Guild B-402 - "Guild B402, my main bass for a decade. "
I traded my '76 JB for it in '81. Used. Knew nothing about it. Played it in the store; felt great; active pre-amp; body was natural swamp ash. Back on the road, played it six nights a week, 4 to 5 yr…
LiberaToe Keepit Lemon - "Blues Breaker + Hot Cake in One"
In a collaboration, Vogart Audio and Liberatoe engineered KEEPIT LEMON, a dual overdrive that offers the flavors of a BluesBreaker and Hot Cake drives, which you also can stack for a big gain-stage r…
Sommer Cable The Spirit LLX - "For 20 bucks i take two!"
Well, it's a good shielded soft made guitar cable w/ extra low capacitance. 10 feet cable have ~224pF of capacitance! That's very very low! Also feature that straight jack is silent, it automatica…
MXR M104 Distortion+ - "Should stay in 70-ies"
I was looking for a distortion pedal to get some sound from 80ies. After watching couple of videos on youtube i decided to buy that MXR pedal. Surprisingly it have correct and good distortion upto fu…
LiberaToe Double Cross - "With Built-in Preamp/Cab Sim, a Router with Massive Potential"
Double Cross is an impressive piece of gear, particularly for $129 retail. The engineer must enjoy puzzles, as I can only image the electronics involved to have it do all that it does. Double Cross i…
LiberaToe Tweedle Deux - "Ampless Solution for PA/Mixer/DI & More"
Tweedle Deux is not just a pedal, but a workstation platform, for studio and live work. In effect, it is a No-Amp tool, with a basic rundown of what it offers: • Clean Preamp: From British to Amer…
Sonic Anomaly QuadraCom - "Love it"
this software just saved me, I'm making acoustic/electroacoustic music, make feel the sound moving around really well, really useful for this purpose, I don't know what to write ,ho fumato lasciatemi…
Lexicon MX200 - "Lexicon mx200 great effects unit"
I bought the Lexicon mx200 to be used with a soundcraft fx16 II mixer and electric guitar since I needed some more effects than the built in ones in the mixer. Its routed from the aux send of the mix…
fiio K5 Pro ESS - "very nice DAC and headphone amp"
First off I should point out that this review is of the pre-ESS model. The ESS model was introduced because of shortage of DAC chips during and after the Covid pandemic.There is however no other diff…
Novation A-Station - "Nice little beast, sounds great"
- Using it in my Homestudio - It has some really nice sounds, sounds better than my Novation Nova (whilst less powerful on paper) - For those who are into programming sounds: the most basics parame…
Cort Earth1500 - "What a find. It is a relatively close copy of a Martin D41 with outline hexagon abalone!"
It has a 43mm nut, good for finger picking. The solid wood and construction is first rate,. with no real defects after 20 or so years. The sound is excellent, a little stronger down low. Good project…
Vester MOD 800 - "Cannot tell the difference between from the Gibson ES335"
I have plated the Gibson ES335 and this plays as well and I would challenge anyone to tell the difference. I added the Bigsby. After some minor adjustments it players buttery smooth. The detail is am…
Ernie Ball Classic Instrument Cable Straight/Straight 1… - "Could be better for 20€"
I bought this cable in jan'2025 to use w/ my Jackson DKMGTFF & Orange Crush 20. 1st i did, i tested the capacitance. Having ~530pF for 10 feet gives us 53pF/feet, almost x3 of what good guitar cabl…
Marantz PM 350 - "Very good bang for the buck. Shows how good cheap old gear cam be..."
To power my two KEF Q100 speakers. Pros are it not too expensive. Sound Quality seems very very good for the money. Cons old tech comes with old problems... The volume knob and other knobs have…
Hermann Seib Wavesim - "Poor emulation of a great synth"
Well, we got a PPG Wave 2.2 about 1985 in our Band (see photo). We got the SN No.14 and Wolfgang Palm had his factory close to our studio in Hamburg. Sorry, either the VST nor the Behringer version c…
Audio-Technica AT-LP60BT - "Great affordable phono"
This turntable is a good value, it sounds decent and it is fairly well built. In my experience it's great for rock and metal music. It's not too sensitive or touchy. It is also fairly affordable. The…
Technics SB-2520 - "Good old boomin' party speakers"
These and similar Technics speakers were decent affordable speakers in the 90's and even the 80's...I bought a pair that were almost identical for $99.99 in 1986 or so. I recently found another pair …
RCF Mytho 8 - "High quality studio monitor"
The RCF Mytho 8 studio monitor is no doubt one of the best studio monitors one can find. All aspects of the product over exceed my expectations for a speaker in this price range. Though the Mytho isn…
Epiphone AB Box - "Good stuff, could be better as usual"
Well, not lot to say, i use it as the first in the pedal train row. Basic, Works well, no noise. The preamp is usefull, could have been be way more powerfull. I use it on a power bank, don't know …
Carvin M22SD - "Carvin M22SD"
The previous review was perfect. The only I can add is a powerful thick Alnico 5 magnet blade, and the possibility to use 2, 3 or 4 height adjustment screws. 4 wire + shield cabling for flexible comm…
RCF TT5-A - "A true high fidelity speaker."
The tt5 is a high fidelity high end speaker with outstanding performance over a wide range of applications. From near field to far field the tt5 maintains perfect fidelity, dynamics and flat frequenc…
Carvin M22SD - "Carvin M22SD Review. "
These pickups are very hard to find now, since Carvin (now called Keisel) stop making them a few years back, but you can find some (rarely) used on Ebay or Reverb, but at a much higher price, these d…
PDP Pacific Drums and Percussion Pacific MX - "A wonderful maple snare at a great price."
This tobacco-to-natural finished 14" maple-shelled PDP snare was part of a trashy parts kit I picked up for a rehearsal space. The kit has long been replaced but the snare stayed, it sounds so good I…
Epiphone Nick Valensi Riviera P94 - "great guitar"
This is a great guitar with excellent wood, nice sustain and what it renders worth are the P94 which sound like single coils but are silent like humbuckers. With two volume controls and 2 tone contro…
Franklin Audio SS-6 - "SS-6 great for my studio setup"
Exactly what I'd been looking for, I used to use a small mixer but found the pre-amps noisey and took up lots of space. I connect all my synths and then easily switch between them. As it is not a mix…
