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This Gear Spotlight I would like to feature the new Atomic Amps Amplifire Pedal. This pedal is the best sounding amp modeling unit on the market. I was never a fan of modeling until I tried The Studio Devil software. Studio Devil’s Marc Gallo designed all modeling specifically for this unit and it sounds amazing. […]
Gear Spotlight is my Ibanez BAL 7 LAC guitar. I received this guitar in 2000 when my band played Jemfest in Las Vegas. This guitar is killer. Mahogany Body curly maple top! Rosewood finger board. Dimarzio original blaze pick ups. And a bridge cover made for my 7 string low pro edge. I used this […]
The new Gear Spotlight is the incredible Morley George Lynch Dragon Wah 2. I have been using this wah a lot for my new CD recordings. I love it, here is some info on it and I also reposted a Lick Of The Week I did so you can hear how it sounds!! It does […]
The new Gear Spotlight is the Keeley Luna Over Drive Pedal. After years of modifying overdrive pedals, Robert Keeley has created an overdrive unlike any other. With a combination of OP-amp and JFET circuits you’ll be able to dial in subtle to over-the-top overdrives to push your amp. An ultra-smooth Baxandall EQ lets you create […]
This Gear Spotlight I would like to talk about E.W.S Japan The Little brute Drive. EWS has been releasing some killer pedals and each one is very unique. The great thing is this pedal is nice and small and is great for adding to your pedal board because it does not take up a lot […]
This Gear Spotlight I would like to feature The Majik Box Body Blow overdrive pedal. Majik box makes killer pedals that are made in the USA and sound great! The Body Blow is a great OD pedal , I love that it has a vintage .Mod switch and also another switch called Body. You can […]
The Feature Gear spotlight this time is a killer pedal by Keeley Electronics called the Nova Wah. If you have not tried this pedal yet, I suggest you do. I love this pedal, I recently used it while recording my new CD on a track called Burrata. It gives you an array of tones that […]
The Ibanez TS 808 HW is one of my favorite over drive boxes. I am a pedal nut and overdrive nut for sure. This one in particular stands out to me as one of the best sounding OD pedals. A little history and cool facts: when Ibanez was working on the development of this pedal […]
This time we would like to spotlight the Arion Chorus/Vibe Pedal which is modded by E.W.S Japan – part of Pro-sound communications. This pedal is a part of Rob’s live pedal board and has also been used on his last release Violet Horizon. The mod that EWS does makes the pedal true bypass, adds a […]
This is my Ibanez RGA LAC Prestige guitar. I call this guitar ” Violet Horizon ” it was used on my newest CD Violet Horizon and has such a sweet tone. It really comes shining through on the track ” Trinity” from Violet Horizon. The guitar is all swamp ash and has a maple back […]