the Open Road Overdrive Pedal Overdrives In General If you’ve been playing guitar for any length of time then you’ve no doubt started using pedals of some sort. Maybe a chorus, delay, distortion, or maybe even an effects processor to digitally reproduce several analog pedals all from a single unit. Pedals run a wide gamut [...]
Epiphone Hummingbird $299 street Over the years I’ve had a number of acoustics. Some good and some not so good (I’m sure most of you have too). But at some point I get that G.A.S. syndrome and usually sell what I have and shop for another one. This last time (due to pay cuts at [...]
An investment in Tone! brass bridge and tailpiece This is not meant as a tutorial OR “how to” on Les Paul Bridge Replacement, lots of those on the net. This article is more about the sonic benefits of replacing the factory setup with something better. After dealing with some minor issues with the factory hardware, [...]
New Rolling Stones Video This year the Stones celebrate 50 years of rock and roll and they’re kicking it off with a new Rolling Stones Video. Man, it’s hard to believe it’s been 50 freakin’ years! The Stones have been such a big part of my life for a lot of reasons, like most of [...]
An E-Magazine can be a versatile online tool What is the most innovative way to deliver content with sharp clear text and rich vibrant colors accross multiple platforms? That’s easy, E-Book (aka E-Magazines, E-Zines, E-Books, Flip Books, and probably a few I haven’t heard yet). If you need a way to communicate with customers, potential [...]
Jet City JCA20H LED Installation with 12volt Internal Power Source Ever since I posted the DIY metal baffle mod for the Jet City JCA20H I’ve had a hell-of-a-lot of people asking about the LEDs that I used. So I decided to make a tutorial for this too. Mounting the LEDs isn’t the toughest part, powering [...]
Jet City JCA20H Baffle MOD using expanded metal. I bought my Jet City JCA20H the week they hit the stores, and I bought it without test driving it. I never considered it since the thing was designed by Soldano, plus everything I had read leading up to the first shipment going out was all good. [...]
Preamp tube (12AX7) selection is a subject to as many opinions as there are guitar players. It’s the preamp tube maze of information and opinion (or should I say MIS-information) If you research any “preamp tube” (or any other vacuum tube or “valve” for that matter) on the net like I did, your head will [...]
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