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Like so many others, Ace was the reason that I wanted to play guitar. The entire reason that I have been a diehard Les Paul guy for 37 years. Those early Kiss records were rock n roll education for a young guitarist. I got to see him in New Orleans in the early 90s. Killer show. I can't say...

That's the plan. Take some time. Write some tunes. The covers gig was fun, but I much prefer to play my own music.

I'm about to find out. lol! Did my last gig with the tribute band I was in last week. Need a break from the "team sports" drama.

Had the Artist Edition of a hot minute. At the time I had a Savage 120 MK II as well. I didn't need both amps. If I could do it again, I would have kept the Artist Edition. The new version has a built-in noise gate that work very well at killing amp hiss without losing any sustain.

Love Billy's playing a tones. Saw them about 10 years ago, and they put on a hell of a show.

I know that I am late to the Afwayu, but thought I would share my two cents... I finally broke down and ordered this pickup. It took five months to get it... I'll leave it at that... With that out of the way, this pickup is VERY nice. It hits the amp without feeling overkill. The lows are...

Funny how life works — when I was young and eager, I couldn’t afford good gear. Now that I can, my hands can’t keep up. My rig’s never sounded better… I just can’t play it.

The cover effects the magnetic field. The materials that the cover is made from has an effect as well. Gold covered pickups will always sound darker, as the gold plating further interferes with the magnetic field.

EVH 5150 III Stealth - My current amp. Not much it can't do. From clean to peal the paint off. Marshall 2550 Jubilee - I treated this amp like a single channel amp. Hands down some of the best live tone that I ever got. This a TS9 and a wah pedal was my rig for years. Mesa Boogie Mark IVB...

Les Paul. Classic. Badass.

Friedman Runt 50. Great cleans and does the mid gain thing very well. Some might say it only goes up to mid gain without some help.

We'll see where he brings the price in at. They look great, but even the N4 is overpriced, IMHO.

My old band opened for Winger in 2009. They were absolutely killer. Kip and Reb were super cool as well.

The sad thing is that younger kids don't care enough about music to give a shit if its real or AI.

I know most people are into the early "brown sound" era of Edwards reign, but the Live Right Here Right Now era is where it is at for me. His tone was just huge. I'm thinking he was using the crunch channel on the 5150 for his rhythms, as there is plenty of gain, but it is not as saturated as...