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Avatars, huh? Suddenly Ace and Peter seem like the more sensible ones, lol.

In 1987 I bought a blueburst strat-style Cort Effector from Sears for my 18th birthday. The effects were mostly garbage, and there was no pickup selector, so both pups were always on. Paired it with a Peavey Backstage Plus and an Arion Metal Master pedal. That was pretty much my starter rig for...

UPS

When I bought directly from Ceriatone/Malaysia in 2020/2021, there was no sales tax or duties. I got a 2203 (including head shell, tubes, transformers, etc). $178 shipping direct to my house in the midwest. If you order directly from Nik, it should just be the item plus shipping. When I first...

I had a 1994 40th Anniversary American Strat that I bought new, and it was nearly all I played until I sold it 15 years ago. I eventually regretted that, by which point I'd long since lost track of who I'd sold it to. Right now there's an identical one for sale, excellent condition, case, case...

I like the Boss GE-7 for my "clean boost". I usually goose the mids a little, and bump up the output of course. It's not transparent, but I like the color it adds. There are a couple of components you can swap out to reduce noise without affecting the color too much.

Yeah, I liked this better than his first one. Mick rules. I can't help but feel like Motley lost a lot of the attitude that made them Motley Crue when Mick left. Mick's got the vibe in this tune.

How deep are DiMarzio's pockets? Oftentimes, the cost of defending I.P. is a bigger factor than whether the claims have any actual merit.

Yeah, the gate seems more like single-ended noise reduction than an actual gate. Turn it up and it takes out some of the hiss. Not terribly useful to me. I also wish the JSX had MIDI, but that's a small gripe.

I love my JSX. I think it's better than the JVM410HJS I had. I wasn't looking for a Satch sound so much as a flavor of British tones with the option for a bit more gain and better tone shaping. One caveat is the JSX bias test points. I wrestled with mine for days until I found out it was a...

Yep. In your shop policies, you can set terms for your returns, as well as restocking fees. Under the General Terms and Special Conditions, you can add whatever "fine print" you need to protect yourself. For example, I require any issues to be reported within 72 hours, and any damage in shipping...

Damn, that sucks. I ran into that too with a 4x12 I got from them. When I called them, the only option was to return it. They'd rather eat shipping both directions on a 4x12 than give a post-sale discount on the cab based on the actual condition. I get it though. If they did the latter, then...

I take pics and do a video playthrough right before I pack the item, plus while I'm packing it. Once it's in the buyer's hands, your position is only as strong as what you can prove. As a buyer, I've won not-as-described disputes because the best the seller could argue was their 6-month-old...

Fryette?

Those drums sound sequenced. I wonder how much of this is truly a band effort, versus primarily Axl trying to orchestrate everything? I'd love to see them do the straight-ahead rock thing that seemed to be their strength.

Beveled tops with natural edges

I used a Peavey Autograph II in my loop for years. EQing things AFTER your various gain/overdrive stages is an almost completely different set of tone shaping options versus what you do before your gain/overdrive stages. I love a lot of mids in my lead tone, and for the longest time I used a...

I lean towards Marshall-esque tones, so that's part of it. Plus obvious things like reliability. Beyond that: I like a 3-way bright switch on every channel. If it's a multi-channel amp, I'm looking at the tube layout and seeing how much of the topology is shared between channels. I also like...

Check with https://www.supra-tone.com/ I haven't bought anything from them, but they're a fairly small operation and might be willing to CNC a body from a customer-provided blank.

I think they're really good quality and a decent value. Beyond that though, they aren't dead ringers for their Celestion counterparts, and like any other speaker, it really boils down to whether they sound good to you. I'm glad I tried them, but where I want a Celestion sound, I have Celestions.