If you’re in the market for a unique, fully-featured, handmade electric travel guitar, you might want to check out Scott French’s new SF3 Travel and its accompanying custom-fit travel/gig bag by Cocaine Mule. Scott French is a Northern California guitar maker––local to my area––so I’m hoping to get one of these in for review, but in [...]
Continue reading...9. November 2006
Well, I’m once again on the quest for the ultimate wah-wah pedal (actually, come to think of it I’m always on the quest for the ultimate wah-wah pedal,) and after many lackluster years spent with Morleys (yawn,) and Crybabys (same ol’, same ol’) I’m thinking seriously about trying out Budda’s BudWah wah pedal. What I’m attracted [...]
Continue reading...17. October 2006
Hehe… I came across this post over at Real Tech News this morning, and I thought I’d better share the goods with you all––it’s the Stow-Away Travel Guitar from Stewart Guitars. This electric guitar, which features an alder body, maple neck, rosewood fretboard and a trio of single-coil pickups, is apparently so collapsible you can fit [...]
Continue reading...6. September 2006
Back in July we covered the release of Fender’s newly upgraded Highway One line of guitars, but now that some time has passed I thought it might be nice to take a deeper look at what is easily the most popular of the bunch – the Highway One Stratocaster. Now, the Highway Ones have always offered [...]
Continue reading...11. August 2006
Last year I was introduced to the unique beauty and hand-made quality of Zemaitis guitars when I accidentally stumbled across the gorgeous Zemaitis Metal Front – a hand engraved, metal topped monster that looks roughly like a Les Paul, but with a whole lot more personality. While Zemaitis is known for their incredible hand-crafted masterpieces (these [...]
Continue reading...21. July 2006
Another Dream Amp From Marshall I’ve been considering a number of amps recently, and one that’s really caught my eye is Marshall’s reissue 1974X — a hand-wired recreation of their classic 18-watt tube amp, the 1974 — which, ironically enough, was produced during the mid to late ’60s. The 1974X is getting phenomenal reviews, and its no [...]
Continue reading...10. July 2006
Eastman Strings has been making quality stringed instruments since 1992 – mostly violins, violas, cellos and the like – but their recent foray into guitars, particularly jazz archtops, is garnering a lot of attention from the music industry. Word on the street is that Eastman’s attention to detail & craftsmanship, and their quite affordable price range, [...]
Continue reading...3. July 2006
Well, I’m in the market for a new amplifier, and in spite of my nearly fanatic love of tube amps I’m finding myself leaning heavily towards the Flextone III Plus, from Line 6 — yep, a digital modeling amp. Why? Because it’s versatile (it models 32 different classic amps,) surprisingly affordable (about $600,) and it does [...]
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26. December 2006
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