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This guitar by G&L was the dying image of the classic Fender Stratocaster with slight improvements/differences to its brother by Fender. This was the first guitar I ever owned which I've had for about 8 years now. I've played other Fender guitars (Mexican and American) and the G&L Legacy tribute series holds its own against other popular models. The 3 single coils are well crafted and sound crips and resonate. Good for playing just about anything from blues rock to modern sounds. Thanks to cheap Indonesian labor, this guitar only comes out to $500ish. Definitely worth the buy if you want to compete with any Fender Strat!

I got this guitar 4 years ago and it has been nothing but reliable and versatile. It was my main guitar for a while since I liked its nice rich alnico humbucker sound and because it had split coil technology for getting that Strat sound. It's just the right size, similar to a Les Paul, yet still has the signature look of its 335 big brother. The semi hollow feature is nice and definitely makes it more resonate but also lighter in weight. I mostly played alternative rock through this and have recently started to use it for some Gary Clark Jr sounds. I definitely recommend getting it.

For being a lower end Gibson, this baby is sexy and able to pack a worthy punch. I got this at the beginning of the summer of 2016 and only played one real gig with it. I was quite satisfied with the classic Les Paul sound I had been missing in my repertoire for so long. Our band had a Led Zeppelin-esque song that the Les Paul was destined to be featured on. Excellent tone, Mids aren't lost, highs sound clear and have solid weight, and the bass is exceptional. The worn cherry gives it an edgy quality that makes it seem like more of a real instrument and less of a guitar fantasy. This guitar only came out at about $850 which is definitely more friendly than a $2000 Gibson. Highly recommend!!! Great price, great look, better tone!

I sort of bought this on a whim since I needed a better acoustic guitar. It was $325 and totally worth the price. It has a couple of tone adjuster knobs that can help enhance your sound. Plays well and feels solid. I like it!

I've been loyal to G&L since I was 11 and got my first Legacy. Almost ten years later, I bought this off Reverb for about $325. I did some more research and found this to be a great bang for buck. You sort of get the best of both world since it splits having a single coil and a humbucker pickup. It's a little different than a standard tele or ASAT classic but I like the versatility. Tone is high quality and would hold its own against a Mexican tele or maybe any of the American made ones.

I started out with a Vox VT15 modeling amp in the 6th grade and eventually upgraded to one of these babies. It's an amp ready to hit the stage and can get very loud very fast. It's a Tube Amp infused with a pre-amp mp so it's a definite hybrid. The controls are divided into 3 sections: Master, Overdrive, and Normal. The Master section has three knobs that control the overall volume, amount of reverb, and tone cut. The Overdrive section has a full treble, middle, and bass EQ along with Gain and Volume. When activated, the Overdrive function offers a gritty and almost metal distortion sound. You can adjust as you please and get many sounds out of the pre-amp overdrive. Finally, there is a "normal" section that controls treble, bass, and volume. This amp has classic/boutique features and is known to be associated with the Beatles. However, this can deliver some high quality modern rock sounds. In fact, Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) uses this exact amp! These now sell for $550 online but I'm sure you can find some used once for cheap. Hope this helps!

This replaced my BBE Green Screamer and I love it. It can act as a classic TS808 pedal or a transparent modern OD. The toggle switch is a little hard to access since it's on the inside of the side of the pedal. Overall, great stuff but I might switch to a Maxon 808.

It's easy to use. Has a good note display, noise canceling, and the sharp/flat/on pitch indicator is accurate. I find that this pedal has a hard time picking up the high strings of single coil guitars. That's just my experience. Still, great pedal to have on the board.

Fellas, this thing is so sweet. It makes sounding not annoying and loud easy. The 3 knobs are easy to use and are sensitive to your desired settings. It's so good you'll forget the amp is on. Hope that helps.

It's the cry baby wah. It's classic. It's iconic. It's worth getting. Do it!

I never had the original Tumnus mini sized pedal but I heard really good things about Wampler pedals, specifically- the new Tumnus deluxe which is a Klon clone. I ebayed it to my pedal board and it is definitely a keeper, thus far. The 3 band eq allows for personal adjustments to be made tonally, which I always like. Setting all the eq knobs at 12 o'clock will give you the original Tumnus's tone you'd be stuck with without the 3 band eq. There's tons of headroom on this pedal so watch out and enjoy! This pushes my Vox AC30VR to the sweet spot if the amp is just on the verge of breakup. It's very easy to get a warm and creamy tone if you keep the volume at noon and the gain around 11-1. The "hot" switch basically turns everything up a notch, and the side of the pedal is equipped with a toggle for true bypass or buffered. Oh and lastly, the design is just kick ass. The iconic lamppost from the Chronicles of Narnia is so sweet to look down at, especially with the LED in the middle where the flame would be. Go get this pedal!

There are so many ways to shape the tone, fuzz, thickness, whatever you want to call it. 5 external knobs and 2 internal (important) knobs to help with that. I've gotten stoner rock tones and I've also gotten a Bluesy sound when combined with a TS808 pedal. The main thing about this is that the Fuzz tone is THIQ with a capital Q. I like it. Hope this helps.

One knob. One job. It does it very well. Tone is transparent and tends to stay clean. I recommend it!

I didn't know much about how compressor really worked until I watched a bunch of Youtube videos and messed around with my old Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone Compressor. I decided to upgrade to this Keeley one since it was regarded as a good compressor for guitarists who switch between Single-Coil and Humbucker Guitars, which I definitely do. So I ordered one of amazon and wow it was a beauty when I finally hooked it up. Has a signature Keeley Blue LED light and features the standard knobs: Blend, Volume Level, Sustain, and Tone. It also comes with a selector switch right in the middle that toggles between Single Coil and Humbucker. Simple to use. Boosts your signal and compresses dynamics well. I've enjoyed it so far. Can't wait to play it more!

I walked into a Guitar Center and demoed this vs. the original Phase 90. Yes the Phase 90 looked nice and had the classic look. The truth is though, it's a one trick pony compared to the mini Phase 95. MXR took the Phase 90 and the old Phase 45, infused them into a single pedal, and then shrunk it down to a mini sized box of fun. I went with the Phase 95 for those reasons pretty much. Saves you space and gives you more options. Hope this helps!

It's a very "straight up" kind of chorus pedal that can offer so many options, tonally. Analog over digital any day.

This thing is meant to be an investment unless you're disrespectful of your pedals. Very nice controls featuring: FX level, Tone, Decay and types of modulation. It comes with 10 preset reverb signature sounds, and features a Toneprint technology setting which allows you to download your own reverb files for maximum personal reverb satisfaction. Definitely one of TC Electronic's finest! Get it!

I've had this since 2013 and I've never felt the need to get another pedalboard. It can easily hold 10-20 pedals and feels mighty sturdy. I currently have 13 on mine with 2 power supply bricks and i still have room for more.

I used to have a BBE supper charger which is very similar to the Voodoo Pedal Power. I never had a problem with it other than the fact it only had eight isolated outlets. I currently have two of these Donner Power Supply bricks on my board because of a lone reverse polarity pedal that needs its own supply. I like that they can fit onto one row and they have a nice LED display. I may upgrade in the future but so far this model is just fine.

I've had this since 2010 and it's still going strong. Loud and resonate. I added on 8 and 16in spare toms on the top and bottom to get the full 5 tom set up. Had to do it as a Neil Peart fan! Love it!

This pedal emulates the thick and grungy fuzz from the 90s quite well. It sounds like Nirvana and the Smashing Pumpkins to me when I activate it. Has incredible sustain, tone, and volume output. Has a little feedback when you're not playing but a noise gate pedal makes sound just fine. Good for solos and heavy distorted chords. This is also not as much as a pedal real-estate consumer compared to the Original Big Muff Pi. Get it!

I got into this phase of trying to find a good TS-808 clone and this baby is as good as it gets. Excellent tone. It can work as a light clean boost or you can drive the gain up all the way to get a Stevie Ray Vaughn vintage drive sound. This was actually the first guitar pedal I ever heard or saw. My neighbor's dad had one he'd play with every so often. Finally getting one of my own after 10 plus years fulfills a sense of musical nostalgia and also completes a section of my pedalboard!

This sucker is basically the Original Dunlop Blue Fuzz Face but compacted from the original size. It's still a little big compared to the average rectangular pedal but it doesn't eat up too much pedalboard space. I previously owned the Dunlop Fuzzface and while I did like the classic tone, its configuration was a little inconvenient. The in/output jacks were switched to the non traditional sides of the pedal and it only worked on a 9V battery so you couldn't charge it. This MXR pedal fixes both of those problems while keeping the sought after tone consistent. The sustain on the 108 Fuzz is incredible. I like to play with the buffer on since it compresses the tone, which I like. Its sound can come across as either a medium/fat overdrive or it can turn all the way into a Jimi Hendrix spacey fuzz experience. I think it's a great fuzz and was able to emulate John Frusciante and Gary Clark sounds quite easily. Check out some Youtube videos to hear the sound I'm trying to describe. Definitely worth getting. I hope this helps!

Well I was using a VOX ICE 9 overdrive pedal for about 4 years of my guitar playing life and managed to not hear that it sounded a little weird at times. It was always missing something tone wise and sounded sort of empty. This OCD replaced it quite well. It can be a simple crunch clean boost or it can be a loud and heavy sounding distortion. Has moderate sustain and excellent tone. Well reputable and a classic pedal. What's not to like!?

I was really excited to get this and was a little let down once I plugged it in. I was expecting a fuller sound when I cranked up the distortion but got a lot of highs and it was lacking mids/bass. I messed with the EQ and it got a little better. I still need to triple check this sound notion because so many people seem to be happy with this particular distortion. I was playing through a VOX AC30 going into my epiphone ES-339. Still this thing has great dynamics on how much distortion you can get out of one knob. Would recommend but approach with caution and open ears!

It's the pedal that will do the delay job well. I originally had a BBE Two Timer which was nice until it broke. I floated around a few mini pedal pedals (like the Donner Yellow Fall, etc.) until I ended up with one of these month ago. I can already tell it's built to last. Hard casing that can take a beating on the road. The mod feature is nice and adds a sparkly light chorus touch on top of the effect. Controls are simple and the knobs are quite responsive. I recommend this to all delay lovers. Hope this helps!

I was researching into octafuzz pedals for a while and somehow decided to get the MXR Submachine Octafuzz pedal. I started to play around with it and noticed a couple of things. One, there was way too much feedback to the point where I was compelled to buy a noise gate pedal. Second, the octave feature was always very present when engaged and I couldn't find a subtle sweat spot for it. I was also just disappointed with the fuzz tone overall and was wanting a more classic blues pedal instead of a smashing pumpkins fuzz. I didn't have to look far to see that my blues rock idols were all using the Fulltone Octafuzz so I eBayed a used one to my house. I did originally have trouble figuring out that this pedal has reverse polarity so I had to find a reverse polarity cable and plug it into its own isolated pedal power supply. After that it fit right onto my board and instantly added that classic fuzz sound I was looking for. The octave function was beautifully subtle I could even play chords with it switched on and not hear a tremendous difference. The boost knob is quite responsive and you have much control over it as well. There's lots of tones in-between 12 o'clock and the boost being all the way up. I love it and while I also have an MXR 108 (modern fuzzface essentially) it is a completely different fuzz that have a bit more umph and crispness to it. I love it. I'm sure I'll keep it for a long time.