The GAGA 90 by Milbert Amplifiers, The Swiss army knife of all-tube guitar amplifiers... (review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison

Purchased from: Manufacturer

Street Price: $3,750.00 USD + Shipping 

About: 

Milbert Amplifers is the manufacturer of boutique, hand-crafted, interchangeable all-tube guitar amplifiers.

This GAGA 90 model offers adjustable headroom from 1 - 90 watt(s) via a rotary face-plate knob with the ability for the player to plug-and-play over 30 tube types at any configuration with Auto-Everything™, automatic bias & standby, Blow-Proof Output™ with the ability to drive any speaker, universal mains/world power ready and on-board P3® phantom power for pedals and active pickups. 

The P3 Mod, The Battery-less Mod for Active Guitar Pickups & Pedals

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $250.00 USD + Shipping  (as reviewed)

About:
The DC Voltage Company is the Manufacturer of an electronic modification that allows active/battery powered musical equipment to utilize the power from an amplifier via 1/4 inch instrument cable to power active guitar and bass pickups and/or effects pedals without wall or battery power. 

This review was conducted using the P3 mod with the external power kit/active box.

"Epiphony" Less than Paul Jr. POS Rebuild, Local Music Gear Magazine July 2012 ... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison

Purchased from: Manufacturer(s)
Street Price:
Epiphone Less than Paul JR. $90.00 USD + Shipping
EMG Active Pickup 81 $109.00 USD + Shipping
Tusq Nut Black $11.00 USD + Shipping
P3 Mod by DC Voltage  $250.00 USD + Shipping

About:
Once a quarter Local Music Gear Magazine has a POS (Piece of Shit) rebuild. This is when we take the most God-awful, poor excuse of an instrument and give it new life. We do this to  show our readers that can not, or will not, spend big bucks on an instrument how to make one that rocks within their budget. 

For this POS rebuild we went with a used 2010 "Epiphony" Less than Paul JR. This guitar has a single bridge pickup setup and is designed after the 1954 Gibson Les Paul Jr. Epiphone has been giving it the tag line of "A Les Paul at a price anyone can afford", I think this is bullshit. It is a guitar that looks like a Les Paul, but is not. The "wood" that is used is a compressed mahogany. This means wood shavings left over from making other guitars was put in a pot with some glue and then poured in a mold that looks like a Les Paul body. Knowing this, I needed to get parts that would work with the design and body density of this guitar.