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Over the last few years I've sold off most of my guitar gear, but I have a couple of LPs (and a Tele) left.

…with an extra helping of meat. I switched to bass about 7 years ago now. It started as a favour to a friend who was having a hard time finding a bass player, and I I liked it enough to stick with it. Now I barely play guitar anymore. This gets me through just about anything. The pedalboard...

I periodically read people complaining about Slash pickups being too bright, and I was watching this video and figured I’d post a screenshot…

Finally scored a P bass. Now the Yin/Yang thing is complete. Not super into the mint pickguard, although it's slowly growing on me. I was going to get a red tortoise one so that it was a twin to my Jazz, but I kind of like the idea of a black guard on a white bass too.

Picked up a TC-50. Sold my Roadster. I haven't really used it in over a year since I think my Rectoverb:25 sounds better. Was trying to make the ROV:25 work for a band I'm in but two channels and no dedicated solo boost was cramping my style. No volume boost had solos sounding small/weak...

I'm thinking about getting an active Fender Jazz V. I currently play passive Jazz 4 strings. Any opinions on the Jazz V? I'd like a 5 string. I really wanted a Stingray but after trying them I just couldn't get into them. After experimenting with with various basses around town I keep...

Updated Mini-Rig of Doom. Now with 33.3% more PRS. (Scored a used Custom 24 yesterday. They say money can't buy talent... but it can buy you really sweet guitars.)

Went out to buy a new bass... failed at that job terribly. However, I still consider the day a success. I found this downtown. There's an old independent guitar store here where the owner passed away a number of years ago. He had a warehouse full of stock and vintage gear that's slowly being...

Mesa posted this up yesterday. As a long time Recto user the tone/playing caught me off guard. uuo_0L4fm30

Meant to produce distortion without loosing low end, it's basically a Rat with a blend knob. Into the front end of a Dual Rectifier it's pretty cool. You can dial in the distortion to be really wooly and inarticulate with a ton of sustain.... and yet the dry blend produces attack and...

I have a very short list of basses I want; Jazz - White w/ rosewood and red tortoise Precision - Black w/ maple and gold anodized Fretless - Not 100% sure. I haven't settled on any particular model just yet. I wasn't planning on getting a new bass for awhile yet, but I saw the price drop on...

Picked up a new gig playing bass. Spent the last month or so building up a new rig. The bass I've had for over a decade, but I needed a new amp/cabs. Sounds great (IMO).

Borrowed a Rectoverb 25. I wanted to put it through it's paces before I committed to buying one. Throughly impressed. I thought the combo would sound weak and boxy, but it's not. It pounds pretty hard. I can get it to sound more or less like my big Recto, minus the obvious difference in...

I haven't seen too many of these yet so I figured I'd write a short review. That said, it's difficult to review this pedal as it doesn't have a specific sound. Petrucci's stock settings are super clear and cut through high gain with a lot of definition. I copied Hammet's settings off a...

Picked this up. It's pretty f*cking sweet.