Recent content by Surgeon

I owned 3 oranges before. First: TH30. Loved it. Never should've sold it. Then: Rocker 30. Liked it a lot. Lastly: TV50. Loved it at first, until I played it long enough to realize how overly bassy it was on channel B and how boxy channel A was. I really do miss the TH30. However, they never...

I bought this thing for a very good price on the 26th while visiting the in-laws: Reborn Dual-Recto It took me a bit of tweaking to get it to sound as I wanted, the eq reacts quite differently from my recto-verb but once I got there (yesterday and today), damn! I'm a happy guy. You guys all...

But I had been looking to buy a hollowbody lately (I owned an Ibanez ak85 a few years ago and I've really been missing it). None of those are available on the local used market and the few nice artcore or Godins (I've been itching to try the cutaway 5th avenue) I found on kijiji throughout...

Re: Hotone Heart Attack Update: I was so impressed with the "head" that I decided to give their tiny cab a try. I rarely buy stuff with basically no reviews on the web but I was really floored by that amp. Again: this thing is really impressive considering its size. It sounds a bit "grainier"...

Found a new one cheaper than the average ebay price and thought I'd give this thing a try just for the heck of it. I gotta say, I'm REALLY impressed! I really didn't expect it to sound this good. At "house" volumes, it sounds pretty darn great. At similar volumes it's a bit darker and looser...

It's been a seriously long time since I had a "good god I have to have that thing asap!" moment but I just had one: Ditto x4 Seeing how I really enjoy my x2, this will be a nice addition for my solo gigs.

So, I made 2 quick vids of my 6h50 to run through a few of my favorite settings. Original threads here and here. That thing is insanely versatile so I barely scratched the surface. I'd post the usual disclaimers about the playing and all but the only one that's worth it is that it was all...

Although I have to ask: is it still technically a tweed deluxe if there's not tweed? ;) The electronics/chassis I've documented here many months ago. The longest part, by far, was building the cab. I wanted to use locally-sourced wood. I used timber that I felled myself and then turned into...

So, two years ago I bought/built an explorer kit (original thread here). My pedals and amp building addiction (and my recording of a new album) made me put it aside for a long while. It was ok but didn't play as good as I would've wanted it and the tone wasn't to my liking either. Well, a few...

As if family vacations weren't expensive enough, I had to find this baby to curb my telecaster gas. I'd been looking for a nice affordable tele. I'm mostly a LP guy so I didn't want to spend a fortune on one and the Classic Vibe squiers seemed like the best option. However, I didn't want to...

Check out what just popped-up in my neck of the woods: It's too much money for me at the moment (and I'm not sure I'd pay 1500$ for it anyways) but it sure is cool to see one of those.

I've had it for a bit over a year now but I just found out that it works wonders in front of my thunderverb. Who else likes that thing??

I bought this speaker a few years ago from a fellow forum member, thinking it'd be nice in a project that I now realize will never happen. I tried selling it locally to avoid shipping to no avail. Offer me something, anything you may have and we'll work something out (if it's the least bit...

Well, I really got the building bug (so many pedals and now amps...damn). My last 2 kits (first jcm 800 and then Hiwatt 6h50) went very well, the latter was fine from the first power-up and all so that was a big confidence booster. While kits are a lot of fun and make for easier complex...

So it's finished... I'm quite happy with it. Nice final look, great tone. Very cool! Build thread here. Guts: Chassis: Front panel: Back panel: Fancy side shot: