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Showing posts with label gear reviews. Show all posts

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.

Monday, June 16, 2014

EVH D-Tuna by FU-Tone (Review) ...

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $51.50 USD + shipping & tax

About: 
FU-Tone EVH D-Tuna Upgrade. 

FU-Tone, formerly known as Floyd Upgrades, is the Manufacturer of aftermarket high-performance guitar parts designed to optimize a guitar's voice, sustain, playability, and tone.

In the words of the manufacturer:
The EVH D-Tuna is a unique patented device that enables players to drop the E to D and back, in an instant. D-Tuna has been standard equipment on Eddie Van Halen's personal guitars as well as signature series locking tremolo-equipped guitars since the early 90's. Since then thousands of D-Tuna's have been sold all over the world.

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. 

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.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

INTEXcables Speaker Cables,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: 1M (3.3ft) speaker cable is $65 USD and $2 USD for every 1M after. 

About: 
Intex Cables is the Manufacturer of handcrafted high-end instrument & speaker cables.

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

StetsBar Retro Fit Stop Tail Linear Tremolo System,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $229.00 USD + shipping

About: 
StetsBar is an American manufacturer of linear tremolo system that retro fit to stop tail, hard tail, Tele and Strat style guitars without any modification.

This review is on the chrome stop tail linear tremolo system.

Monday, November 25, 2013

BMF Effects The Great Wide Open OD Pedal,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacture
Street Price: $169.00 USD + shipping

About: 
BMF Effects is an American manufacturer of boutique effects pedals.

This review is on The Great Wide Open overdrive point-to-point hardwired effects pedals.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Calaveras Rust Swamp Ash,... (Review)


Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $2,220 USD with case + shipping 

About:
Calaveras Fretworks Custom Guitar is a manufacturer of handcrafted, American made, custom, boutique electric guitars by master luthier Butch Iafelice, in Upper Bucks County, PA. 

This Calaveras rust swamp ash model has a one piece swamp ash body that flows into a medium “C” profile quarter sawn korina bolt-on neck that is dressed in a 22 fret, 12" radius cocobolo fingerboard featuring pearl dot inlays topped with a Tusq nut.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Fuchs Audio Technology Plush FX Pedals... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: 
Cream™ $199.99 USD + shipping & tax 
The Plush® Drive™ $229.99 USD & shipping & tax 
Noxious $249.99 USD + shipping & tax 
Pure Gain® $179.00 USD + shipping & tax 

About: 
Fuchs Audio Technology is an American manufacturer of boutique guitar amplifier and effects pedals.

This review is on the Plush FX Cream, The Plush Drive, Noxious and Pure Gain point-to-point hardwired effects pedals.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

FU-Tone PMS (Pickup Mounting System) Upgrade, The new standard in pickup technology ... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $49.95 USD + shipping & tax


About: 
FU-Tone PMS (Pickup Mounting System)  Upgrade. 
FU-Tone, formerly known as Floyd Upgrades, is the Manufacturer of aftermarket high-performance guitar parts designed to optimize a guitar's voice, sustain, playability, and tone.

Sunday, August 11, 2013

C.R. Alsip Guitars Vintage SCDT,... (Review)


Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $2,100 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 SCDT model has an alder body with the C.R. Alsip "drop top" flamed maple cap that flows into a 25" scale/12" radius maple through body neck with a matching maple fretboard topped with a 1-11/16" nut.  

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

The Speaker Cranker Overdrive Pedal by EarthQuaker Devices,... (Review)


Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $105.00 USD + tax & shipping

About: 
EarthQuaker Devices is an American manufacturer of boutique, hand-crafted, guitar effects pedals.

This Speaker Cranker features one control knob (more) with true bypass. This OD pedal is designed, in the words of the manufacturer "to give your amp some grit and a slight boost without drastically changing the character or tone of your set up".

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The Tier 3 Chena Model by Knaggs Guitars,... (Review)


Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $3,600.00 USD with case + shipping

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

This Tier 3 Chena model has a mahogany body with a "Tier 3" curly maple top that flows into a 24.75" set mahogany "59" profile neck dressed in a rosewood fingerboard featuring 24 frets separated by dot inlay markers ending with a bone nut.

Monday, June 10, 2013

The Barracuda by Satellite Amplifiers,... (Review)


Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $1,850.00 USD + Shipping 

About: 
Satellite Amplifiers is the manufacturer of boutique, hand-crafted, all-tube guitar amplifiers and effects based out of San Diego, CA.

This Barracuda model is based around a pair of Gold Lion KT66's power tubes with (2) Sovteck 12AX7WBs, a solid state rectifier, custom wound Mercury Magnetics transformers, fixed bias, high and low inputs with extended frequency response pushing 45 watts through (1) Celestion Creamback 12" and (1) Celestion Alnico Gold 12"  

Friday, June 7, 2013

G12M-65 Creamback by Celestion,... (Review)


Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $159.00 USD + tax & shipping

About: 
Celestion is the world's largest manufacturers of loudspeakers.

This G12M-65 Creamback features a power rating of 65 watts (rms) with a pressed steel chassis, round copper voice coil and a ceramic magnet with a nominal impedance of 8Ω & 16Ω in a 12”/305mm package. 

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Ala Carte Boutique Amplifiers by Booya Amplifier Services,... (Review)


Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $1,500 and up USD + tax & shipping

About: 
Booya Amplifier Services is an American manufacturer of boutique handcrafted, specialty guitar and bass guitar amplifiers that specializes in amplifier modification, customization, design and repair based out of Lake Hopatcong, NJ.  

This review is not on a single amplifier but on the Booya Amplifier Services company as a whole. 

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

The Howlin' Moon model #152 by Malinoski Guitars,... (Review)

Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $2,000 USD with case + shipping

About:
Malinoski Guitars is a manufacturer of handcrafted custom boutique American built electric and electric bass guitars.  

This Howlin' Moon model #152 has an acrylic lacquer and oiled walnut/ambrosia maple and ash/wenge stripe body dressed with an oiled ambrosia maple/douglas fir pickguard-control plate that flows into a 24 3/4" scale 7/8" slim "C" shaped maple neck with a padauk fretboard featuring 24 large frets topped with a 1 11/16" delrin nut with a total weight of 6 lbs 13 oz.