As a guitar-tone-seeker-in-training — and having a one-off undeveloped tone-ear, my perspective sucked. In an disagreement with an older good friend, I asserted, “Marshall was only a knock-off of an American legend. Why would anyone wish to buy a British fake?”
“I can respond with 5 reasons,” he answered, “Hendrix, Townshend, Beck, Clapton, Page.”
Marshall Stacks – A towering legend
That quickly shut me down about Marshall guitar amplifiers, however I stayed fairly blind to them till my friend enticed me to review a few Marshall stacks. As I waited for the amps to get here, I studied up on Marshall guitar amplifiers. Wow, talk about a thoroughbred: Sure, in 1962 they did craft their innovative 45-watt amp subsequently after an American amplifier. Jim Marshall and associate (and friend) Ken Bran collaborated with some younger lead electric guitar players near suburban London-Pete Townshend in favor of an amplifier with extra gain that was better to overdrive. Following some failures they arrived with the legendary Stack design – 4 high-end Celestion speakers packed into a undersized cabinet. The result was a half stack that sounded as massive and daring as the revolutionary music. Read the rest of this entry »
Tech 21’s CompTortion combines compression and distortion effects are voiced to complement each other and are independently adjustable. The CompTortion’s range of sounds extends from totally clean to light distortion to smooth overdrive, with compression levels from zero to completely squashed. The CompTortion can also be used for a clean boost up to 12dB. Controls include level, tone, Tortion and Comp. The pedal runs on one 9-volt battery or an optional power supply.
Approx used street price for the Tech 21 CompTortion; $35 – $45 used.
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The Dean EVO (Evolved of Vintage Origin) premium guitar has a thick flame maple cap with an extra deep dished arch. The EVO also features Seymour Duncan pickups (which were optional), set-in neck, mahogany neck and body, Schaller tuners and select flame top. Available colors include flame black, flame red, flame blue, flame power purple, flame amber, flame sunburst and flame green. Average used price for the Dean EVO Premium: $500
Today we bring one of the most curious devices in some time, the Stompin’Bass Instrument introduced by Shadow Electronics will be the perfect companion for those who play usually acoustic shows without drums. This little device will produce a percussive sound when you hit its anti-slip surface with your foot, so when you follow the rhythm you get a drum-like sound base.
The Shadow Electronics Stompin’Bass Instrument has a very compact size (5.5″ x 5.3″) and features robust and shielded rosewood body, Active NanoMAG pickup (that provides a cool and warm sound) and output jack that can be connected to an amp, a PA or even a pedal effect to modify its sound.
This little instrument comes with a gig bag, an anti-slip, extension to make it more comfortable and is powered by a 9V battery. he release date of the Shadow Electronics Stompin’Bass Instrument has not been announced but its price will be €150.
The successful 2007 release of the Twentieth Anniversary Ibanez RG550 guitars only whetted guitar dealer and player appetites for the original RG designs. What they wanted was more RG reissues — especially the RG770DX with its matching color body, knobs, headstock, pickups, and sharktooth inlays. The RG770DX epitomized the philosophy of metal excess in the early 90′s. Read the rest of this entry »
