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” The TS808 reissue features the same famous large square footswitch and the even more famous warm tones of the JRC4558 chip used in most of the original TS808’s. For players who feel their tone is suffering from a lack of real warmth, the TS808 is the Real prescription. As many in the know, this is the pedal that defined SRV sound. But it’s not the reason why this pedal is so special. The Tube Screamer has a unique, (more…)

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Headstock Productions recently released a big documentary film which is now available on DVD through their website. Here’s the full scoop from the site:
“Strat®Masters is the most important audiovisual documentary to tell the story of the worlds most iconic instrument - The Fender® Stratocaster® Guitar.
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Periodically someone will come out with some contraption that promises stronger fingers, better speed, greater endurance etc., however few of them give you no more help than squeezing a tennis ball would. Not so with the “Gripmaster Hand and Finger Exerciser!” This product has been available for a good number of years - proof in my mind as to its effectiveness. The Gripmaster (more…)

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”You can play it anytime and anywhere for built-in an amplifier with a 10cm full-range speaker.” - ah you have to love when translation goes slightly wrong! This guitar also “making powerful distortion sound” which is nice. The body is cast from an aluminium alloy (AC-48) so I assume, maybe incorrectly, that it is very light and crappy sounding, especially through the built in (more…)

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Silvertone from 1957-58. This instrument is actually for sale for $1449 and according to the 1957 Sears catalogue has “Curly maple top and back. Mahogany sides. Hand-polished finish. 2 built-in pickups. Volume, tone control. 3-way selector switch”. It also has a glued-on, fully (more…)

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