Peavey Special 130 - "The Best Solid State Guitar Amp Made"
This was the first SS amp I ever owned and I was immediately very impressed by its huge, warm sound, not to mention the powerful, clean headroom this amp offers. I had played tube amps exclusively fo…
Bugera V5 - "Top value for the money"
The Bugera V5 tube amp is the best purchase I have ever made and it significantly boosted my motivation to keep on practicing. Before this amplifier I used a solid state practice amp, which is good i…
Steinberger USA GM-7TA - "Distinctive, Versatile, & More Advanced Than Most Guitars Built Today"
The Steinberger GM7TA is not for everyone. I realize this, and have dealt with snide comments about it from almost the day I bought it. Guitarists as a group do not like change, and Steinberger is …
TC Electronic Flashback Delay - "Versatile Features in a Small Package"
Delay is quite possibly the most universal effect for guitarists used in different forms across all genres. When it came time to build my pedalboard I knew I had to have a delay pedal on there. I h…
Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer Vintage - "It is a Classic Piece of Gear for a Reason"
Back in the eighties I walked into my local music store, and in the display case was a used green pedal. An Ibanez TS-808 Tubescreamer for sale for only $10. I had the money in my pocket, and havin…
SubZero Tube-H5 Head - "Sub Zero Tube-H5"
This amp head is 5 watts and gets REALLY loud (suitable for rehearsal with an average drummer). It has volume, EQ (treble and bass), gain (for the distortion channel), channel select, standby and pow…
TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb - "Small Box With Big Reverb Choices"
There are three things I look for in a pedal, besides the sound it makes, and they are: size, flexibility, and simple controls. The Hall of Fame Reverb by TC Electronic has checks by all those boxe…
Ibanez S540LTD - "Great guitar "
This guitar is special to me! My friend Jimmy owned this and I always loved playing this guitar. It has the fastest action that I've every played on. The frets are very accurate and the pickups are g…
Taylor 412ce - "Great Acoustic "
This was my first really high quality acoustic guitar that I ever bought. I got lucky. I bought this New Old Stock so I paid a lot less for it and got in my opinion a better guitar. The guitar was al…
Gretsch G9221 Bobtail Steel Round-Neck A.E. - "Great Reso for the money"
I don't play slide but do love the sound of a good resonator. It has a different kind of sound and I like that. This guitar once I got it set up, it is now very easy to play and sounds great plugged …
Zoom G3 - "Great Amp sim & FX!"
I have had this for 18 months and have used it as a standalone Amp sim, an FX processor in FX loops of amps, Preamp only, USB recording, and USB interface (FX Bypassed!). This unit has excellent soun…
Washburn G4 - "MyG-4 Is stoned! puff, puff, play! Or not."
I bought this guitar at Apple Music in Portland Oregon in August of '89. I am a drummer but I loved the custom paint job. It looks like a big bloodshot eye ball. I partake quite a bit so it's very fi…
Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive Mod - "A Unique Take on the Overdrive Formula"
I was intrigued by the Sparkle Drive when it first came out. I liked the idea of being able to mix in the clean sound along with the overdriven sound of the pedal. I could see the potential of bein…
Takamine EAN15C - "Absolutely outstanding guitar. Top quality instrument."
I’m 54, and been playing since I was 11/12. Up till now, I’ve never written a guitar review, having never felt the need. Guitars are like women. Some are great, others not so great and just plain bad…
Epiphone Goth Les Paul Studio - "Simply a gem!"
This is the first guitar I bought and even though I have a Fender Strat lying around nowadays, this is the one I use for every music style I play. It is more than worth the price and I won’t exaggera…