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I think a lot of bullshit could have been filtered out if they'd just changed the damn name. Sabbath is another one of those bands. Yeah the Dio albums are great, but it's a different fucking band.

One of the lamest fuckin things they did was almost entirely stop playing the Roth material once Hagar joined. I couldn't imagine being a kid, not knowing any better, going to see Van Halen and only getting "Jump" from the Roth years. Conversely, one of the coolest things Wolfie did in the...

My big resolution is to finish selling off my pedalboard and building my new FM9 board. I have a few guitars needing TLC that have been on the back burner for too long. My dream Strat remains unfinished after over two years. That's a top priority. I have a feeling I'll pick up a Gibson this...

Phaser is just such a great way to make a lead part pop.

I think Marshall would be wise to come out with FRFR cabs with a built-in load box and IR loader. A Marshall 4x12 you can plug a cranked 100w Plexi into and play at home volumes.

I just got my first "traditional" Strat, a MIJ Hybrid II. Came stock with a 2-pt trem and locking tuners. Not really being a Strat guy, I hot-rodded it quite a bit. Swapped the pickups for Lace Sensor Hot Golds, put in a 10-way switch, and added EMG SPC and AB220 active tone controls. With...

If the SD-1 is designed to push a cranked tube amp, then by comparison BD-2 is designed to replicate the feel of said amp itself. It's very touch responsive and cleans up really nicely with your volume knob. It can get quite dirty but in the JTM45 kinda way, and it can also serve as a clean...

Yep. And just the fact that Gibson won't make an Explorer with MX250's specs just means consumers get fucked over, having to compromise on either specs or appearance to get the guitar they want. In the same vein but even stupider, the original Eclipse design is so much better than the one they...

I really hate how Gibson C&Ds the companies that do killer takes on the Explorer and Flying V - ESP and Dean being the big two that come to mind (since I'm not sure if Hamer ever got C&D'd) - but then they themselves do fuck all but the most basic boring shit with them. It's either 50s style...

So I finally integrated this thing with my DSL 100. The results are... my feet are melted to the floor. Interfacing with the DSL over MIDI is a breeze. Waaaaaay easier to configure than the ES-8 was. As good as the FM9's amp models sound, the real amp still has an X factor for getting that...

Pretty cool to see Ozzy's late 90s band reunited.

I dime the volume on each channel, draw the gain up to taste, and use the masters to set the overall levels. Then hit the fucker with an SD-1.

I use Dunlops. You can put your strap on the button like normal, then put the actual lock mechanism on OVER it. Locks the strap on without bearing the guitar's weight, and keeps the strap closer to the body too. I just use them like normal.

I've been down similar rabbit holes, I know the feeling. "This piece of mystery gear much be the secret sauce!" Turns out it's the fuckin tuner or something. Then double reverse plot twist, the tuner has a unique preamp that imparts tonal juiciness to the dry signal.

10 years spent trying to identify wireless receivers is... lol.

A guitar with a counterfeit headstock logo coming with a COA is hilarious (and said COA makes no mention of it being a Tokai in disguise). I also love that it's "based on" the AFD guitar yet has totally wrong pickups (both build and color).

The shit Bruce has been through health wise, and the performance he is still able to give - not just high quality vocals, but still a very physical stage presence - would be impressive for a guy in his 40s. For a guy in his 60s, it's unbelievable. Almost five years older than Bon Blowme.

This just gets more and more fun... Running my Wolfgang through my EVH patch, I noticed the amps (other than the FAS Brown) felt a bit stuff and congested... which is the exact same response I had to the 5150III I briefly had. So for starters, I just looked up Ed's live rig, replicated his amp...

Vintage Modern is basically exactly what it says on the tin. Two channels, low and high gain. Low gain is like a JTM. High gain has a fourth preamp tube and is more like a hot-rodded Plexi. Both channels are designed for old-school dynamics and touch response. It has a couple extra tone controls...

Maybe down the line when I've done more tweaking. My past experience tells me that as I continue to experiment my earliest presets will inevitably start to sound like shit. I want to play my Wolfgang through it and EQ based on that instead of my Les Paul. Right now the values are a little off...