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Some Rig Combinations Never Get OId

Posted in amps, aracom amps, guitar, guitar gear, PLX18 BB, tagged amp, aracom, gibson, guitar, les paul, PLX18BB on November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

One of the guitarists in my church band recently got a Carr Mercury, which is a great little amp. In addition to sporting vintage styling, it has some great power scaling from 8 Watts down to 1/10 Watt, a three-position boost to vary the drive to the single EL34 power tube, and a very nice [...]

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Gig Gear: MONO Cases and Bags

Posted in guitar, gear, GAS, gear find, accessories, tagged gig bags, guitar, guitar gear, Mono on November 13, 2011 | 5 Comments »

As an actively gigging musician, I’m always looking for the most efficient and safe ways to transport my gear. But I do have to admit that I value efficiency a bit more than safety. My thought behind this is that treating my gear with care is a given, so I want to make as few [...]

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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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Honesty Is Like Cold Medicine…

Posted in Guitars, tagged guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, thoughts on November 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »

…We know it’s good for us, but we don’t enjoy the taste. That’s a corollary on a saying my cousin shared on Facebook: Truth is a bully we all pretend to like. It got me thinking about some feedback I gave to a young singer/songwriter this weekend on her playing, which was not very good. [...]

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Describing Tone: An Article from AmplifiedParts.com

Posted in Guitars, tagged amplified parts, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Tone on October 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I recently received an interesting article from the folks over at AmplifiedParts.com entitled, “Describing Tone.” It takes both a scientific (quantitative) look at tone as well as presenting more qualitative ways of describing it. The qualitative section seems geared to describing tone within the context of selling gear, but if you think about it, when [...]

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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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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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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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You Ever Have One of Those Gigs Where…

Posted in Guitars, tagged guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians on October 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »

…everything just sounds and feels… BAD? I just got done with my weekly church gig this afternoon, and I have to admit that I was not in the least bit happy with my tone. It completely affected how I played; which felt choppy and contrived, not smooth and spontaneous. I suppose we’re all bound to [...]

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