Likely the endorsement deal and I really gotta think that it may be due to the artist relations guy. Mike Taft has been with Jackson for a little while now no? He was Ibanez AR guy for years.
When it comes to cleaning and conditioning I've come to find the MusicNomad line to be the best. I love their entire product line. Cleaners, polishes and tools.
For nasty fretboard I scrape them with plastic scraper blades to start. I condition/clean with the FOne oil a tooth brush and their...
I very highly recommend the Musicnomad line of products:
https://www.musicnomadcare.com/
I've been extremely pleased with everything they've put out there.
For cleaning rusty bridge parts I've had pretty good success with either disassembling/cleaning or by using an ultrasonic cleaner and then...
Slipknot uses Drop A on some material
Coal Chamber uses Drop A on some material
YOB
Pallbearer
Crowbar uses Drop A on some material
Chimaira used Drop A on all of Pass out of Existance and on a few songs for Crown of Phantoms
Those are the ones that come to mind for me that aren't Deathcore.
Nice find! I had the pleasure of setting one of these up here in Calgary back in June that my customer had just found. It was in practically brand new condition! He bough it off someone outside of the city that had it sitting in storage. He sold it not too long after and I was pretty bummed I...
I'm a huge fan of the TUSQ replacement nuts as well! I get mine either through L&M, Solo Guitars (online) is really good as well..... Amazon has also been a good one for the real common ones.
It's been some time since I've had EMG's and I haven't really used a passive pickup in 12 years or so..... I don't think I could make a good comparison between them, but I have 5 other guitars with the Standard Blackouts and have tried several other Blackout variants (EMTY's and the Loomis) to...
Most definitely YES. I liked the black Ibanez MTM2 I found used so much I bought another MTM2 but in white. I have a DCM100 and would gladly get another one day. Same with my Ibanez K-7, I have the Firespeak Blue but would like to obtain the Blade Grey as well. I'm not one for having a ton of...
Nice score! That's a STEAL of a price. They're pretty good amps. I always thought they sounded great. At that price I wouldn't have thought twice about it.
Here's my list for 2019.
Best:
Rivera KS312 - For the better part of 2 years I have been gently suggesting to someone I know to sell me this cab. It's a 2x12 on top and has a Sub 1 (powered 300W 12" sub) in the bottom. He finally caved and sold it to me for a great price. F'n love this cab, just...
There's a 33 listed on Kijiji locally: https://www.kijiji.ca/v-amp-pedal/calgary/fortin-33-clean-boost-pedal/1477852925?undefined
The seller is a great guy.
I highly recommend the Rivera RockCrushers. Been using them (both the standard and the Recording versions) for years. It was a big step above the THD Hotplate in sound and feel quality.
The Fryette Powerstation is also a really good choice.
Don't know much about the UA OxBox as an attenuator...
Without a doubt it's Kerry. It's hard to believe that he would leave BC Rich but in a sense Dean does make sense. Dean isn't afraid to think outside the box and have done some pretty eccentric designs/finishes and they have better distro than BC Rich I believe. Timing could've been better for...
Vai teased something on his Social Media a while back about the "For the Love of God" Universe.... Maybe it'll be a special SUGI run? https://www.instagram.com/p/B17ET8rnRNo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
A 30th Anniversary Universe of some sort seems like a given. Ibanez has given 30th...