year, DigiTech released a line of high-end pedals under the “Hardwire” brand. These are high-quality, true-bypass pedals, and I have to say that I’m very impressed. Traditionally, DigiTech hasn’t been known for really high-end pedals. They’re typically priced at the mid- to low-end, and have always had reasonable quality. Nothing [...]
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Posted in Effects, GAS, Guitars, Mk.4.23, Music, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar pedals, musicians, pedals, reason amps, tagged Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Mk.4.23, Music, musicians, pedals on December 4, 2008 | No Comments »
As many know who read this blog regularly, I’m a bit of an overdrive/distortion pedal nut. Just love the things. Silicon, germanium, doesn’t matter. I’ve always dug the tones boxes like the Fulltone OCD and Ibanez TS-808 produce. But then again, I never had good enough tube amps whose natural distortion didn’t require some bolstering.
Then [...]
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