rmerrill2470's Reviews

DEFINITION OF PORTABLE

The SOLO 18 is made to make the most of a pedalboard with the smallest footprint possible. Fit all of your favorite pedals, power supplies, and MODS into a travel-ready rig.

The Perfect Antidote for Noisy Daisy-chained Power

Whacked-out lighting fixtures, out-of-control Wi-Fi signals, and shoddy wiring are guaranteed to wreak havoc on your pedalboard. Do you want to listen to an ear-piercing combination of 60-cycle hum, a bootleg radio broadcast, and your vintage fuzz stompbox? Neither does your audience. That's why you need to step up to a high-quality isolated power supply like the Ernie Ball Volt. At Sweetwater, we've found that the Volt accommodates nearly any digital or analog effects pedal with clean, reliable power via its regulated 9V and 18V DC outputs. What's more, it boasts LED status indicators, offers short circuit and thermal protection for your gear, and its compact shielded housing fits just about anywhere. The Ernie Ball Volt also comes with a universal AC adapter and five DC power cables.

D*mble in a box without the price

All the benefits of the Ethos OD plus an integrated 30 Watt Amplifier.

Effects port for inserting effects inline. Powers standard or broadband speakers. Transitions from clean to OD tones just by the articulation of the guitar pick or guitar volume control. Offers great tone & touch sensitivity. Two Independent Channels with an Integrated Boost Function--Resulting in 3 different Foot-Switch Selectable Sounds. Compact: 1.5" x 7.5" x 4.75" Lightweight: Amp 1.7lbs, Adapter 1.1lbs Powers Standard or Broadband Speakers. Flexible: The Ethos Amp can be used as an Amp, Pedal Preamp, Power Amp, DI interface for broadband systems (PA, Studio or PC). Preamp out: 1 kohm source impedance. Power Amp in: 1 megohm input impedance

most versidale chorus ever .....

With the Tone-print feature I can get everything from a Boss CE-1 to a Landau Tri-chorus and anything in between. One of the TC Electronic best chorus

great cab

This cabinet delivers a HUGE sound for a 1x12. Stocked with an eminence 12A, this cabinet can take a lot of power before it begins to breakup. Not a bad thing that it looks pretty classy to.

the best guitar i have ever owned

The original Nightbird is usually seen with a carved spruce top and Kent Armstrong pickups, though EMG and other pickups were an option as were some beautiful maple tops like the one shown here. The primary way to identify one of the first series of Nightbirds is the fact that they have fat slotted diamond inlays and the truss rod cover says Nightbird GG with the GG in script. GG stands for George Gruhn who was one of the main people responsible for the design. The guitar shown here is a Nightbird with the fatter inlays and Nightbird GG on the truss rod cover, with what is obviously the maple top option. The pickups shown are Kent Armstrongs (EMGs always say EMG on them). Tuners started as Gotoh wafflebacks but changed to Grover Rotomatics at some point.

great Mike Sterin Chorus

The PS-6 is the new-generation pedal for harmony shifting. Sound quality has been improved dramatically thanks to the DSP that is unparalleled in power. With the PS-6, you can render complex harmony voicings beautifully, naturally, and easily.

old school Digi Delay

The Boss DD-2 Digital Delay was first made in 1983, offering the first digital delay jammed into a stompbox. Using the same integrated circuit chip as the Roland SDE-3000, the Boss DD-2 brought long and crystal-clear digital delay to the masses. It features mono input, mono/stereo output, and up to 800ms of delay time.

with a back problem this is a 100 watt amp CHAMP

BluGuitar AMP1 features four amazingly detailed and responsive, fully modifiable channels, whose sounds will take you on a journey through the history of guitar amplification. From Clean to Vintage, to Classic and Modern tones the AMP1 is ready to work with any rig and in whichever musical context you wish to use it.

the second best soild body I have owned

The Custom Contoured Top delivers the ultimate playing experience. This design creates a lighter more ergonomically correct body shape that actually increases your playing comfort. The curved top also reduces contact between the guitar and the pick as it leaves the strings reducing pick scratches. The i2 is the 24.75" scale, single cutaway model for the i2000 series. This classic features a set neck, highly figured maple top and tons of warm tone.

The best Rack Delay

The SDE-1000 is an easy-to-use delay/echo processor producing professional, studio-quality delay effects. With its simple and well laid-out controls, the SDE-1000 is easy to understand without ever cracking the manual. Delay length is displayed in milliseconds via the blue fluorescent display, and is set easily by holding down the +/- toggle button. The Time x2 button allows the user to quickly double the delay time (up to 1.5 seconds). The number of repeats is set with the Feedback control. When pushed past 12 o'clock, the Feedback control can allow the user to drive the signal back on itself as well, albeit not as stylishly as a tape delay--but still very useful for adding spice to a mix. The SDE-1000 also has a good sounding Modulation section with Rate and Depth controls for flanging and chorus. Also present is a button to switch the phase of the delayed signal, as well as four memory presets to store your favourite settings; just hold down to save--just like a car stereo!

Groove Tube STPG-II

This is a later model, the STP-G II.  You can use any output tubes - 6L6, EL34, KT88 etc.  Besides Speaker Out, Emulator Outs, Line Out and a Parallel Effects Loop, the rear panel has a switch for Class A or Class A-B operation, which further ups the versatility aspect of this amp.