Recent content by Red_Label

Just wanted to pass on that I've recently installed the ML Sound Lab Flagship modeling software/plugin (can be run in your DAW software or standalone on your PC if you just want to jam). DAYUMMM! I have various DAW plugins from Plugin Alliance (I have both Friedman models, the Deizels, Mesas...

[minty] Friedman BE50 inbound! Just got a text from my music store buddy. His new Friedman BE100 Deluxe is supposed to arrive next week. So, as often is the case... he'll be "dumping his table scraps" (BE50 Deluxe) my way. I had already decided that I prefer the Blackface style cleans on the...

Just picked-up a limited edition SPARKLE RED TS808. I haven't been a huge fan of Tube Screamers for a while now. There are usually just so many better (more articulate/transparent) OD pedals these days. But this little sweetie (Friedman 1530 Platinum board, bottom row, third from left) is so...

Legacy K Master series handwired amp [2xEL84]. Had a great review typed up, but every time I try to link to a photo, it blows my text away. Maybe I'll try to edit the post and type all that again tomorrow. Short review... AWESOME amp!!! Edit for review: The amp can sound like the Deluxe Reverb...

Mmmm... my new limited edition '56. I normally don't like fat necks and P90s. In this case... I love this guitar! I've owned a lot of Epi and Gibby LPs over the years... this one may stick around!!!

2019 LP Classic and 2019 Aerodyne Classic Strat. P.S. I actually got the LP a couple of weeks ago, but forgot to post a thread.

Traded my Tone King Metropolitan 1x12 combo to a guy on TGP, for his Germino Club 40 head with PPIMV and selectable tube/SS rectifier. Should be here early next week. I've got a buddy who loves his Club 40 and chooses to play it over his Friedman BE50 Deluxe at the moment. So that's a pretty...

In my 35 years of playing and owning close to maybe 200 instruments I've never owned an Explorer. Weird shaped, weird feeling guitars generally aren't my thing. Hell... I marry have only played an Explorer once or twice in all these years. But I dig the way they look on Lizzy Hale, Matthias...

Picked up a used Surreal LC100 (with custom 20 watt mode) a few days ago. So far I really like it. Seems to have a Friedman-esque gain thing happening. That whole smooth refined Cameron/Jose-modded plexi vibe. Haven't even explored a fraction of the switch settings yet. Gotta get busy tweaking...

Active pups traded! Duncan neck P90 un excellent condition. Looking for trades for good passive pickups (Duncan, DiMarzio, Fralin, etc) or cash offers.

Picked this up today at a local pawn shop in dead mint condition. Have had two other Eclipse Standards before... one in satin black and the other in red quilt. Black one had Duncan JB/59s in it was was special. Miss that one. Red one had EMGs and was flawless, but lacked personality. I'm going...

Yesterday was "new" Friedman day. Picked-up a nice, used Friedman Buxom Betty. I've been moving away from higher gain amps lately, preferring boutique Fender-style amps. This is my sixth Friedman amp. Started with a regular Pink Taco head, then a Smallbox 50, then Dirty Shirley 40, then a...

... to get the Vox bug. Sure, I always liked the Edge, Brian May, and other recorded Vox tones. But I never had a use for them personally. I came up in the 80s and played 80s rock/metal... as well as gigging a ton of country over the years. So the vast majority of my amps over the years have...

Got my Wildwood Taco several days ago. Such a rich, complex, musical, singing tone. DAYUMMM!!! I was convinced that my BE100 was my holy grail and nothing could touch it. But after spending several hours a night with it this week, I'm just in love with it. My first Friedman (of five) was a...

In light of the "getting rid of the pickguard" thread... I thought I'd post the final results my quick and easy project to ADD a PG to my new PRS SE Tremonti. I used an old Epiphone LP pickguard that I had in my parts bin. The spacing between the pickup rings leaves a little gap. So ideally...