At first glance the Indio by Monoprice 66SB DLX (what a mouthful) looks like classic Kalamazoo,...
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Lowden Ed Sheeran Tour Edition Guitar Review
In many cases signature instruments can be a hard pill to swallow; if they’re overdone with an...
Donner DST-400 Electric Guitar Review
S-type guitars are arguably the most common electric guitar style. The modular design and the...
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...
Supro Analog Delay Pedal REVIEW
The new compact Supro analog delay pedal packs a lot into a standard single pedal footprint, with the usual Level, Time and Repeat settings we’ve come to know from other classic delays. A welcome...
REVIEW: Revv Amplification G4 Pedal
Finding a high gain distortion pedal that acts and sounds like an amp is difficult; most sit on what could be called juvenile, for the younger player who hasn’t figured out the balance between gain,...
REVIEW: PreSonus Atom Controller
Studio One has become our go-to DAW, so it’s great to see PreSonus continue their hardware output to supplement the software side of things. We got our first hands-on look at the new Atom Controller...
REVIEW: Orbit Concepts Jetpack Remix Backpack
Even though gear has gotten smaller over the years, hauling all the necessary stuff to gigs can be a pain. Try cramming everything in a backpack, and everything gets lost, and taking a milkcrate of...
Fu-Tone Brass Block for Floyd Rose Tremolos
(AKA, The Guitar Mod Chronicles: Part II) Back in May of 2018 we gave an old Strat some new life; shielded the electronics compartment with copper tape (big difference), Sheptone Pickups (YUGE...
D&A Gigstand & Icestand REVIEWS
Guitar stands that are functional and portable are usually things that don’t go together. Tubular stands offer support, but don’t collapse well enough for storage, between the gig and the practice...