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Gear Review: Sebago Sound Dumble Steel String Singer Prototype

Posted in amps, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged amp, amplifiers, dumble, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitarists, Music, musicians, sebago sound, Soho, steel string singer on April 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Sebago Sound PrototypeSummary: I don’t know what an original Steel String Singer sounds like, but if Sebago’s take on that amp is any indication, we have a winner here! This is an incredibly versatile amp that can fit any genre of music. This is my next amp.Pros: Versatility is the key with this amp. The [...]

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Gear Review: Aracom Amps VRX18 1 X 12 Tweed Combo

Posted in GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged aracom, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, VRX18 on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Aracom Amps VRX18 Tweed ComboSummary: No… Surprisingly enough, I didn’t buy this one, as I already have the VRX18 head. But my good friend and bandmate just bought this, and I tested it out for him so he could listen while he was making his decision. Anyway, this is classic Marshall 18 Watt Plexi tone, [...]

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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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Gear Review: Awesome Guitars TCP-T2 Telecaster Control Plate

Posted in Guitars, tagged awesome guitars, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, Guitars, Music, musicians, TCP-T2 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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Gear Review: Jensen Jet Electric Lightning JC10-50EL 10″ Speaker

Posted in GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitar reviews, guitarists, jc10-50EL, Jensen jet electric lightning, Music, musicians on August 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Jensen Jet Electric Lightning JC10-50EL 10″ SpeakerSummary: A single 10″ speaker is NOT supposed to sound this big! Sure, Jensen may be marketing as a real “rocker” but this speaker will absolutely KILL with any style.Pros: Big, ferrite magnet produces a fat, bottom end that is absolutely to die for! No loss of definition, no [...]

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New Gear and Gig Report: Jensen Jet Electric Lightning JC10-50 10″ Speaker

Posted in Guitars, tagged electric lightning, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, jensen, jensen jet, jensen speakers, Music, musicians, new gear on July 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »

I know, I usually do a gig report AFTER I write a review of a product, but I used the speaker in a gig yesterday, and had to write about it. First though, let’s go over some general stuff… The Jet series from Jensen is a break from Jensen’s vintage roots to go after more [...]

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Gear Review: Barron Wesley Guitars Alpha #7

Barron Wesley Guitars Alpha #7 Summary: Similar to the Alpha that I recently reviewed, this guitar sports Honduran mahogany, and the tonal difference is HUGE. I really liked the last edition (#5), but this rendition of the Alpha has it all going on. Ringing clean tones and lots of muscle. Nice. Pros: Again, all hand-made, [...]

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Gear Review: Source Audio Soundblox Guitar Envelope Filter

Posted in amps, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged amp, amplifiers, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar envelope filter, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitarists, Music, musicians, source audio on July 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Source Audio Soundblox Guitar Envelope Filter Summary: Nice, moderate vowel-tone envelope filter box for guitar. You can get downright funky with this pedal. While it may not get as “vowelly” as competitive products, it certainly has a lot of tone on tap. Pros: Great features and tone, and the pedal’s super quite when active. [...]

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Gear Review: Barron Wesley Guitars “Alpha”

Barron Wesley Guitars Alpha Summary: From new luthier Russell comes an amazingly affordable custom guitar that’s a joy to play, and has a unique sound without losing that classic tone that you’d expect from a PAF-equipped guitar. Pros: All hand-made. I’ll estimate its weight to be around 8 lbs, so it’s easy on the shoulder. [...]

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Gear Review: EWS Little Brute Drive

Posted in distortion, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, Guitars, Music, musicians, tagged amp, amplifiers, distortion pedal, ews little brute drive, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitarists, Music, musicians, Soho on June 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »

EWS Little Brute Drive Summary: Proving the old adage that “big things come in small packages,” the EWS Little Brute Drive is an absolute distortion machine, capable of mild crunch to face melting distortion. Don’t let the “drive” in the name fool you. This ain’t an overdrive – but who cares? Pros: Though it has [...]

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