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Want Tubescreamers? you got it.
So many usable settings in this pedal should justify the price. It aint cheap compared to picking up a TS9. but hey why not have have 9 of them. My fave is the EXAR OD-1 setting... not very tube screamer, but a solid drive for all weathers. Owning this pedal has saved me 3 pedal slots on my board and killed off some of the gear acquisition for the short term.
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Like a Les Paul but as cool as a Jag
Pretty hard to find these for sale in the UK. I got mine from a short lived shop in Manchester called 'Tone World' (fun fact: a super boutique shop which mostly seemed to sell Johnny Marr and Noels touring gear! - I even tried a real Klon in there) Doug Kauer does indeed make exceedingly good guitars. Really good build quality. Great attention to detail. 50s thick profile necks. They come in many pickup variations. I ended up with straight double humbuckers. Very much a Gibson Les Paul killer. But with the off-set goodness of a chunky Jaguar. One of the best recording guitars i have ever owned. Worth going to try one before you buy one, as there is nothing quite like it on the market. My only downer on it, i don't like the Wenge fingerboard, looks a bit too weird. I prefer Ebony, but hey thats as good as gone due to CITES. I was lucky to get mine. If you search google I own the one off Gulf racing colours model. Orange and blue all the way!
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they dont make 'em like that any more!
I can personally vouch for this bass, as i now own it! :D I much prefer late 70s to early 80s Rickenbackers over the modern 4003 models. This one has quite a reassuringly round thick neck profile. I read that many of the 60s and early 70s basses had issues with head stocks snapping as back in the day they were made for flat wound strings. (so yeah Rotosound) Anyway, i run round wounds 105-45 in E standard and its ok with that. Probably needs the truss roads replacing as its had a hard life. What i love about Rickenbacker basses is you can really drive a song with the tone it puts out. I mostly played old school punk and new wave it worked amazingly well in the 'power trio' environment. Almost as good as a 2nd guitarist, but less of the back chat.
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Underated pedal. Not just for Queen fans!
Much underrated drive pedal. I find it works great with chords and with solos. I played mostly punk and new wave with this and it really worked for me. Pretty much Brian May sound in a stomp box. I own a 70s AC30, and yes this is very close in tone to that. I also own the Mk1 version of this pedal with the extra top boost on / off switch. I much prefer the Mk2 always on boost. It is a better fit to most pedal boards, stacks well with other drives and fuzzes. Quite easy to get a good sound without reading manuals etc.