Seymour Duncan have created an interesting new overdrive pedal called the 805 Overdrive: The Seymour Duncan 805 Overdrive pedal is designed using the same chip as in the legendary 808, but with an expanded gain range and an active 3-band EQ that isn't common on overdrives. It's so versatile that you can use it for a smooth, lyrical bluesy overdrive one minute and a modern … [Read more...]
Farmland FX SIMO Supa Fuzz
Nashville-based guitarist JD Simo is a vintage guitar fanatic. He plays vintage guitars, vintage amps, and when he uses effects they are generally vintage. (He's even started a vintage-focused guitar blog.) One of the vintage effects he likes a lot is the Marshall Supa Fuzz, which can be very expensive to purchase if you can find them anymore. To make it easier to find this … [Read more...]
PRS SE Bass Guitars: Kingfisher and Kestrel
PRS have released new basses to their popular SE import line. The basses are called the Kingfisher and the Kestrel: Designed in PRS’s Maryland shop, the Kingfisher and Kestrel both feature neck through construction for sustain and evenly balanced tone, but are very distinctive instruments. The SE Kingfisher is a huge-sounding bass with distinct old-school tonal character … [Read more...]
Anthony Stauffer and TrueFire: 50 Monster SRV Guitar Licks You Must Know
Anthony Stauffer of Texas Blues Alley has recently created a course for TrueFire called 50 Monster SRV Guitar Licks You Must Know. Learning SRV ’s licks note-for-note will only get you halfway there, but understanding the underlying harmonic approaches and technical construction of those licks will take you all the way home. And that’s precisely how Anthony Stauffer … [Read more...]
Joe Bonamassa Fuzz Face Mini
Dunlop and Joe Bonamassa have recently teamed up to create a new, smaller version of Bonamassa's signature fuzz face, called appropriately enough the Joe Bonamassa Fuzz Face mini: The FFM4 Joe Bonamassa Fuzz Face Mini Distortion delivers the same thick, creamy fuzz tones as its big brother but in a much smaller housing with several upgrades for modern convenience. Equipped … [Read more...]