Recent content by aleclee

AxeFx II: Sold MFC: $425 shipped in CONUS for forum members https://reverb.com/item/4834509-fractal-audio-mfc-101-midi-foot-controller Willing to ship elsewhere. Contact me for shipping costs.

New Desk Day! Actually got the desk about a week ago but it took a while to get everything presentable. The new desk was key as I was moving from a MacBook Air on a laptop desk to an iMac. Another goal was to get decent spacing between my audio monitors since they're pretty honkin' big...

After getting my new Strandberg Boden OS 6 tweaked to my satisfaction, it was time to put it to the recording test. It's a little something I wrote over the weekend. I think it really shows off the advantages of a multi-scale guitar as the low strings have some nice piano-like qualities while...

Strandberg was the first booth I visited when I got to NAMM. I'd been interested in one for much of 2015 but the only one within 500 miles was an 8-string so the show was my best opportunity to try one. After sitting down to play one, I pulled the trigger on an OS6 trem model. The neck carve is...

I'm recording some demos for a new recording project and finally got fed up with using loops for bass parts. I've had a bass on hand for about 15 years but never really bonded with it so I decided to get a new bass and ditch the loops. Since the sole purpose of the guitar is recording, I went...

Our first gig with the new singer and the material we wrote with him. My guitar is running through an Atomic Amplifire direct to FOH.

Some of you are aware that I turned to the dark/digital side a number of years ago. When I was at NAMM a few weeks ago, I was invited to get a sneak peek at Atomic Amps' newest product, the Amplifire. I did a writeup on TGP's webzine but the bottom line was that it inspired gearlust like I...

Re: How consistent are PRS guitars? My '94 CE is my favorite PRS of any I've ever played/owned. You're right that it's a little different from the Cu24 in terms of wood (alder body, maple neck), giving it a bit more Strat in its sonic character. As for feel, it's pretty similar to the newer...

This is a low power medium/high gain amp that splits the difference between Vox and Marshall. It's surprisingly lightweight, making it a terrific grab-n-go rig with a 1x12 cab. Gain-wise it gets up to around a Brian May or VH1 distortion level. While it has a goodly bit of gain on tap, it...

Custom 24 with solid Indian Rosewood neck from a limited run they did in 2003. Emerald green non-10 top. I ordered it with Dragon 2 pickups so it doesn't have the HFS/VB combination you might expect. It has a Tremol-no installed along with Schaller strap locks. I'll include the OEM strap...

Re: Do you have a "stunt rig"? Life is too short to play a B rig. Last weekend I took my AxeFx to our gig at a college bar.

I ordered a Blackstar ID:60 from Sweetwater last weekend. As I attempt to purge the glowing bottles from my home, I wanted something to replace my Hod Rod Deluxe as a 1x12 combo that could serve as a "houseguest amp". Sweetwater offered a nice package deal with the foot controller and...

I'd been GASsing for a Parker for a good while. I almost got one instead of my first PRS in 2001 but then forgot about 'em until the past year or so. Finally, I came across what seemed to be a nice one at a fair price so I pulled the trigger. It's a 2002 "pre-refined" model in red. It came in...

I have a buddy (keyboardist from an old band) who just moved there and is looking for guitar lessons. Any suggestions? Thanks!

After Toe-Knee's green guitar thread, I thought I'd share my latest acquisition: a 2000 EBMM Axis quit top in emerald green. Green guitars might not have sold well for EBMM or PRS but they're dead sexy to me. Now I just have to wait for the man in Brown to bring it to me...