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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...

I've only played one other Schecter guitar besides this one and I've been really impressed so far! Believe or not, even though I'm almost 90, I've never played EMG active pickups and only played a guitar with a Sustainiac once before, so this will all be pretty new to me!! The Sun Valley Super...

A NGD (New Guitar Day) is a rare occurrence at my age these days. There's not much out there that I truly lust over but this one has been on my list for a few years so I decided to pull the trigger. Now "pull the trigger" in this case meant that I had to sell both of my EVH Striped Series...

I love dual function dirt pedals!! You can never have enough dirt pedals so anything that takes up one spot on the board and gives me two distinct options for gain has an automatic leg up. I've never gotten to try anything from Keeley Electronics, so I was super stoked to try this Super Rodent...

Headless. Ugh. I just can't, but I'm going to try. Pretty easy to be open minded with no head I suppose. Going to see what's up with this Strandberg Boden Std NX6 and its multiscale, weird geometric shaped neck profile. So much, so new all at once! Can an old man find his place in the new...

The Headrush Prime has been out for a while now but none of the big time Youtoob guitar dooshies have really demonstrated the combined guitar/vocal patches and capabilities. So a lot of folks have asked me to show what the unit can do vocally as I do a little yodeling myself. So with all...

If you're like me, loopers kick your butt. If you're not like me, loopers can still be very tricky to use and to do so correctly. It always helps me when a looper has a drum machine and Mooer has the goods. I did their previous Groove Looper X2 pedal and it was great but they've upped their...

I've seen a lot of EVH Wolfgang guitars but the top on this one takes the cake! It's so beautiful that as soon as I saw it, I knew I had to get it in front of a camera. So the fine folks at Earle Teat Music in Delmar, Delaware let me foster this gorgeous gal for a week, allowing me to play it as...

Why in the world would Marshall think it's a good idea to build an amp-in-a-box type pedal based on the DSL amp? Aren't these types of pedals supposed to be aspirational? As in, I can't find or afford the real thing, so I'll get this Soldano SLO pedal instead? But the Marshall DSL? One...

I finally got a hold of the Headrush Prime, courtesy of my friends at zZounds.com, and it's complicated. Not really complicated, but perhaps really powerful is a better way to put it. I didn't have much time to become an expert on this unit, so I decided to see if this one goes to Eleven, and...

Let's face it, reverb for guitar isn't really sexy. We don't get all stoked about our quest for the next reverb pedal. But when your reverb sucks, it can be super no bueno. How many times have you had a great amp but the built in reverb sucked? Or it doesn't have reverb. So even though I...

This is the most expensive Ibanez I've ever played, but I don't get out much. It's the Ibanez AZ Premium AZ47P1QM - Yes, as usual the model number looks more like an American license plate number than a guitar name, but never mind that - how is it? Stainless steel frets, and a great pickup...

I've been eyeing this one ever since it came out! I love purple and pink guitars! This guitar is essentially the same as my EVH Wolfgang Special except for the body shape and the KILL SWITCH! Two obnoxious guitar doodads one one guitar! A whammy and a kill switch? I'm in! Because I'm...

I've never played any "real" Soldano amp, only plugins and modeler versions. Why? Because, like you, I'm not made of money! Plus no music stores near me ever carried them. So I can't tell you if this pedal really sounds like a Soldano SLO-100. But I can let you hear it and ask you all what you...

Whenever I get my chance to get my hands on a really really beautiful Fender Stratocaster, I take it. Sometimes I don't even care how it sounds, I just get excited about shooting it and getting amazing shots. This Fender Performer Series HSS USA Strat has looks to spare. And it's the first time...

The MXR EVH 5150 Overdrive pedal has been out for a few years. You see a demo, you get to hear how the pedal sounds with the amp used in the video and that's it. But what if we put this pedal in front of a bunch of different amps to see just how important the amplifier is when selecting a dirt...

What's funnier than watching some old dipstick guitar hack struggling to learn something new? Tons of things. Tons of things are funnier than that. Nonetheless, please join me as I use the AI learning tools in the Positive Grid Spark to teach me some Lynyrd Skynyrd songs! Now, the members of...

I have a core PRS CU24 so I've always been curious as to how the PRS SE version would compare to mine. I was very pleased with the sound and playability of this guitar but it was shipped to me with a tragic flaw. That was very surprising to me as I live an hour from the PRS factory and I know...

This Blackstar Debut 50W has been out for a couple of years but I still wanted to check out what they are doing in the realm of solid state amplifiers. So I'm going to throw a bunch of guitars and pedals at this thing and see what sticks! Thanks, as always to my partners and friends at...