Archive | March, 2008

It’s Chop Shop Time! Building The BYOC Optical Compressor

6. March 2008

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OK, I had so much fun building my TriBooster pedal last year that I’ve decided it’s time to bust out my trusty old soldering gun and start working on a new project––the BYOC Optical Compressor. If you’ve ever wanted to build your own pedal then I highly recommend you join me on this adventure. The complete [...]

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Reader Poll: What’s Your Favorite Pedal Board?

5. March 2008

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Well, for the first time in ten years I’m finding myself using a decent number of effects pedals again, so I thought I’d pose this question to you all: what’s your favorite pedal board? I’ll be in the market for something soon––smallish, for maybe four or five pedals tops––and I like the idea of a board [...]

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Squier Releases Deluxe Series Strats & Jazz Bass Active V

4. March 2008

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OK, last time I mentioned Squier on this blog I absentmindedly referred to their instruments as “beginner’s guitars,” which turned out to be a really bad idea––I got an earful from some very rabid Squier fans! Hehe… my apologies, I promise not to make that mistake again ;) Anyways, today Squier announced what appears to be their [...]

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Ordered A New Toy Today: The ‘67 SG Special Reissue w/P-90’s

3. March 2008

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You may remember it as Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week #37. For me it was love at first sight (as I think I mentioned in my earlier coverage,) and while I assumed this particular model had sold-out long ago, late last week I was pleasantly surprised to find that one of the major online retailers still [...]

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