Month: January 2010

There is a cool article over on the Gibson site by Dave Hunter about tube amp distortion…..what it is and why we like it. Like his last article on rectifier tubes Dave goes into detail about what actually happens when a tube distorts and how they distort. The result of tube distortion as we all […]

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I will be attending NAMM 2010!!! If you are a manufacturer please email me your location in the convention center and I will come by and meet you, talk about your brand and do a brief video interview for my blog. If you are not a manufacturer and would like me to visit a particular […]

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Alright, this is insane…..in a good way. I like to hang out over at JP’s Strat-O-Blogster blog because he always finds cool and unique stuff and saw this. It’s a punch that will let you make your won picks. Talk about roll your own huh? This is cool but I will be really blown away […]

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A quick video clip using my Larrivee Parlor model with LR Baggs saddle pickup. I plugged straight into the ZT Lunchbox. I remember years ago playing in an acoustic blues setting with a Martin 00-18 with a pickup installed and playing it through a 1950’s 5F1 tweed Champ. Sounded great but was not loud enough. […]

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There is a new article on the Articles page called “Multi-Effects vs Individual Pedals”. In this article I take a look at the pro’s and con’s of both multi-effect units and individual pedals and share some of my experiences with each. There may be some things you may have never considered with either multi-effets or […]

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Bireli Lagrene is totally off the hook. I love this guy!!! […]

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