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Confession - I'm team PRS. I'm all in. I live an hour away from the PRS factory. I fly the flag. I know people who work there and have met Paul Smith and Jack Higginbotham several times. So it's a huge bummer for me to get my second consecutive PRS SE with a major wiring problem. The first one...

I'm so excited! This is the first time I get to be one of those YT knuckleheads that all release a video on the same product at the same time! In the biz, it's called an embargo video and only the cool kids get to do them. So I don't know why IK Multimedia picked me for their release of the game...

The Gibson Les Paul Std 60's "Double Trouble" limited edition is a beast. And it's gorgeous! Normally I insist on a cherry mahogany back for a sunburst, but this clear mahogany back, sides and neck are gorgeous to look at. And those pickups! Thanks so much to my local music store, Earle Teat...

This Schecter E1 FRS Explorer looks like it wants to fight you. It looks like it has prison tats all over it's face and it just might shiv you in the yard. Electro Resin is what they call the finish and it looks sick! Pale Moon Ebony fingerboard? I'd never heard of it, but again - sooo sick...

I rarely get excited by low wattage, 10 inch speaker combo amps. There is so much sameness in that category. Until now - the EVH 5150 Iconic 15W EL34 combo amp! Two channels, built in overdrive and burn buttons, an effects loop and most importantly - none of that boxiness that can often come...

Nothing warms my heart more than a single dirt pedal with a built in boost! Saves space and power on the old pedalboard. The problem with many of these "two dirt pedals in one" units, is that you end up liking one side but maybe not the other. KoT and many Wampler pedals have dual drive...

When it comes to guitar affordability, $400 is the new $200 and that kind of sucks. However, I found an affordable guitar from LTD - the M200DX, that checks a lot of boxes at that $400 price point. Even though I will be 97 on my next birthday, believe it or not I've never even touched an ESP or...

Maybe I'm 10 days late and 20 dollars short, but I got a hold of the MXR Rockman X100 Pedal, finally! Better late than never? Better late, because I had the time to do the absolute most mediocre demo of this pedal yet! Thanks to my local music store, Earle Teat Music in Delmar Delaware for...

This has been out for a couple of years now, but it's new to me. It seems to me that Boss gets overlooked when discussions are had about modelers or multieffects units. I really enjoyed the GX-10 so I thought I'd go back to the original big boy Boss GX-100 to see how it compares and if it scales...

Every once in awhile you see a guitar that makes you go WOW! Jackson has been doing some really fun and exotic finishes and graphics lately but this Shattered Mirror Jackson Soloist abolutely takes the cake! Let's go light up this crazy assed guitar and see how it sounds! Have a great weekend...

I finally got my hands on a newer guitar model that people might actually be interested in! The new Epiphone Les Paul Special "Inspired by Gibson" Double Cutaway model. I already have the single cut version of this at half the price and I absolutely love it. This one though, is $1000 and I'm...

Two days late and 5 dollars short - this is just some dumb humor to propel you through your weekend! Laughter is the best medicine! Have a great weekend and "Celebrate Mediocrity!" alan

Ibanez. Come on with the factory code names! Seriously. The alphabet called, and they're running out of letters! Despite being called the Ibanez AZ24S1F, this very affordable guitar punches way above it's weight. More and more I really like what Ibanez is doing down here in the less expensive...

I've never played any Way Huge pedal. I know. I don't get out much. So I was pretty excited to lose my Way Huge virginity to a Geisha. The Geisha Drive pedal, that is. Way Huge says that this pedal has some special magic that makes this particular drive pedal circuit more sensitive to playing...

Zoom. Remember them? How are they still here with us, in this day and age of excellence in modeling gear and digital multieffects? How is Zoom still a company that actually makes and sells products? Well, I wanted to know so I grabbed this Zoom MS80 IR+ pedal from my buddies at zZounds.com and...

I have a soft spot in my heart for over the top 80's style graphic finishes. But now Jackson has made an affordable Soloist with a finish that matches my beloved Vans. What? Is it cool? Of course it is! Does it play well and sound killer? We'll find out together! Have a great weekend and...

I see a lot of people ask the question: What is the difference between the Gibson SG Standard and the Gibson SG 61 Standard? I'll try to answer those questions in this video via extremely poor playing coupled with a complete lack of personal charm. Have a great weekend and "Celebrate...

Finally, Xvive makes a great wireless system that is affordable and with a receiver that goes on your pedalboard and doubles as a tuner, helping to justify the space it is taking. The Xvive P58 Guitar wireless system was just what I needed to combat all of the crazy Wifi interference that keeps...

The Fulltone OCD and Boss Blues Driver are two very different but very nice to have pedals in your arsenal. But that is two spots and two power ports on the old pedalboard. What if there was someone who not only put both of them in the same pedal but designed the pedal so you could mix and...

Disclaimer- I love many guitar players and the tones created over the years on Vox amps. But I swear every time I play one, that brand hates my guts. Now, when I say "every time I play one" I mean some modeler, or plug in version. A rube like me doesn't get a chance to play fancy import brands...