Driftwood just released the Heavy Hatchet distortion/preamp pedal and it's really cool! Sounds great (they did some stuff internally so that it sounds as close as possible to a tube amp) but it's also packed with some great features!
Here's a little review and demo:
I never thought this day would actually come but I bought myself a Soldano SLO 30 for my birthday! I have a lot of amps already but most of them are much more affordable than something like this. I figured it would be a great amp to have for various reasons but of course it's also the goat for...
Woohoo! Got a new guitar! Last year I got the Schecter E-1 Apocalypse Red Reign and that guitar is absolutely perfect! I was blown away by that guitar on all fronts. So I wanted more of that E-1 goodness. The SLS Elite was an obvious "upgrade" from the Apocalypse so I ordered that one from...
I'm gassing hard for a Schecter E1 SLS Elite. My E1 Apocalypse Red Reign is just a perfect guitar and I want more of that...
Years ago I had the C7 SLS Elite and unfortunately it wasn't great. Despite the compensated nut I was having intonation issues, especially on the lower strings so lower...
Hey guys,
Bogren Digital released their IRDX Core plugin. It's a simple plugin that supposedly recreates the sound of "real speaker dynamic" and you can use it to add "life" to "static IRs".
Let's take a listen and talk about the effect. If you've tried it, what were your thoughts?
I wanted to try to sound like Adam Jones with the tools I had at hand... (no pun intended) I don't have the exact gear that he uses but I have some things that will hopefully get me close. This is the gear that I used:
- Gibson Les Paul Custom
- Diezel VH2
- Marshall SC-20 JCM 800 Studio
-...
You hear this all the time: "Guitars from Korea are better quality than guitars from Indonesia". (I'm mainly talking about ESP LTD and Schecter guitars here but I would also be interested in other companies.) What are your thoughts on this based on your own experiences? Have you owned guitars...
In case you're not aware, Lichtlaerm Audio is releasing an amplifier. It's name will be the Prometheus! This is going to be an awesome amp with great features and some unique features as well. Daniel from LA came over to my studio yesterday and we spent some time with the prototype. We also...
Alright, here's another comparison after I had so much fun with the last one :) So this time I compare the sound of my real EVH 5150 III 50W EL34 to three captures that I made with Tonex, the Quad Cortex and the Headrush Prime. I didn't tweak any of the controls so you'll get to hear how well...
I made a little comparison test of my two EVH amps (50w EL34 and LBX) vs models based on EVH amps on the Fractal Audio Axe Fx III, Neural DSP Quad Cortex and Fender Tone Master Pro. Since the Fender has officially licensed models I was quite excited about this. Unfortunately it didn't go as...
Hey guys,
Here's another high gain amp comparison! My previous one featured 7 100/120w 2-channel amps, this new one has 7 100/120w 3 to 4 channel amps, so the "big boys" basically. Some of these really surprised me this time! It's funny how these things go. I guess depending on the guitar, the...
Got one of the new Schecter Sunset-7 Triad guitars. So that's the 7-string baritone version (27 inch scale). At first I just really wanted to try the guitar because of the Tripocalyse triple coil humbucker. That's obviously an interesting feature.
When I took the guitar out of the box and...
Got this Schecter E1 Apocalypse Red Reign recently!
I was expecting the guitar to be cool but it has honestly blown me away in terms of looks, sound, build quality and playability that it's one of my favorite 6-string guitars. The looks are great with that wonderful contrast between the front...
Hey guys,
I'm starting a new high gain amp comparison series focusing on just high gain tones, so no clean or crunch tones. For this first episode I'm comparing 7 100-120w 2 channel high gain heads. It's hard to pick favorites! In the next episode I'm going to do 7 100-120w amps that have 3 or...
Hey all,
Got the Schecter C-VI Baritone recently. I have been intrigued by this guitar since it was released. I mean a 30 inch scale baritone with modern features, what's not to like right? Well, I can see why esthetically it's not everybody's cup of tea but on the flip side it does give the...
Blackstar just released the HT Venue MKIII series of amps. I got the 50 and 100w amps to try out. I know these amps get a bad rep sometimes but honestly, they sound pretty great! I'm especially a fan of the clean channels and most of the overdrive channels. The really high-gain stuff sometimes...
I bought a Fractal FM3 MKII Turbo last week. Such a cool little device! My reason for buying one was basically to have a small but powerful practice rig away from my studio desk. I usually play guitar for my work so I wanted to make a space to just have fun, jam and tweak tones etc. I've had an...
Long story short: I sold all my Fenders (strat, Tele and Jim Root Tele) because I decided that those guitars just aren't my thing. I prefer LTD guitars mostly and I really wanted to get one of the new EC1000Ts.
In the end I ended up getting 3 of them, all the current full thickness models as...
Finally got my hands on an ESP LTD Phoenix-7 Black Metal baritone! I love the phoenix models and as soon as this model was announced I knew I just had to have it! It's certainly a MEAN looking guitar and I love the simple looks with the single pickup etc. It's honestly the greatest 7-string or...
The Boss ME90 has been out for a little while. We all know the ME series right? I used the ME-50 when I was younger so I have nostalgic feelings towards the ME line. The COSM amp tones from Boss back in the day weren't great imho. I don't know about you but I never was able to get really...