crusherdestroyer

After spending close to a year researching and playing Les Paul Standards in different configurations from various eras, in the end a modern (2021) Les Paul Standard ended up being the best sounding and playing I found. I couldn't be happier with this guitar!

These guitars were only made for a short time in the early 90's, just in time for grunge to take over popular music and make shred guitars -- and Ibanez, by extension -- extremely undesirable to most new guitarists at the time. (Until nu-metal made 7 string guitars popular, at least.) I bought my 442R in 1994, and while a lot of my attachment to it is sentimental, it plays amazingly well, especially when you consider its price point. It has a small, contoured body, almost identical to the Joe Satriani signature models that came out the same year, and features a HSS pickup configuration. The stock pickups sound good *enough*, though I swapped my bridge pickup out for a Dimarzio Super Distortion and it really brought the guitar to life. It has an alder body, a maple neck, and locking tuners, and is a great guitar for its price.

I love this pedal, by my only gripe is it sounds fizzy at low volumes.

I bought this pedal to put in front of my Rockerverb for playing stoner/doom/sludge. The fuzz knob changes the tone from an overdrive (at 8 o'clock) to distortion (noon) to all out unruly fuzz (dimed). The tone knob has a HUGE sweep, and is capable of producing a ton of different EQ settings. The Fuzz War sound best with the pedal volume pretty high, so this isn't a great pedal if you like to play at home with other people around. The volume also plays a big role in the tone, so dialing this pedal in takes a little bit or work, but if you like big, sludgy fuzz, this pedal is perfect. It does everything I wish my Big Muff did.