Archive | Hands-On Reviews
REVIEW: Campbell American’s Precix
I suppose this will come as no great surprise to most of my readers, but one of the nicest benefits of writing at EGR is that I get to play a whole lot of great instruments that I’d probably never have access to otherwise. Call me crazy, but this is the greatest job in the [...]
Continue reading...REVIEW: Fender ’69 Telecaster Thinline
17. July 2006
One of the best performing, and most under-appreciated guitars I’ve ever had the pleasure of owning and playing was Fender’s semi-hollowbodied ’69 Telecaster Thinline reissue. Originally conceived and sold as a lighter-weight alternative to Fender’s standard Tele, the Thinline is actually much more than just an easier-on-the-arms Telecaster — it’s a beast all its own. [...]
Continue reading...REVIEW: The Rickenbacker 620
19. June 2006
Intro Unless you hang out in the right circles you really don’t hear much about Rickenbacker these days, which is really a shame when you consider that they continue to produce high-quality guitars, with truly one-of-a-kind styling and craftsmanship. In fact, in a world where badly-conceived Stratocaster and Les Paul clones abound, Rick’s unique form [...]
Continue reading...REVIEW: Gibson’s Classic ES-335 Hollowbody
6. June 2006
Intro Gibson’s incredible ES-335 was first introduced to the world in 1958 as a guitar to bridge the gap between the popular hollowbody instruments of the day, and the newer, more streamlined solidbody models. It was apparently a stroke of genius on Gibson’s part, because the ES-335 has gone on to become one of the [...]
Continue reading...REVIEW: Dunlop’s Rotovibe Expression Pedal
2. May 2006
Old-School Rotating Speaker Effects… Without The Speaker! Way back in the day, when I couldn’t even begin to consider buying something as expensive and cool as Fender’s Custom Vibrolux guitar amp, I searched and searched for an alternative way to get that cool “Vibrato” sound, and was lucky enough to stumble upon the Dunlop RotoVibe. [...]
Continue reading...REVIEW: Yamaha’s CG171SF Flamenco Guitar
27. April 2006
Not Exactly An Electric Guitar, But… While we’re on the subject of Flamenco, I thought I’d take a moment to review a guitar that has to be one of the best deals going around – Yamaha’s gorgeous CG171SF Flamenco guitar. The Good: Being a bit manic about authenticity, I was absolutely convinced going into this [...]
Continue reading...REVIEW: Fender’s Reissue Blues Deluxe
29. March 2006
Vintage Tweed Sound & Style Much to their credit, when the demand for retro sound equipment began to ramp-up in the early ’90s Fender was right on top of it — they released their super-cool “Tweed” series of all-tube amplifiers in 1993 and I was lucky enough to purchase one that very same year. Amazingly, [...]
Continue reading...REVIEW: Marshall’s Guv’nor Distortion Pedal
15. March 2006
FROM SUBTLE TO SCREAMIN’ Big Distortion In A Little Package About ten years back I came this close to purchasing a very expensive Marshall pre-amp due to the fact that I was in bad need of some badass distortion, and well…the stomp boxes I’d tried just couldn’t cut it –that is, until I decided on [...]
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22. August 2006
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