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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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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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New Song: Come Together

Posted in Guitars, tagged guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song on October 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

No, it’s not a Beatles cover… This is a song about getting over ourselves and listening to God’s voice and feeling His presence in our lives; putting ourselves together with His help. I got a little inspirational kick while I was recording with my little VHT Special 6 which I used for the electric guitar [...]

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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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New Song: He Is the Rock!

Posted in Guitars, tagged guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song on September 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I wrote this song several years ago as a fun, foot-stompin’, rockin’ blues crowd-pleaser to close out church services, and like my previous song, The Way The Truth The Life, finally got around to recording it – actually I attempted to record it a lot over the years, but just couldn’t get a good vibe [...]

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On the Strat Middle Pickup

Posted in Guitars, tagged fender, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Stratocaster, thoughts on September 22, 2011 | 5 Comments »

My American Deluxe Strat is the very first Strat that I actually liked. A lot of it has to do with the pickups, which are Kinman Hx noiseless single coils. These have a bit more output than stock Strat pickups and they make a HUGE difference in the tone of the guitar; fattening up the [...]

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