Cost: $399.99, new on Sweetwater or find one cheaper on Reverb.com! Overview and Final Score: 8.8 Squier’s FSR Classic Vibe ’70s P Bass got my attention within seconds of walking into my local guitar center. The surf green finish, black block inlays, and gloss polyester finish make this bass one of the best looking andContinue reading “Squier FSR Classic Vibe ’70s Precision Bass Review”
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Fender Powercaster: The Next Guitar I Need To Review
Things are a bit slow right now, as I’m waiting for a few new guitars to actually arrive at my place for review. So new reviews will be out soon! In the meantime, I have not been able to get the Fender Powercaster out of my mind after watching flor’s lead singer Zach rock oneContinue reading “Fender Powercaster: The Next Guitar I Need To Review”
Under-appreciated Guitars: The Squier Vista Series Jagmaster According to McKinley Kitts of flor
After getting to interview flor for Ultimate-Guitar.com (read it HERE), their guitarists McKinley Kitts and me started talking about his really unique guitar choice. McKinley rocks out on stage with a Squier Vista Series Jagmaster, an affordable model guitar built in Japan sometime in the late ’90s. I actually have had my eye on ReverbContinue reading “Under-appreciated Guitars: The Squier Vista Series Jagmaster According to McKinley Kitts of flor”
Glarry Music Releases GTL Tele-Style Guitar for under $80
While I haven’t always said nice things about Glarry guitars in terms of quality, you really can’t beat them in value. Guitars range from like $60-80 and they work, which for a lot of people makes the instrument way more accessible. Are they “good” guitars? Eh, not really, but they do work and do soundContinue reading “Glarry Music Releases GTL Tele-Style Guitar for under $80”
Yamaha FG3 Acoustic Guitar Review
Cost: $799.99, new from Sweetwater! Thanks to Stephanie from Yamaha for lending me this great acoustic! Overview and Final Score: 8.5 One of Yamaha’s newest acoustic guitars, the FG3 is a mix of top tier features packaged together at a price more suitable for the modern performing guitarists. The back and sides are solid Mahogany,Continue reading “Yamaha FG3 Acoustic Guitar Review”
Donner Upgraded Digital Wireless Guitar Transmitter-Receiver Review
Cost: $88.99, new from Amazon Thanks to the Donner Vine program, I was able to review this awesome wireless setup! How it Works & Final Score: 7.5 The Donner Wireless system is a straightforward and accessible way to make your live guitar or bass rig wireless. With about 200 feet of reported range, the farthestContinue reading “Donner Upgraded Digital Wireless Guitar Transmitter-Receiver Review”
I Tried Out One of 920D’s Pre-Wired Harnesses and My Guitar Sounds Great Now
After highlighting 920D as one of the 5 best aftermarket products for guitar modification, they kindly reached out to me and sent me this great pre-wired harness to test out in one of my Thinline builds! The Thinline is going to be used for a very interesting build and article soon, but in the meantimeContinue reading “I Tried Out One of 920D’s Pre-Wired Harnesses and My Guitar Sounds Great Now”
Check Out This New Andy Summers Signature Strat From Fender
Combining Summers’ love for guitar playing and photography, Fender’s latest signature model is finished with a collection of monochrome photos taken by The Police guitarist himself. Built by Dennis Galuszka in the Fender Custom Shop, this Stratocaster’s two piece alder body has a NOS urethane coating over the images, and a maple neck and fretboard.Continue reading “Check Out This New Andy Summers Signature Strat From Fender”
Nobels ODR-1 Overdrive Pedal Review
Cost: $99.00, new find your own on Reverb.com or Amazon.com! Huge thanks to Ed for making all these great Osiamo product reviews happen! How it Works and Final Score: 8.7 I have to start this review out by saying that this pedal should not sound different than the ODR-mini logically, but honestly, the ODR-1 soundsContinue reading “Nobels ODR-1 Overdrive Pedal Review”
Nobels ODR-mini Pedal Review
Cost: $79.00, new. Want your own? Check HERE for the best prices! Huge thanks to Ed from Osiamo for sending this for review! How it Works and Final Score: 7.7 The ODR-mini is the smaller, more pedal board friendly version of its big brother, the Nobels ODR-1. Capable of going from overdriven tube amp toContinue reading “Nobels ODR-mini Pedal Review”
