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Replacement Strat Pickups Compared: Check Out These MP3 Samples!

7. March 2007

If you’ve found yourself in the market for a set of replacement pickups for your Stratocaster––or heck, maybe you’re just in the early research phase of doing some hack & slash guitar mods––you really need to check out the Strat Pickup Sound Clips page over at Acme Guitar Works. These guys are in the business [...]

Rare Find: Man Builds $1500 Guitar From $15 IKEA End Table

22. February 2007

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Hehe.. talk about a limited edition. The enigmatic Zach, of Zachary Guitars, apparently built this gorgeous single-cutaway instrument using just one third of an IKEA end table as a top––yep, that’s $5 worth of prime, highly-figured furniture wood. The guitar sports a multi-piece knotty pine body, single-piece mahogany neck (24.75″ scale length,) rosewood fretboard, a [...]

See The BOSS/Fender ’59 Bassman Pedal In Action

21. February 2007

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When BOSS & Fender announced their new ’59 Bassman pedal last month I greeted it with more than a bit of skepticism… to be honest, as a dyed-in-the-wool vintage tube-amp fiend I actually found the whole idea rather unsavory. Not that I begrudge anyone for wanting to get some of that classic tone without shelling [...]

My Quest For The Perfect Strat

16. February 2007

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It’s funny, I’ve been playing the electric guitar for over twenty years now, and in all that time, while I’ve owned numerous great guitars, I’ve never owned a basic Stratocaster… not a single one. I’ve owned Gibsons, Gretchs, and Guilds, a Rickenbacker and a few Teles to boot, but never a Strat. Sure, I’ve played [...]

Rare Find: Not-So-Secret Stash Of Electro-Harmonix Video Demos

15. February 2007

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It’s all fine and well that there are literally thousands of stomp-boxes and rack-mount effects available for guitar players these days, but try to find a brick & mortar retailer who actually carries a decent array of them––you know, so you can actually take one for a test drive––and you’ll find yourself SOL. If you’re [...]

Hear The Budda Superdrive Series II Amplifier In Action

7. February 2007

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It looks like Budda Amplification has begun posting some high quality sound samples of their Superdrive Series II amplifiers, and they’re well worth a listen if you’re in the market for a seriously shreddin’ high-gain, all-tube boutique guitar amp. These are really nicely produced recordings, with the caveat that a number of them contain extra [...]

Speed Linking: Low-Powered Amps, Digital Les Paul, And More…

6. February 2007

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Well, my rather messy offline life kind of caught up with me this week, so things have been a bit quiet around here. Never fear, I've got a great new series of guitar reviews beginning next week (Strats, Strats, Strats!,) but in the mean time I wanted to drop a few noteworthy links.

Vintage Guitar Magazine Reviews Budda’s 10th Anniversary Twinmaster

30. January 2007

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If you’re a boutique amplifier junky like myself you’ll definitely want to check out Vintage Guitar Magazine’s recent review of Budda’s 10th Anniversary Twinmaster––a made-to-order 18-watt class A/B combo with just a single 12“ speaker and tons of tone. For those who haven’t followed Budda’s gear, the 10th Anniversary Twinmaster is an homage to the [...]

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