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Does anyone own (or has tried) a Zoom MS70-CDR? It seems like a pretty promising pedal but I'm having some pretty obnoxious issues with mine. I've never really explored modulation effects with the exception of a Boss DD-6 and my excellent Demeter Stereo Tremulator, but I've been reworking my...

Re: NAD: Dream Amp... Mesa Mark II When you clean up the amp, a little bit of brasso (or any other mild metal polish) and some scrubbing does wonders for the rust on the corner pieces, same with the screws, nuts and washers. This is mine after a good bit of elbow grease: It looks like yours...

I recently picked up a Mesa Boogie amp, and one of the features it has that my old single channel amp lacked is a presence control. I thought it was just an upper treble tone control but it seems to change the whole character of the lead channel. What exactly does it do and how do you guys use...

I was recently given an 8ohm Marshall branded Celestion Vintage 30, which seems like the perfect speaker to replace the Celestion Seventy 80 that is currently in my Crate V1512. The problem is that the Crate only has one speaker output with an impedance of 16ohms. I have read that (for Tube...

I just picked this thing up yesterday, it's a 60 watt Boogie Mark IIB, two channel with reverb and graphic eq. It was really filthy when I bought it, chassis was full of dust and the knobs were all sticky and crackly, but a couple hours with a scrub brush, soapy water, and a can of contact...

I just picked up an old Gibson flat top, and although the tuners work, they are a bit stiff and bind up occasionally. What is the best way to fix a set of these? They obviously need to be cleaned and lubricated but I'm not sure what products to use and how to go about it. Any advice would be...

I just acquired a Gibson J-50, which I think is from either 1966 or 1969 (Gibson 60's serialization is rather bizarre). I don't really know much about them other than what I've seen in a quick google search, it has the adjustable wooden saddle. I'm curious what you guys know about these models...

Has anyone tried one of these on more classic voiced pickups? (I have a JB and 59 set) I'm curious how well they work for cleaner rock and jazz. I'm thinking that if it doesn't color the tone very much it would be a good way to gain some volume and dynamic range.

I just put in the order for one of these for the studio, I'll post a little review once it arrives if anyone is interested. It's replacing this dinosaur and will be used for recording and some live sound reinforcement. I've never used any Allen and Heath equipment, but I've heard good things and...

Does anyone else have this problem? For some reason I just keep acquiring more and more of them when there are so many other kinds of pedals that I don't own any of.

I'm really curious about these, particularly the Celestion Century Vintage, because of their high efficiency and low weight. If they sound good it would be a great way to cut down on the amount of weight that has to be hauled to and from gigs. However, I'm worried about the tone, since not a lot...

I'm considering picking up a used amp that has some rattly power tubes, so I am curious about where to find a good set of KT66's. The shop I talked to said that most of the new manufacture ones they have put in combos have gone microphonic and recommended NOS tubes. Is this true?

I've been thinking about trying one of these out as the local guitar shop has a bunch of them from before the company went factory direct they want to get rid of for cheap. Supposably it's super low noise and unity gain and doesn't cut out the sound when the battery dies (I'd still put it on a...

http://www.pigtronix.com/products08/fullboar.html It was apparently designed by Bruce Zinky and is sold under the Supro label. Seems like a really interesting tube amplifier (designed for clean headroom for use with pedalboards). I can't seem to find a review, price, or video anywhere about it.

I never liked it myself, but I keep reading about great players who use it and all the big pedal companies make one. Do you have one in your rig, and how do you use it? I've tried some really expensive ones and never liked the sound I got, but I might just not be using them correctly.