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Gear Review: Circus Freak Tattooed Lady Overdrive
Circus Freak Tattooed Lady Overdrive Summary: Whether you’re looking for a reactive overdrive or an amp-in-a-box, this pedal delivers! Combine that with great tone, and at least for me, there’s...
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Gear Review: Slash L Guitars “Katie May”
Slash L Guitars Summary: Yet another custom beauty from Perry Riggs, owner and luthier of Slash L Guitars. This amazing through-neck guitar is not only aesthetically gorgeous, it’s capable of some...
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Gear Review: TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb
TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb Summary: This is a super-versatile reverb that gives you tons of flexibility with reverb tones, whether you want to add a little “grease” or slather on the ‘verb thick...
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Gear Review: Rockn Stompn Sequential Power Supply
Rockn Stompn Power Supply Summary: Nothing like clean power. But there’s also a lot to be said about getting your power on in the right sequence.Pros: Great power conditioning, plus the ability to...
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Gear Review: Aracom DRX Power Attenuator
Aracom DRX Power Attenuator Summary: Truly an evolution of the attenuator, Jeff Aragaki has once again upped the ante with the DRX attenuator. This dual-level attenuator not only will tame your volume,...
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Gear Review: Aracom PLX100
Aracom PLX100 Summary: Based upon the PLX amp “platform” that Jeff Aragaki has created for creating customer-specific amps, this 100-watt beast is actually 3 classic Marshall amps in 1: Plexi 100...
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Gear Review: Polarity Sound J3 Lignum Vitae Wooden Pick
Polarity J3 Summary: Made out of one of the hardest woods in nature, the Polarity J3 pick produces a warm, but also “spanky” tone that is perfect for leads. Pros: I’m a big fan of natural materials for...
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Gear Review: ElectroHarmonix Soul Food Overdrive
ElectroHarmonix Soul Food OverdriveSummary: Billed as a clone of a Klon Centaur (or “klone” as some put it), this overdrive purports to offer the same tone capabilities as that pedal but at five times...
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Gear Review: TC-Helicon VoiceTone Harmony G XT
TC-Helicon VoiceTone harmony-G XT Summary: This could be considered the little brother of the VoiceLive Play GTX, as they both use the same harmony algorithm. Great, automatic vocal tone-shaping, with...
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Gear Review: Deacci Pure Legend Green Faze Humbuckers
Deacci Pure Legend “Green Faze” Humbuckers Summary: This is a set of PAF-style ‘buckers with a reverse-wound neck pickup that captures that Peter Green out-of-phase sound. Whether or not they’re true...
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App Review: Modal Buddy
NineBuzz Software: Modal BuddySummary: Whether you’re a rank beginner who wants to learn about modes or a seasoned player looking for a quick refresher and reference tool, Modal Buddy provides a fresh,...
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Gear Review: TC-Helicon Play Electric
TC-Helicon Play Electric Summary: Sporting the fantastic TC Helicon vocal engine and upgraded guitar pedal effects, including several TonePrint patches – Corona Chorus, Hall of Fame Reverb, Flashback...
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Gear Review: Hughes & Kettner TubeMeister 18 Head
Hughes & Kettner TubeMeister 18 Head Summary: This amp is truly a tone chameleon, capable of delivering vintage to modern tones in one 18 Watt package. I daresay that it is pretty much the most...
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Gear Review: Bohemian Guitars BOHO Motor Oil
Bohemian Guitars BOHO Series Motor Oil Summary: Inexpensive but incredibly playable and most importantly, very nice sounding, the BOHO Motor Oil really took me by surprise. Yeah, it seems a bit...
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Gear Review: Jensen Jet Nighthawk 12″ Speaker (8 Ohm 75 Watts)
Jensen Jet Nighthawk (P-A-C12-75NH) Summary: As described by Jensen, the Nighthawk features fat lows, firm mids, smooth highs, and smooth overdrive. My experience in a band setting is fairly similar,...
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Gear Review: Peterson StroboClip HD Strobe Tuner
Peterson StroboClip HDTM High Definition Clip-On Strobe Tuner Summary: Peterson is the pioneer in strobe tuning and this new version of the highly-acclaimed StroboClip is a huge improvement over the...
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Gear Review: Fender FA 135 CE Concert Acoustic-Electric Guitar
Fender FA 135 CE Concert Acoustic-Electric Guitar Summary: Part of the Fender Classic Design series, this lower-end model is a real surprise; especially in the sound department. Nice, low action, and a...
View ArticleGear Review: Seymour Duncan SA-6 MagMic
Seymour Duncan SA-6 MagMic Summary: The SA-6 MagMic combines a magnetic pickup with a condenser mic to capture full tone of your acoustic guitar, but does it at a lower price point than similar...
View ArticleGear Review: Aroma AGS8 Instrument Stand
Aroma AGS8 Instrument Stand Summary: For me, this is a gigging musician’s wet dream as far as guitar stands go. Not only is it sturdy, well-designed and well-built, it is light AF! Pros: Did I mention...
View ArticleGear Review: Heil Sound PR-22 UT Dynamic Microphone
Heil Sound PR-22 UT (Utility) Dynamic Microphone Summary: The “utility” version of the PR-22, this is the same mic, but with a single mesh (the regular PR-22 comes with three), and comes with a...
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