Anthony Sclafani

It's got everything- looks, feel, sound, everything. The finish is perfect, super smooth and feels like bare wood. No more glossy necks for me. The fretwork is impeccable and the setup & intonation is perfect. PRS does an outstanding job with quality control, and deserve every bit of praise they get for it. You can tell a lot of work goes into making sure every guitar is perfect. The rolled fretboard edges feel great. The bridge is outstanding: I'm not an EVH divebomb kind of player, but I'll do subtle trem stuff here and there. I was used to playing a trem on a Squier Strat that never stayed in tune and was really stiff so I always stay away from using it. I then moved to an Explorer with a Gotoh stop tailpiece that holds its tuning really well, so I was totally sold on stop tailpieces. Then I got this PRS, and I wish every guitar had this same bridge. It holds its tuning incredibly well, and I'm sure you can definitely do Pantera whammy stuff without it going out of tune. The trem is super smooth & fluid, so it's not stiff and tense like some cheaper trems you see. Not trying to down Squier at all (I actually highly recommend their Bullet Strats) since there's obviously a big difference in quality between Squier and PRS. In my opinion, no one should have their first guitar be a really nice Gibson or Fender or PRS, it should be a beginner's guitar that makes you appreciate a really nice guitar like my PRS. I love the vintage sounding pickups, they're super versatile and the knobs and coil split are great too. If you ever get the chance to play one of these, I can't recommend it enough. It's incredibly comfortable to play, looks great and sounds great. Fantastic guitar, I absolutely love it.

Lightweight, portable, and also loud enough to be heard over a drummer. Best amp I've ever played. If you want a flexible amp that can get tons of tones, this is the amp for you. The controls make it easy to switch channels & EQ your tone, & the onboard effects provide loads of options without the option paralysis of similar amps. No more scrolling through 100 menus just to tweak your tone. The Katanas also come with Boss's Tone Studio software, which includes a ton of classic effects including all the Boss pedals, a Tube Screamer, ProCo Rat, Big Muff, Flanger, Phaser, and Korg SDD-3000. There's way more effects, but those are just a few. The Tone Studio software is super easy to use, and you can easily share patches & presets with it. In addition to the multitude of great features already mentioned, you can also change the effects chain in Tone Studio so you can put delays in the effects loop even though the Katana 50w doesn't have an actual effects loop. Absolutely no complaints whatsoever about my Katana 50w, it's an amazing amp & I absolutely love it. I can't recommend it highly enough, it's great for any genre & any type of player, from beginner to professional.

Got this super cheap off Amazon. Had it for a few months, still haven't had any problems with it. I'm new to pedals & knew I needed a power supply instead of batteries, but everyone said get an expensive isolated power supply or you'll get noise issues. Those were too expensive for me, so I gave this one a shot. Never had any hissing or noise issues of any kind, it works perfectly so I saved a lot of money. I'd recommend it.

The sound is fantastic, & the depth switch makes it really versatile. It has a nice shimmer that not every chorus has, the cheap ones especially don't have that & sound too plain. For Nirvana fans, it's obv a must have. The build quality is ok- it feels mildly flimsy & idk how durable it is. Compared to a Boss, the Boss has it beat by far. The Small Clone without a battery feels a little hollow- on the plus side, it's fairly lightweight, but it lacks that ruggedness that a Boss pedal has. My biggest issue is the power switch on the bottom. You have to really stomp on it to get it to click & engage- it's pretty annoying tbh & I'll prob try modding it for a better switch. You have to use a lot of force to get it to click, it's not a fluid/smooth switch like most pedals. It also feels like the shaft of the switch is a little longer so you have to push harder to get it to turn on/off. Sounds awesome, very simple to use, just wish the build quality was a little better. My biggest issue is the switch- if you leave it on most of the time, you won't have a problem, but if you're constantly turning it on/off you'll find the switch is annoying. The switch itself seems to work ok, I just wish it was better & didn't need so much force to engage. I got mine used from GC & it has a power issue where when it's plugged into a power supply, sometimes it won't turn on/off when you press the switch- I think that's a problem with the internal wiring so I'll have to figure out why that is. Hard for me to tell if that problem is cuz the previous owner was rough with it & abused it or if the problem was from poor build quality. At the end of the day, it seems to be a good pedal that sounds great & is simple to use, I just wish the switch was better & it felt a little sturdier. Hopefully this review is useful to anyone reading it.

Not sure if it works on bass, but I use it with my PRS & it works great with no problems. Display is big & bright, def works well in dark environments. Plus it's really cheap. Highly recommend.

I got these when I was at a Guitar Center in Virginia (Seven Corners to be precise) for their Labor Day Sale. I got the 3 year warranty on them as well, so I got the monitors plus the warranty for $80. The monitors themselves were $60 the weekend that I got them, which is a really really good deal. I haven't tested very many monitors so I can't compare them to other brands, but I can say that they reproduce the sound really well. I use them for everything- tv, music, etc. They give a great clean, crisp sound that's in my opinion really good for soft and/or acoustic stuff. They can also be pushed really hard and they don't clip or distort-I've had mine for over a year and I've never had a single problem with them. Plus they have bluetooth, so I can use my phone with it to play music wirelessly which I love. I mainly use them as an amp/PA for my guitar- I run it the guitar through Guitar Rig 5 Pro (amazing software, highly recommend) and then use an aux jack cable (or whatever the technical term is, I just know it's the one you plug headphones into) to connect the monitors to my laptop. It honestly sounds like an actual amp, plus I can control the volume without having to sacrifice tone. I find the monitors work really well with the software. All around, they're really good monitors. I haven't had any problems ever (no fried electronics, no blown out speakers) and I play them pretty loud. They handle everything really well, and they give a nice balanced mix. Good bright top end, punchy mids, and solid bass response. Plus I got them for only $60, which is an amazing deal especially since monitors can easily go for several hundred dollars. I love them. I highly recommend these.

This software is incredible. There's so much stuff in here- a ton of amp heads and a ton of cabinets, plus loads of classic effects pedals (Boss DS-1, Tube Screamer, Big Muff, Boss CE-1, etc). I love this program since I love trying to match a guitar sound exactly as I hear it in a song, so all the gear in here has made it really easy to do. It's pretty simple to use, as long as you know what each of the units is. I like to compare it to Photoshop- Photoshop is an amazing program where if you know what you're doing you can do some really cool stuff, but if you have no idea how to use it then it's going to look awful. GR5 Pro is the same way- if you have a good ear for getting the right guitar tone then it's perfect but if you don't know what you're doing then it will sound awful. It has a preinstalled bank of preset rigs and tones that can be pretty decent, but I like starting from scratch since I think it sounds better that way. The presets that are included are definitely diverse in genre (everything from metal to shoegaze), so there's a good selection. They have a great number of classic amps (Twin Reverb, Bassman, Dual Rectifier, JCM800, AC30, etc) and they're pretty accurate in matching/emulating the tone of the actual amp. I love it because it's essentially an entire Guitar Rig that fits in your laptop, that way you can get all your tones and gear without having to lug it around in a van. My only complaint is that they seem to have discontinued the Guitar Rig product line, so they should reissue a Guitar Rig 6 that would include additional amps and pedals. This software is really good at what it does, I just wish they continued making it because the people that use it really love it. So Native Instruments, if you're reading this, please continue making Guitar Rig software!

Never had any problems with it. It's a capo, it's pretty simple.

If you want something modular so you can modify your board size, JTJ is the best. It's super lightweight, and I use the big one. You can take it apart to make smaller boards too. Customer service is also excellent. Highly recommend.