phil_isix's Reviews

Metal Muff ....that sounds ............. This is T.C

Another great pedal with a top boost used bu also many people

Big Muff PI USA

Fuzz very know and used by so many people

Cheapest but greatest sounds with seymour Duncan

Great sounds from crystal clear to very strong and powerful ones. The neck is made of maple and the fretboard is rosewood, the body is basswood, tuners are stable and the vintage tremolo stays in tune, you can only push it but not pull. That's a detail because it's not a Floyd Rose and all problems are avoid. The Seymour Duncan pickups are very well designed for this neck and body !

There is nothing you can't do with this amp, very loud !!!!!!

There is nothing you can't do with this amp, it is very great piece , good ideas to mix tubes. 4 x 12AX7 for preamp + 4 6L6 for power amp. You get a vary power to be able to use it at 100/75//50/25 even 1 watt !!! and you can keep the warmth of tubes in a 4x12 Celestion Greenbacks 4,8,16 ohms, 3 chanels, 3 band Eqs and Gain and Presence, one boost switchable by included pedal board , you can get all British and American sounds,and clean sounds that you can shape in the FX loop. The categories are 2, but modes are 3, in fact you can get Mos Fet Modern Technology, or Valves technology and powerfulness then you can get BOTH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! a good reverb, MIDI seems to be implemented, Fx loop can be triggered from pedal switch of the 6 buttons pedal board. This amp is very loud ut can deliver very smooth sounds with great sustain

Great acoustic nylon guitar with a cutaway

The top in cedar completely fits to this kind of instrument, ans plus a fishman pickup The Fretboard is made of rosewood, a scale of 650 mm, a large nut of 50 mm. Good tuners, and all the sounds are very surprising from bass to treble, the sound from a mixer coming from the pickup is totally great !!!!!

Very Good Cheap Fender with Seymour Duncan 101 single coil pickups

Great sounds from crystal clear to very strong and powerful ones. The neck is made of maple and the fretboard is rosewood, the body is basswood, tuners are stable and the vintage tremolo stay in tune, you can only push it but not pull. That's a detail because it's not a Floyd Rose and all problems are avoid.

So nice smooth sounds are with acoustic guitars and warm & hot compressed sounds when attack is set up higher

You can use it with acoustic or electric guitars and even basses, you choose your mode Led or Valves compression, the sounds are different and attack also, but when your bout it in the effects loop it becomes very efficient with overdrive and distortion even at low level, sounds become very aggressive especially with Blackstar HT-Dual (Valve) and Blackstar HT-DistX (Valve). I bought it on Ebay because mine was stolen in my car ..... you can change the valves 12AX7 with ECC83 ECC84 JJNxxxxx a lot of if compatible. I finally mix one 12AX7 and one JJxxxxx

Good Sounds by Pre/Amps FX and COSM technology plus MIDI

Great sounds not better than the Line6 HD POD 500X but EQs are the great point of comparison with the Line 6, you don't need a guitar amp, I use it with two power ampsof 2 x 400 w, and speakers used for music, but not guitar amps, and it sounds really great when patch settings are adequate.

Same quality as the infinium 333 but with a plusno bias setting needed

This head is completely well made, you can mix tubes 6L6 KT88 6V6 12AX7 ECC83 EL34 no matter, it's always matching, no surprise, no Bias setting needed after changing tubes..... cool ! 120 w very loud, PreAmp 6 x 12AX7, Amp 4 x 6L6 , 3 band EQ, 3 channels, commutable Impedance in 4/8/16 Ohm, pedal board to change between the 3 chanel Clean/Crunch/Lead and an FX loop with send / return. This amp is a good deal for the price and sounds great as well as Mesa Boogie , Marshall, Engl and so on ........... the sound is here !!!!

Very great pedal Great precise sounds (the price is very high if never used , buy it half of price)

This is the best of the best pedals that can make you sound like a big monster even in a small amp from 10' 12' 15' and even compressors in bass cabinets. That sounds even in a solid state amplifier, but I recommend valves amps with other valves (see at bottom of this) and so on to get a more precise sound after tweaking, it's warm and very loud even without compression. Emulation is very well done and efficient. All frequencies with 6,7,8 strings are magnified !!!! I've tested it with a mandolin in an Ampeg Valve Head and 8x10" If you put on the compression, be careful your ears will quickly heart if your are very sensitive. One chanel , killer sound to soft distorsion to metal ones. Be careful voltage is 22 volts it is high one. You can change the "EHX 12AX7" with "JJ NN003 ECC83S" or "TAD12AT7" , I tested the JJ ones and did not remark a great difference but I prefer the Sovtek EHX ones they seem to be clearest and brightest , this is my opinion, not yours, experiment. These are preamps valves and not amplification one don't be confused !!!

This one is the best I've ever had and played on ! Great Blackstar (5 stars)

Left switch equals to clean channel , right one is the dirty channel from distortion until METAL !!!! This pedal is also playable at a very low gain and volume with an electro-acoustic guitar to get a warm sound and it's cool ! but under this very heavy and strong pedal, the engine is sleeping and waits for your fingers to tweak every button, and that you press left or right to get the channel you want. Be careful with this one the sound becomes more and more sot or aggressive, don't forget it's a TRUE VALVE ECC83/12AX7 that completely changes the power and and the shape with the ISF button if you desire to get British or American sounding, it's a pure beauty and fury !!! great sounds I use it with a Fender Twin Reverb and Mesa Boogie Mark III and V and Bugera 333 / 6262 / Trirec .... never heard this before , every note is carefully reproduced without forgetting anything, don't touch too much the valve after playing you can be burned by it, like 6.35 jacks after playing a long time on tube power amps. Chanel one (lft knob) Crunch is very good and second chanel (rgt knob) is killer sound to soft distorsion to metal ones. Be careful voltage is 22 volts it is high one. You can change the "EHX 12AX7" with "JJ NN003 ECC83S" or "TAD12AT7" , I tested the JJ ones and did not remark a great difference but I prefer the Sovtek EHX ones they seem to be clearest and brightest , this is my opinion, not yours, experiment. These are pre amps valves and not amplification one don't be confused !!!

Great job for mixing Fender and Gibson

This guitar is pure fury, with its 2 volumes and one Tone and 3 positions switch. A lot of settings given with some possibilities of kill switch effects when you don't pick with your (right) hand. The switch is quite well positioned at the right place. The Kramer Vibrato is very stable and efficient. Even when volume and / or Tone is /are back, you still get precise sound because of the very powerful Alnico V pickups !!!! (very close to 1983 Seymour Duncan with more power)

Great guitar with high sustain (Made in U.S.A)

Don't be ashamed by copies or reissued series, because some have less defaults of yougth than originals, the only thing you have to take care is the pickups if you don't like them you have EQ to change the colour of sound. It sounds very clean on a Fender Twin Reverb / Mesa Boogie / Marshall / Bugera with different 10" 12" 15" speakers .............. Try it !

Every setting gives you more / less Bass Medium treble like parametric EQ bass but GREAT SOUNDS

One more model of Mr Matsumoku great conceptor and creator of a lot of Made In Japan models of different trademarks. It's called SPIRIT but french translated and printed such as "ESPRIT". This is the most surprising guitar I've ever had because the sound is active, the neck pickup and the bridge pickup can be in phase opposition with help of the phantom middle pick up that can add medium treeble bass to the pickups bridge/neck thank's to Mr Matsumoku that had great ideas to help guitarists. You can set up even with a distortion a clean acoustic sound bright and clean only by turning the tone and volume knobs down or up, completely amazing, even if you let the distortion, never seen that before. The quality of the sounds on this guitar is really a complete success. You can really hear a crystal acoustic sound. In these days, you would pay 2 or 3 thousand dollars, to get this quality, greater than a Fender Stratocaster, no noise with these pickups and you get more .... the possibility to get very precise EQ on the sound. The tremolo is a floating one with only 2 studs

Extra Thin neck / large frets / Kill switch / +12 dB Booster Switch / Locking Nut / Khaler tremolo

In the 80's this guitar, was my best friend , the pickups HSS are not bad, they are special Japan, and with the booster switch of 12 dB sounds become very powerful, the humbucker is not one, this is a P90 more precise in response, you get also a useful kill switch, to cut all gain and volume, it can replace a volume pedal and a noise gate for instance by using the single coil pickups. This is still a Matsumoku great Japan guitars he made with a lot of care, and the Kahler flyer tremolo model that is put on the table, no hole in the body, that changes the sustain and makes the sound rounder. The neck is really a pleasure because very thin and 4,2 cms just at the nut, the frets are very large 2,2 mm and very easy to push or pull your fingers when bending. Every sound is perfect and just !! You can really play hours and hours, the body is well made and fits to your body.

Some more informations

http://matsumoku.org/models/ariaproii/mm/mm.html

MM for Mega Metal

Body : alder Neck : replaceable maple, original, smooth join, perloid fingerboard : rosewood, 22 frets Scale : 650 mm Pickups : Bridge 1MMK 45 Humbucher - resistance 11.6 Mid & Neck 2 single coil the bridge or neck pickup - resistance 5.6 Controls : Master Volume w/power switch 2 active control tones Power switch for active pickups - Booster switch +10 dB 5 position toggle switch - Kill switch all Tailpiece : Kahler Flyer 2330 vibrato Machine Heads : Die-cast String nut : bone + lock nut Harware plating : Chrome Finishes : Pearl White, Dark Metallic purple

Carlsbro ProCab2x15 2H 400 4Ohm You can't destroy this kind of Monster

You can play Acoustics instruments, guitar, Bass, Synth It sounds ans very loud in 4 Ohms, with a guitar when you play distorted sounds with a wah don't stay too close to the cab because you're going to put your fingers in your ears, compressors are very efficient in the result of sounds, even for acoustic instruments, but it Can sound like some Mike Oldfield sound, very loud in low mids, mids, high mids with the help of the two compressors , but also with two 15"

Carlsbro made great amps even without tube !!!!!! and very clean and loud

I choose this amp a long time ago, at the beginning for clean tones like acoustic guitar mandolin banjo ukulele to get the best sound with no distorsion ..... and I still have it. The cabinet used with this amp is a MONSTER Carlsbro Procab 2x15 2H 400W that has 2 compressors, and you can also play Bass on it, and Synth, Frequencies on 15'' are not the same compared to 12'' 10'' 8'' this one is very particular one, the color of sounds is always fitting to what you want because you have also an equalizer on the amp to correct spectrum of your instruments (and a chorus/vibrato)..Two chanels that can be differently equalized. No tube in this amp and it's better.

All the technology of Mesa Boogie (Marshall & Fender sounds more in 1984 !!!!) 100 w / 4 ohms

Always a pleasure so plug a guitar and listen to the excellent clean crunch lead tones with the simple pedal board to switch between chanel 1 or 2, it was my companion since 35 years, and no problem with it, only tubes changed twice a year, because of intense using, loop send / return, reverb, and choice of the class , simple but sounds very great to get every sound like Carlos Santa, Gary Moore and a lot of other great bands on this earth, never found a better amp to get long sustain in the 80's of course, and never change its 6L6 that I didn't want to change with another tubes to keep the original sound and not to destroy parts of preamp or amp. you can also get Marshallesque and Fenderesque sounds very easily with class A/B switch on the back of the head . Power of 100w under 4 ohm, bias must be done by a professional to avoid destruction of the amp / preamp or risk of being killed by high capacitors

Ortega handmakes very great sounding nylon guitars (not only spanish but a lot of ...)

You can play hours and hours on this kind of guitar, every slow or quick movement is surprising, because of the pure sounding due to the wood choosen in the building of it. you get an integrated efficient electronic tuner and a preamp, that is also a good choise, I plugged it in a Roland JC-40, no need of tube in this case, it is so beautiful with some delay and reverb, you can integrate this kind of typical sound in any kind of music, picking or soloing, great pleasure. Thank's to Ortega to make great wood instruments, that come into a very protecting bag. I like to play only with my nails that transmit perfectly the attack I desire and nylon resonance is a pleasure for my ears, because when you play between 8 and up to 10 hours every day, with electric guitars, acoustic is a welcome breath of air, you can feel the sound of what you play in your chest only with round vibrations.

Very efficient guitar easy to play with pleasure, perfect sound, thin neck, great sounds

This guitar is very easy to play and it is a good surprise to hear the sound of its pickups don't say they're bad, take time to test and if you don't like , use parametric equalizer you 'll get even Mike Oldfield's biting and crying sounds thank's to Jackson. Very light and very thin 24 frets neck. Good product indeed and small price. This one was fretted in China with bad metal not adapted for frets, So if you play more than 10 hours a day don't forget that frets are going to suffer of this bad metal. perhaps made now in Japan, this should be better quality but not the same price. So when you use the Floyd Rose to make some vibration / sustain on low / high ends, you will see that frets become cut by the strings
very quickly even if you change your strings every week and don't play at the same positions all the time, but on 7 days it's a 56 hours work (more than 240 hours a month and about 300 hours a year !!!!??? this is here where finish most of guitars with planification or re-fretting !!!!!!