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New Gear: Pigtronix Fat Drive

Posted in Guitars, tagged fat drive, guitar, new gear, pigtronix on May 16, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Maybe it’s the recording… but just watching/listening to this demo video has me GAS-ing for this pedal!!! Yowza!!! I loved that first sequence with the Strat! Some quick info: This is an all-analog drive pedal, folks, and I’m digging what it does! And at $139, it’s a bargain!!! From the web site: Pigtronix FAT Drive [...]

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How to Pick a Speaker

Posted in Guitars, tagged choosing gear, guitar, speakers on April 11, 2012 | 2 Comments »

Unless you’re a dealer or a distributor of speakers, there are only a couple of ways to pick out a speaker: Go down to a dealer or distributor of speakers and listen to a bunch, then go and buy the one you like -or- Buy some speakers, listen to them, and pick the one you [...]

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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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Finally! A Strat That I Must Have

Posted in Guitars, tagged fender, guitar, new gear, Stratocaster on March 6, 2012 | 16 Comments »

Just this email from Fender this morning. Usually I take my time with manufacturer ad emails, and this particular one was no exception. So I waited until a few minutes ago to read the email, and my mind stopped dead in its tracks. For on my screen in front of me was a Strat that [...]

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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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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 accessories, GAS, gear, gear find, guitar, 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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