Some Nights You Just Suck

And I’m referring to myself. On the guitar. Nothing blew in my rig, band was tight, tone was good……and I sucked. hehe You know it’s bad when not even turning on more delay helps you. Some nights.
Splendid. (No, that doesn’t really apply here, does it.)
Karl.

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Tonal Musings

Absolutely no idea where this is going. So I’m just going to free associate…which means that 90% of what comes out will probably be about tone. And of course, will all be irrefutable facts. Riiiigggghhht.

I could really use a Matchless HotBox right now. I think it’ll probably sound good…but moreso I just really want that [...]

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Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is & Amp Overdrive Vs. Pedal Overdrive

Which is difficult, because if you’ve been on this page for a piece, it’s obvious that I have a big mouth. Lots of opinions that I prefer to call facts, simply because they came from my own head. In which case they must be true. And then that is followed by lots of gradual back-pedaling [...]

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What Happens When You Get ‘Too’ Into Effects

I know you may not think that I believe that is possible. But it most definitely is. And this video points that out perfectly…and painfully…and oh sweet mercy, make it stop–fully. (?) Now, this is a pretty famous video, and what Alexander Dumble was thinking in hiring this guy to demo his $50,000 amps is [...]

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Score!!! I do like cheap pedals!!! (Oh ya, and Boss RV3 Review & Demo)

So after my recent Bad Monkey review, hehe……well, let’s just say the response has been…eh…less than positive. And I have been accused of purposefully setting the knobs on the ‘cheaper’ or ‘mass-produced’ pedals in my video shootouts, to make them sound bad. hehe And I mean, I can see their point…the cheap pedals do sound [...]

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Tone Tip #16

That is all you ever need know.
Splendid.
Karl.

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Holland Brentwood Review & Demo

Guess I’m on an amp kick. Amps are tough because they sound better than pedals (ya, I know someone will argue me that running a Klon direct is every bit as good as an amp, but I’ve yet to hear it…and of course if I’ve yet to hear it, it doesn’t exist…hehe), but unless you’re [...]

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Gear Initiation

My gear is my family. I love every piece on its own, individually (well…until a better-sounding family member gets invented and I have to buy it), and every piece of gear loves me, too. How do they say it? With sweet tone.
But as I graft members into this little family, I do like to give [...]

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Penance

I am running sound. Right now. As we speak. I’ve been trying to get rid of this annoying high-pitched feedback that I now realize is an intentional part of the band’s loops.
My church is currently putting on a youth concert for a fantastic cause, and I volunteered for this…well, and I’m afraid of how the [...]

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Divided by 13

Please don’t judge me.
I just can’t stop. And not the buying gear part. That part is easy to stop……you just run out of money. But the quest for tone part. Because you can always sell something to buy something better. (Or, well, that you think for that particular hour, is going to be better. Next [...]

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