Joseph Kairis

Finally got one, after learning on Epiphone models from 14-18ish, had it since. Love it. Would sell the marshall full stack before I sell this. The only thing I like more than a normal, heritage cherry SG, is a really nice sunburst Les Paul.... MMmmm... :)

Hands down best/only tuner I use now after a cheap clip-on tuner marked a headstock of mine. The Pitchblack is more accurate than any plug-in or clip-on tuner I have used in the past. The LED bars make for an interesting spectacle on your pedalboard as well.

I bought one used about two weeks ago, and it squeaked and creaked like an old wicker rocking chair. Wrote the Morley tech guy and long story short, between my dad and him, I ended up taking my skinny fingers and a flat head screw driver and coating the spring in it and it worked like a charm! (Previous to this, it squeaked over a solid state 100w Blackstar head through a 4x12 Marshall cab at three-four on the volume knob)... Do NOT use WD-40 unless you take it apart and have some knowledge as to what you are doing, contrary to popular youtube-belief... Anyway, as for the review.. I love it! I wasn't sure about it at first, but the switch-less (contour Wah switch is to activate the knobs, which lets you dial in your preferred sound) design is really innovative. The knobs and switch are cool and all, but in the grand scheme, it doesn't compare to not needing to go forward and down on the stomp switch with the pedal to deactivate it (like a Dunlop Crybaby Wah). It has come to replace both of my crybabies in two short weeks. Cool pedal, give her a try!

I was apprehensive about pulling the trigger on this but I'm glad I did! It is an analog multi-effects pedal with a moderate footprint. It sounds great, I think my favorite-sounding effect oddly enough is the chorus. Anyway, it is a simplified version of three EHX pedals, the Memory Toy, Neo Clone, and Metal Muff. It is really about all you need effects wise in my mind (maybe add a Wah pedal too). The Metal Muff may require some tweaking to get the distortion sound you want, especially if your actually using it for metal. The Metal Muff Section also has a built in Noise Gate which can come in super handy. The Neo Clone section has a depth switch which allows you two distinct chorus sounds. Actually one of my favorite pedals, give it a try.

This was the first pedal board I ever owned/assembled and its great. I picked this one out due to the slant, all the pedal train ones I could find were flat. The underside allows for cord concealment via zip ties or twist ties at your discretion. It has a mounting bracket to secure your power source to the underside of the board. This saves you precious board space (no frontal power source mounting required). I've only got a few major pedals but this thing is a tank. Comes with a soft case as well!

I had a 1-spot daisy chain I acquired for free that I had considered using to power my new board, or maybe going in the opposite direction and shelling out $100 or more for a voodoo labs supply. I opted for this thirty dollar unit from Amazon instead. Not only does it work very well, it is small enough to be mounted under the slanted Gator boards. It also lights up blue so that your board looks cool. I was worried it wouldn't power my Digitech Whammy DT, however it powers it fine on the higher dc inputs. As an added bonus, this comes with nine or ten dc cables (didn't have to buy separate/ pay extra)! Great buy, highly recommend.

These are my favorite strap-locking system. A must-have for any guitar or bass you care about.

Long story short, I acquired one of these little doodads many moons ago, and its freakin great. I have it on my GibbySG, you could put them across a tune-o-matic bridge (some people don't actually rest their hand there, somehow. I do.) I guess, but mine is attached to my D or G string usually on the headstock. It stays in place decently enough, moving the guitar wildly would be no problem, but if you bump it even with your hand it will move a bit or occasionally fall right off. Mine is still in good shape however, and I will be buying one of these doohickeys for each guitar I plan to gig or even jam with. I do not know if they come in more colors or have larger size ones (not size for picks, for more picks I meant), however this will hold anything from a medium fender pick to my 2.0mm dunlop purples...have not tried it with thin but I am sure it would work just fine.

My dad has a ton of stuff (I feel like I'm repeating myself here :P ).. anyway the other night I went into his music room and found this little sucker NIB, still in plastic with the ebay receipt on it. Close to $170 retail I guess? Anyway I asked him about it and he had a $100 off ebay cupon ( he lives on that website) so it cost him like $50 or something + Shipping. ANYWAYS. I bust it out finally this afternoon and messed around with it, he told me how to use it but there was a cute little diagram of how to hook it up and on the back it has very simple, easy to follow instructions on how to use it. I guess they even make a footswitch (which he of course has, somewhere...), but even without it, the thing is pretty cool/decent. He also said they recorded real nashville drummers and bassists! How cool is that! On to the review. The technology blows my mind, because somehow, if you play something fairly simple (2-5 chord progressions), it will usually come up with a basic drum track and a fairly complex bass lines, at times its almost a walking bassline (Im not a bassist lol). Maybe 1/6 times, OR if I'm trying to do something too fast or metal-ish, the drums somewhat fit but the bassist sounds like he's high on acid or something. But I'm really stunned at how far technology has come. So there's a tempo knob (changes drums and bass tempo obviously), a mode button (Jazz to R&B, to Alt Rock, blues, even country, AND you can even go in between genres!), there is also a time signature knob thingy (I have only played drums like 15 times in my life, if that) which on the left side is strictly 4/4 time. Turn it clockwise fully to achieve a 3/4 time signature for the backing drums and bass. Overall very cool to jam with, after I get bored with the key or w/e I'll just turn the bass down and riff off the drums..the only good musicians I played with growing up were Lead guitarists (MAYBE like 2 or 3 of which I would consider above avg back then at least), and ONE good drummer for a while, so my rhythm is pretty good already, but its still pretty fun... and if nothing else its motivation to jam alone more.. :) EDIT: One other gripe, you can hit the guitar FX and get a little distortion, but there is no way to change/modify this distortion, and I figured there would be a clean out, but there isn't appearantly, unless I'm a total idiot haha. Anyways, my only fix would be to have a small/medium amp near by, and either plug ur guitar into it and set what you want then play it through the other amp clean. THEN go about soloing/riffing/song-writing on your main rig. Alternatively, play clean or enjoy the digitech standard distortion. OR, you can get another guitarist to play clean through it, jam with her/him AND the pedal, and BAM. Full band. Sort-of. Its fairly well done, and still fun.

I've owned one several months now, got it used in near Mint condition. Sounds great overall, nothing bad to say. I had bought it for the overdrive but now I'm in love with the clean setting. I went with this model after learning on a small marsh combo and then graduating to a Valvestate AVT. This all tube upgrade is based on the JCM 2000 series. Anyway check it out, it's killer. P.s.- This thing is crazy loud. I believe it is the loudest amp I've ever owned, I have not gone over 5-6 on the gain channels.

Some people are tone sticklers... well, I am one also. Honestly, I think this is one of the best acoustic simulators on any pedal (let alone amp head) I have ever seen. Not to mention, I really think the two overdrive channels are at least better than the MG series Marshalls. That aside, this thing BLEW after my first song of my first ever gig at age 17 (Dirty Deeds - AC/DC) and I swore I wouldn't keep it. I kept it as a reminder of Solid State w/ Valve (as my dad warned me- I didn't listen..). I'm sure I will use it for recording or something, and I do use it occasionally to jam.