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Right now my rig is a Fractal FM9, a Marshall DSL100HR and a V2-modded Ceriatone 2203. I gave up on having a massive pedalboard last year and I'm very happy with the FM9. But still, there are some odds and ends I want in my rig, and a rack is starting to make more and more sense, so I took the...

It all started innocently enough and tumbled downhill from there. "That new Soldano rack unit is pretty cool!" "If I had a rack, I could have all sorts of neat stuff!" "I could do a lot having an Axe-FX in the rack with that Soldano!" "Well wait a minute, my pedalboard already has a lot of...

Kind of a niche idea, but... The Boss IR-2 and IR-200 both have the option to calibrate the output to run into either the input or FX loop return of the Jazz Chorus (among other amps). The thought of using a Jazz Chorus as a stereo cabinet for an IR Loader is intriguing as hell to me, since...

My first "proper" Strat, a 2023 Fender Japan Hybrid II model: Great guitar, but the stock Strat electronics are just not for me. My favorite Strat tones were never the truly vintage, they're the more processed and I suppose sterile sounds from the 80s. Explored a few options looking for...

I'm a big fan of chorus. Swapped out my MD-500 for this guy. The MD-500 is good... but I was basically just using it for stereo detune. The detune algorithm is in mono, so you can't pair it with another effect and have both in stereo (I use two patches simultaneously, to get the left and right...

Been wanting one for a while, finally pulled the trigger on a used one. Right now I've got my IR-200's effects loop set up for parallel, post-IR. In the parallel loop I've got an MXR Studio Comp, an MD-500, an SDE-3000D and an RV-500. But I'm tired of running my modulation and echo effects in...

Wanting to get a three channel amp. Looking for a clean channel, and rip-your-face-off high gain channel and a Marshall-y crunch channel in the middle, something I can play like a normal single-channel Marshall if I'd like. The EVH seems to tick all the boxes, and the MIDI compatibility is a...

I come from the world of modelling. Two years ago I bought my first tube amp, a modded Ceriatone 2203, and used it in conjunction with a Suhr RL and Amplitube, which served as an IR loader and post-FX processor. But I hated being tied to a computer, so this year I made the jump and bought a Boss...

So I've always run my 2203 through a Suhr RL load into Amplitube, which functions as an IR loader and post-FX processor. But I'm tired of being tied to a computer, so I've scored a Boss IR-200 and I'm using that instead, and now I need to provide my own post-FX. I've had a Boss RV-6 for a while...

I've been hemming and hawing over what board to get and how big. Well shit, it finally dawned on me that D'Addario's new expanding pedalboard might be what my indecisive mind needs. I'm glad I made the choice. Assembly was 5 minutes with a drill and this board is rock solid. There is zero give...

After months of waiting and years of planning, there couldn't be a better time to build my Monster than Halloween weekend. The first step: Installing the Floyd and seeing how my painted block and claw look:

Current situation: I have a Ceriatone 2203. It's one channel, and that one channel is fucking bananas. But more and more lately I'm playing more music that really calls for a clean channel, better than what I can do by stomping the SD-1 and rolling my volume knob. My idea is to use something...

Bought it on a whim a couple weeks ago. I loved the look of the vintage white model, but what pushed me over the edge was remembering I had a white EMG 81 I pulled out of a Les Paul I bought a few years back. I realized a Baretta Special could be a perfect little thrash machine, it's so cheap I...

Been planning this one for a very long time, and it's only now that it's finally coming together. The oldest records I have in my research and planning file go back ten years, to give an idea of how long I've been planning this. This year I discovered Butala Guitars, and a quick email...

Back in March I contacted Nik about ordering a customized 2204, which would be my first tube amp. As the months went on I began to have second thoughts about some of the features I requested, and the long wait began to wear on me. As luck would have it, V2A put a pair of Ceriatone 2203s up for a...