Stacked Overdrives/Dual OD Setup part 1: Theory

I’ve been promising this post for awhile. Now I felt like I’ve built it up so much that I cannot actually write this with the preceding hype. Yeah, hehe… hype. Whatever.
Ah, this blog was based on me having fun, learning from my mistakes and hopefully having a laugh with a few friends. Alright… lets see [...]

Upcoming posts…Gear Score!

Greetings everybody! I hope you all are having a wonderful holiday.
I have rearranged my board some (as evidenced by my previous post) as I have received some new gear. I have a Seymour Duncan “Shape Shifter” tremolo which did not work, so the replacement should be here any day now, as well as the Hermida [...]

Back to basics- or- you and your amp playing with effects

Okay, quick note here to let you all know I am okay! I made it through finals and survived quite nicely. Now I am relaxing and enjoying the break. So far I have scored a Wii (thanks to the wife, and early too!) with a few healthy doses of man-testosterone games. So I decided to [...]

Have a Merry Guitarist Christmas

Better to Have Good Rhythm Rather than Bad Lead

I was figuring out some riffs for songs this Sunday and was really struck by the selection- I think silence on my behalf is going to be there for most of the set. Silence, or light ambience. I have found a couple of fills that fit, but NO solos, no defining riffs, nothing of the [...]

In Class with G.A.S.

Of Course I am talking about “Gear Aquisition Syndrome”, but of course I enjoyed the jr high fart joke as well.
Check out this vid. I really enjoyed it. Really… really…. mmmmm, tasty. I mean, if you can’t taste this, then something isn’t connected right…. tasty….

thoughts?
Anyone have experience with the Zen 2 [...]

The Pick Fairy…

There you are- playing away, jamming your best, and you realize that you, YES YOU, have a favorite pick. This pick was from the same pack of picks as all the others you played (cuz you bought them in bulk, cuz hey- when you find something good, they are going to discontinue it right? So [...]