Recent content by amosrides

So I got a Champ 600 reissue for bedroom use; once the tubes get cranking on my traynor so does my wife. I got it because its a nice tone and used for 70 bucks, here's the problem though it only has a volume knob. I have a boss eq, so that's taken care of, but I want an od, boost, etc. to get me...

I am looking at some GFS gits, I'm planning on using it as a vintage project. So I was looking at the butterscotch, but the fretboard/neck (just like the origional) look like a nasty yellow in the pics. I figured I could just sand down the neck and finish it with tung oil or the like, but could...

So I've given up on waiting for my pops to hand down his 76' strat, so to hold me over until that happens I am buying a cheap knock off (Axl SRO) from a buddy for $100, figure I can't go too wrong. Any way I set a budget for $200 more bucks into this thing (if I like it enough), what would you...

Hello all, I have an Ibanez Ak85 that I figure I'm going to put some money into since it plays so nice and I got it for such a cheap price. It looks old, so I want it to sound old, yet refined. I just got some Antiquities HB though I haven't put them in yet. Now I'm planning on taking her in...

Hello all, I have some Antiquitiy humbuckers on the way for my Ibanez AK85 (hollowbody), I wanted it to sound as old as it looks! I am on the hunt for an amp that has a good tone for my blues/folk style (think country blues on electric). I play mostly country blues style picking, but also do a...