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Donner DST-400 Electric Guitar Review
S-type guitars are arguably the most common electric guitar style. The modular design and the...
Cort KX700 EverTune Electric Guitar Review
The punch of heavy music relies on one thing: tuning. Any riff loses its potency when it’s out of...
REVIEW: Jack Caps Protective Covers
Sometimes an item come out, and it falls under the “huh?” category. It somehow feels like it fills some made up need, but then it comes to hit you that it’s not such a bad idea after all. Jack Caps...
REVIEW: Taylor Builder’s Edition 517e Grand Pacific
Taylor’ using some amazing ingredients on the new 517e Builder's Edition Grand Pacific dreadnaught; a sitka spruce top that’s been torrefied, which means the top wood has been really dried out to...
REVIEW: CruzTOOLS GrooveTech Guitar Player Tech Kit
Working on guitars can seem like looking into an abyss, if you’ve never gone past changing strings or changing pickup heights. Setting neck relief, string height, and intonation isn’t that hard, if...
Get Featured on our Vinyl Sampler with Elixir Strings
Grubby, corroded strings are disgusting and kill your tone. That's why we're seeking dynamic artists to enter our Elixir Studio Face-Off for a chance to be featured on our upcoming VINYL...
Taylor Guitars 317E Grand Pacific Acoustic Guitar Review
We’ve reviewed quite a few of Taylor acoustic guitars in the last 2+ years or so. All along the way we’ve raved about their overall quality. Their 317E features their new V class bracing, and it’s...
Mad Professor Double Moon Pedal Review
The Mad Professor Double Moon controls are pretty simple, and the added tone control works nicely, giving a bit more cut, as some choruses can tend to soften things up signal-wise. An eleven...
REVIEW: Celestion Speakers Impulse Responses
Impulse responses have become the new big deal in amp emulation and plug-ins. What is an impulse response? Well, the basic down and dirty concept is a signal gets pumped through a speaker, and...
Waggi W34 Pedalboard Review
What Waggi has done with the W34 Pedalboard is taken the typical metal slat pedalboard, and added a raised shelf area. Now that shelf is hinged and does give easy access to the items below, which is...
My Favorite Axe with Jack Gray
MAKE & MODEL Fender EOB (Ed O’Brien) Sustainer Stratocaster WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU This guitar is the newest addition to my family so I’m really pumped about it. I spend most of my days in...
Get Up Offa That Thing! Or: Why You Need a Pedalboard
When it comes to equipment, guitarists have the worst case of GAS (gear acquisition syndrome) of any musicians. They accumulate instruments, accessories, and most of all, fx pedals! Heck, a lot of...