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Showing posts with label Jac Harrison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jac Harrison. Show all posts

Monday, November 9, 2015

ToneRite® 3G "Play-In" Device,... Review

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Third Party Online Retailer
Street Price: $149.00 + shipping.

About:
ToneRite® is the manufacturer of a non-evasive electronic device that helps stringed instruments achieve their maximum tone that naturally occurs with years of constant play, in a matter of weeks.

In the words of the manufacturer: 
A key to great tone is constantly playing-in your instrument. The ToneRite® is the world's most advanced and premier play-in device. Significantly accelerating the play-in process and providing increased tone, playability, and balance, the ToneRite®  makes all of this available in a nearly silent, high quality, and portable manner.

The secret behind the ToneRite® is its ability to continually produce and efficiently transfer vibrational energy into an instrument. ToneRite® safely recreates and magnifies the same physics that naturally occur while playing. This stimulation generates a change to the instrument's integrated components and increases the resonate together as a whole. Not only will your instrument sound better, but the notes themselves will come easier and allow for playing difficult passages with less fatigue. The ToneRite® will result in added volume with a fuller and more balanced sound.

Friday, September 11, 2015

Brubaker Musical Instruments KXG Standard,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $2,500 USD with case + shipping.

About: 
Brubaker Musical Instruments is a manufacturer of handcrafted, American made, custom, boutique electric and bass guitars by master luthier Kevin Brubaker, in Rosedale, MD.

This KXG Standard has a genuine mahogany body with flame maple top that flows into a mahogany bolt-thru™ 22 fret 25 1/8" scale neck that is dressed in a rosewood 12" radius dance floor and is topped with a Graph Tech  Guitar Labs Tusq 1.700 nut.  

Monday, September 7, 2015

The Quilter Labs MicroPro Mach 2 - 8 Inch,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Rosario Panzarella
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $899 USD + Shipping

About:
Pat Quilter, founder of QSC Audio Products and a veteran designer with over 45 years of experience, is one of the few designers whose career spans tubes, solid state, and the new switchmode technology. His mission is to combine a deep love of music, an understanding of tube behavior, and his expertise in switchmode design to create new tools that will expand artistic possibilities and exploit the latest mainstream technology to deliver higher quality and satisfaction at an affordable price based out of California.

This Quilter 8 inch Mach 2 combo is the ultimate grab and go performance amplifier. The smallest and lightest of the Mach 2 combos (Only 19 pounds.), the 8 inch features a very potent high power pro audio driver. A sealed enclosure calibrated to deliver a very balanced and beautiful tone combined with the characteristics of Celestion's TF0818 speaker deliver amazing low end and a beautiful and articulate upper range. Great for both acoustic and electric instruments, the 8 inch Mach 2 is unquestionably the most extensible and flexible of the Mach 2 lineup. If you are wondering whether an 8 inch speaker can cut it, go ahead and put that out of your mind. It is their top selling combo amplifier for a reason. Combine this with our 12" extension cabinet for staggering power that will easily handle outdoors or coverage without a PA system. 100 watts per channel. 200 watts total when using channel 1 and 2.

Friday, August 7, 2015

Killer Guitar Components Full Brass Upgrade with Mega-Stop,...(Review)


Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Total Street Price: $179.85 + Tax & Shipping 
Wilkinson/Gotoh® VS100 Series Brass Tremolo Block: $99.95
Killer Brass Claw: $44.95
Mega-Stop Trem Stopper: $34.95 

About: 
Killer Guitar Components is a father/son team based out of Gloucester, MA that specializes in custom guitar component designs made specifically to enhance your guitar's sound, function and playing experience. This review is on the Wilkinson/Gotoh® VS100 Series Brass Tremolo Block, Killer Brass Claw and Mega-Stop Trem Stopper. 

Friday, July 24, 2015

E. Lombardo Guitars ELB HH SN:02,...(Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from:Manufacturer
Street Price: $1,799 USD  with case + shipping

About:
E. Lombardo Guitars is a manufacturer of handcrafted, American made, custom, boutique electric guitars by master luthier Ernie Lombardo, in East Setauket, New York. 

This ELB has a one piece quarter sawn African mahogany body that flows into a 24 3/4 scale birdseye maple small 60's shaped bolt-on neck that is dresses in a 10.5 - 17.5 compound radius Macassar ebony dance floor featuring 22 frets with 6150 wire, abalone dot inlays with side markers and she is topped with a tusq 1 11/16 nut. 

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Carvin Guitars IC5 Deep Teal with Black Burst Edging,... (Review)

Reviewed By: "Top Shelf" Kevin McAleer
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $1959 USD as customized ($1319 stock model) with case + shipping

About:
Carvin Guitars has been selling guitars and basses direct to the customer for almost 70 years. On their website (www.carvinguitars.com) you can order the "stock" version or customize any model to your own liking.

This Carvin Guitars Icon-5 5-string bass has a mahogany body with a quilted maple top, 5-piece maple neck with mahogany stripes and a 14” radius 24 fret ebony fingerboard.

Hardware:
Chrome Hipshot A-style with strings-through body, Chrome Carvin Guitars premium 20:1 ratio tuners.

Electronics: 
RH2 radiused humbuckers, 18V active/passive, volume, pickup blend, stacked concentric bass and high frequency, stacked concentric mid frequency and sweep. 

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Hum Canceling Traditional Sounding Humbucker Sized P90's by Iconix Pickups,... Review

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer 
Street Price: $160 USD + tax & shipping.

About: 
Iconix Pickups is an American manufacturer of hand-wound guitar pickups by Don Smith. All Iconix pickups are scatter-wound and feature custom charged magnets, spacers from hand-cut maple and nickel/silver baseplates and covers. 

This review was conducted using a Knaggs Keya T2 wired using 2 500kΩ pots with a 0.001 capacitor/150K resistor parallel volume mod on a 3-way toggle.

Installation:

I took my time as I always do and from start to finish it was 20 minutes /1 beers and 1 shot. Please note that you should have a luthier from your local music store put pickups in for you unless you really know what you are doing. It is normally a 1- 2 hour charge + bench fee to have a set of pickups installed. The total investment will be well worth it.

Monday, December 22, 2014

Humbucker Sized P90's by Iconix Pickups,... Review

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer 
Street Price: $140 USD + tax & shipping.

About: 
Iconix Pickups is an American manufacturer of hand-wound guitar pickups by Don Smith. All Iconix pickups are scatter-wound and feature custom charged magnets, spacers from hand-cut maple and nickel/silver baseplates and covers. 

This review was conducted using a CR Alsip SCDT wired using 2 500kΩ pots with a 0.001 capacitor/150K resistor parallel volume mod on a 3-way toggle.

Installation:
I took my time as I always do and from start to finish it was 20 minutes /1 beers and 1 shot. Please note that you should have a luthier from your local music store put pickups in for you unless you really know what you are doing. It is normally a 1- 2 hour charge + bench fee to have a set of pickups installed. The total investment will be well worth it.

Friday, December 12, 2014

Gold Tone GM-6+ Guitar Madolin Hybrid,... Review

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $899.00 USD + tax & shipping with HSC

About: 
Gold Tone is a manufacturer of bluegrass and hybrid instruments.

This GM-6+ guitar mandolin hybrid features a solid arched spruce top and back with a maple neck that is dressed in an ebony radiused fingerbaord and is finished in a hand-rubbed oil finish.

Hardware: 
Gold Tone floating bridge, Gold Tone Chrome covered tailpiece and Square-Covered style machine heads

Electronics:
Transducer mounted in bridge.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Creme Brulee Boost Pedal by Tone Bakery, (Review)...


Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $99.00 USD + tax & shipping.

About: 
Tone Bakery is an American manufacturer of boutique, guitar effects pedals.

This Creme Brulee Boost pedal features three knobs: Gain, Treble, and Output that offers a clean boost or an amp like overdrive drive tone.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Zexcoil® Convertible Hum Canceling Guitar Pickup Set with Controls Kit #5, (Review)...


Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer 
Street Price: $315.00 USD + tax & shipping.

About: 
Lawing Musical Products, LLC is the Manufacturer of Zexcoil® hum canceling guitar pickups. Dr. A. Scott Lawing is the inventor of Zexcoil® pickup technology and the technical driving force behind LMP. Scott has been a guitar player for over 30 years. He is also an engineer with a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with numerous technical papers, patents and presentations to his credit. Recently, Scott has started applying his technical and creative energies to the business of musical instrument.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

C.R. Alsip Vintage WTF Terzetto, (Review)...

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $3,699 USD with case + shipping 

About: 
C.R. Alsip Guitars is a manufacturer of handcrafted, American made, custom, boutique electric guitars by master luthier Jake Willoughby, in Arkansas City, Kansas. 

This Vintage WTF Terzetto model has a Honduran Mahogany body that seamlessly flows into a 25.5 scale/14" radius Honduran Mahogany through body 60's C approaching 50's D/U shaped neck topped with a bone nut and a StetsBar.  

Hardware: 
Chrome Grover 18:1 machine heads, chrome knobs, chrome pickup mounting rings, FU-Tone PMS (pickup mounting system) and a chrome StetsBar Tremelo System. 

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Knaggs Keya T2 Forest Green #147... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $4,400 USD with case + shipping

About:
Knaggs Guitars is a manufacturer of handcrafted, custom boutique electric guitars made by master luthier Joe Knaggs based out of Greensboro, MD. 

This Knaggs Keya T2 #147 has a set mahogany 24.75" scale neck with a 12" radius rosewood dance-floor featuring 24 frets separated by Knaggs morningstar inlays topped with a bone nut that meets a mahogany body capped in "Forest Green" quilted maple.

Hardware:
Goldtone Knaggs one piece bridge/tailpiece, goldtone Gotoh open back 3/3 machine heads, (1) volume (1) tone knob and a goldtone 3-way selector switch with black toggle.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

The Indigo Amplification McD 20 1x12 Combo,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $2,995.00 USD + Shipping 

About: 
Indigo Amplifiers is the manufacturer of boutique, hand-crafted, all-tube guitar amplifiers based out of New Jersey.

The McD 20 watt 1x12 combo is a (2) channel all hand-wired tube amp that is based around a pair of matched 6V6GT power tubes with a cascaded preamp section that is driven by (2) 12AX7's, (1) 12AX7 phase inverter, and a solid state rectifier with custom wound transformers, fixed bias and features a buffered (1) 12AX7 based FX loop that is pushing a custom made 12" speaker that was made just for Indigo Amplification, with switchable output impedance and external speaker cab hook up that is all wrapped up in a flamed maple cab. 

Thursday, March 20, 2014

The Chili Custom Guitars 5S Five String Electric Bass Guitar, ... (Review)

Reviewed By: Kevin McAleer
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $5,695 USD with case + shipping 

About: 
Chili Custom Guitars is a manufacturer of handcrafted, custom boutique electric guitars and bass guitars by master luthier Horst Weinelt, in Austria.

This 5S (5 string) bass has a one-piece mahogany through body neck that features a makassar 24 fret fingerboard dressed in alu strip inlays that meets a solid mahogany body topped with a one piece walnut cap.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

The Axe-Handler by Re-Axe Products, The new standard in portable guitar stands .... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $16.95 + tax & shipping

About:
Re-Axe Products is the American manufacturer of portable pocket sized guitar stands known as Axe-Handlers.

In the words of the manufacturer: 
The Axe-Handler is a portable, weighted support stand for guitars and basses. Its simple, durable, and the best support stand available anywhere.

Friday, September 6, 2013

The Jac Harrison Signature ChiliCaster by Chili Custom Guitars,... (Review)


Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $1,800 - $2,400 USD with case + shipping 

About: 
Chili Custom Guitars is a manufacturer of handcrafted, custom boutique electric guitars by master luither Horst Weinelt, in Austria.

This Jac Harrison signature ChiliCaster model has an alder body with a big leaf maple cap that is dressed in a natural binding that flows into fat 59” profile 25 1/2" scale bolt-on satin walnut neck that is dressed in a 24 fret 14" radius bloodwood fingerboard featuring chili pepper inlays at the 12th and 24th fret wrapped in a cream binding and topped with a bone nut.