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First Impressions: Gibson’s ‘67 SG Special Reissue w/P-90’s

17. March 2008

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Intro  OK, I know I promised photos, but so far I haven’t had a chance to take anything decent… still, I wanted to give you my first impressions since receiving my latest toy––Gibson’s Guitar Of The Week #37. First off, while you should never judge a book by its cover, or a guitar by its finish, [...]

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The Chorus Perfected: Electro-Harmonix Small Clone

20. June 2006

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Wave Of Mutilation It’s no secret that here at EGR we prefer analog effects to digital, tube amps to solid-state – not because its cool to say so, but because we like the way analog guitar equipment sounds. Its warmer. Its more vibrant. It feels more alive somehow. Not to mention we grew up listening to analog [...]

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Vintage Tone & Sustain: Ibanez’s TS808 Tube Screamer Is Back

19. May 2006

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I may be dating myself a bit here, but the classic TS808 Tube Screamer was one of the first distortion pedals I ever owned (that and a vintage Big Muff,) and I’m really happy to see that Ibanez has brought it back to life through this reissue… even if it is only in limited production. While [...]

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Big, Fat Fender Tone: The Classic Vibro-King Custom

17. May 2006

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What can I say? I’ve been coveting Fender’s classically-cool Vibro-King Custom for as long as I’ve been playing the guitar… and that’s longer than I’d like to admit. First off, I’m a true tube-amp freak, and the Vibro-King is all tube/all the time, including dual 6L6 Groove Tubes, five 12AX7 pre-amp tubes, and something you seldom [...]

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Dreamy All-Tube Tone: Fender’s ‘59 Bassman

17. April 2006

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ALL TUBE, ALL THE TIME Talk about a classic guitar amplifier – Fender’s ‘59 Bassman LTD, while not an exact replica of its earlier siblings, is still in itself a true monster of pure tube tone.Ironically, the Bassman, which was first introduced as an amp for Fender’s literally revolutionary new P-Bass, turned out to be one [...]

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The Electro-Harmonix Big Muff :: 30 Years Of Overdrive:

8. April 2006

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THE ONE THAT STARTED IT ALL When I was about 15 years old a friend of mine’s older brother went off to college, and we we’re happy to raid his closet full of music equipment… so what did we find? A blackfront Fender Twin, and one of these famous beauties — the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff. Oh yeah, [...]

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Creamy Delicious Tone: Marshall’s 1962 Bluesbreaker

6. April 2006

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VINTAGE BRITISH BLUES TONE Back when I was about 18 years old I came incredibly close to just selling everything I had (which wasn’t much) to purchase a Marshall 1962 Bluesbreaker… seriously, I’ve never been able to afford one, and to this day it’s my most coveted guitar amp. If you’ve never had the pleasure of playing [...]

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EBow & PlusEBow: Coolest Guitar Accessories Ever

27. March 2006

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It doesn’t look like much, but the EBow is easily one of the grooviest gadgets ever created for the guitar — for those who don’t know, the EBow is essentially an electromagnetic device [it runs on a 9V battery] that when held over your guitar causes your string to vibrate as if being played by [...]

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