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Review : Laney A-Fresco 2 -The Best Acoustic Amp Under $1000
Is the Laney A-Fresco 2 the best acoustic guitar or bass amplifier in the market unde $1000?
Yes it is and with a MAP price of $699.99 USD it blows away much more expensive amps every day off the week.
Review : PRS SE Hollowbody Standard
The PRS SE Hollowbody Standard is a semi-hollow guitar with two humbucking pickups and one each of volume and tone control. The selection options are simple, neck, neck with bridge and neck. It has a stop tail tailpiece. While shaped like a common PRS, because of its design, think ES-335 or similar. The MAP on this guitar is $1,389 CAD and it includes a very nice hardshell case.
IR Pedals for Acoustic Guitars. Real or Spurious?
There has recently been some noise about IR pedals for acoustic guitars. Do they work? How do they work? Do they actually even exist?
Let’s Talk Offsets
In this article, I want to discuss one of my favourite guitar body styles, what the marketplace calls the offset. For this entire concept, we again recognize Mr. Leo Fender.
Neural DSP Amplifiers
The Neural DSP Soldano SLO-100 X plugin sounds like the real thing, but gives you flexibility that even the real wonderful amp can just not do
Gibson Kirk Hammett “Greeny”
Join me for my review of the Gibson Kirk Hammett "Greeny". I will warn you up front, I was very pleasantly surprised.
Taylor GS-Mini
Join me for my review of the Taylor GS-Mini. It is a lot more than I expected
Yamaha Revstar RSS20
Here’s my review of the Yamaha Revstar Standard RSS20. Short answer? Fantastic!
ESP LTD M-200DX
Looking for a great looking and great playing Super Strat style guitar for under $600 Canadian? This might be the one for you.
Paul Reed Smith Myles Kennedy Review
I this review, I take a look at the PRS Myles Kennedy guitar.
Fender Player II Stratocaster
Please join me for my review of the Fender Player II Series Stratocaster. Here’s a hint. It’s terrific!
Greer Lightspeed and Xotic Effects Soul Driven - Two Cool Pedals
Can you ever have enough overdrives? That’s your choice, but here are two well worth your consderation
Line 6 POD Express
Is the Line 6 PO Express the perfect practice box? Perhaps, but after reading the review, you really need to try one to be sure.
Yamaha Pacifica Standard Plus
I am very pleased to share with you my review of the recently announced and now available Yamaha Pacifica Standard +
Boucher PS-SG-161 Hybrid OM Acoustic
I’m really thrilled to bring you information on this awesome OM style guitar from the amazing luthiers at Boucher Guitars
Finally! A Worthy Acoustic Baritone! The Alvarez ABT60e 8 String
Finding an acoustic baritone that sounds great, plays great and that will not drive you into massive debt can be an issue. But not with this guitar, the excellent Alvarez ABT60e 8 String Baritone
Katana 100 Gen 3
I am pleased to be able to offer my review of the BOSS Katana 100 Gen 3 amplifier
The Best Tool to Buy a New Guitar is a Blindfold
Getting the best instrument for you means being able to disregard brand, model and colour at the outset Here’s how.
I Was Using It Wrong. The Origin Effects MAGMA57
Using the MAGMA57 as an amp in a box instead of using it as a pedal into a guitar amp has been a game changer for me. Now I have the sound of a Magnatone amplifier without the demands of dollar and space. Is it exact? It’s more than great from my perspective.