Tom Klose

There's really nothing to say about this guitar other than that to me personally, it feels like I have finally arrived at the guitar I'm gonna stick with for the rest of my life, after years of buying guitars and looking for the sound I needed. This dreadnought acoustic guitar has the crisp and brilliant sound of a typical J-45 with the bass response of a J-45 Studio (same woods) and it feels so smooth and woody, being the first and so far only Gibson acoustic guitar with a bee-wax satin finish. Not only does it feel so natural and woody, it also looks so clean and beautiful and as a nice side effect is made only from responsibly harvested trees, hence the name "sustainable". It is an allrounder: Picking, strumming, tenderly caressing, everything goes. :)

Since I've been playing the 000-M15 for 3 years I've felt that I needed a bigger body guitar. After looking at some D18's and D28's I was reassured that the all-mahogany sound is really the sound for me and so I just got the D15 and was perfectly satisfied. Now I'm playing one or the other and always have a very good back-up.

So I saw some of my biggest idols play this guitar, eg. Chris Martin of Coldplay and Dallas Green of City And Colour, and I've always loved the looks of the dark brown mahogany with the satin finish. But it wasn't until I actually bought the cheaper version by "Sigma Guitars", that I realized, it was just what I needed soundwise as well. I got it in summer 2013 and it hasn't left my side ever since. As a result I've also become a huge Martin Guitars fan in general. My next adventure is gonna be the same one as a dreadnought, the D-15M.

What else is there to say, it's a great telecaster, if you don't want to kill the piggy bank.

This one has been my dream electric for a long time and it just had to be. Matt Corby, Grizzly Bear and Aidan Knight play it and their sound has really influenced me a lot. Now since 2015 you don't have to look around for an expensive 60's model anymore, because they are building a vintage model. Just the thing for me, because I'm not that much into 50 years old guitars anyway.

It's a nice chunk of wood with strings on it and it makes loud noises, depending on what amp you have it hooked up. Love the satin finish, love the colour (mine is brown), love the long fretboard. So easy to play, I have it in Drop D at all times, powerchords, one finger, bob's your uncle!

Most of my musical idols know just as well as I do that this is just the best acoustic pick-up out there. It sounds crisp and pure and it's easy to take out. I own two of these because I had to have one on my spare guitar as well. The look is also important, if you ask me, and the LR Baggs goes sweet with just about any acoustic. Should you be thinking about getting one, spend a little more to get the active one.

This capo changed everything I thought I knew and liked about the capos I used so far. It is the be-all and end-all of capodasters. It not only makes changing the fret so easy, it also does not make the guitar go out of tune. At least not in a way that the strings are detuned in relation to each other, because it distributes the pressure evenly on all the strings. This is essential when playing gigs cause you don't wanna have to tune every time you change the capo (which I do very often). It's great, just get it.

A decent capo. I've tried them all. Broke half of them. Got frustrated over most of them. This one is not only stylish, it's fast, it's accurate, it's versatile. HOWEVER, the strings do not necessarily stay in tune perfectly when you change it!

I actually use the 11's but they don't seem to have them here. A little more expensive, but they go a long way. Only the best for my little babe.

To a lot of you it might seem strange to be recommended a guitar strap but this one is really special people, let me tell you: it's stretchy and it makes your guitar feel like it is an organic part of your body. Common straps made from leather or plastic feel really stiff to me and I always feel like they are dragging me down, especially with the heavier guitars. I'd like to believe that this flexible strap is even better for your back and neck, but I'm not a chiropractician, so take that with a grain of salt. Anyway, once I've tried it, I never looked back and now I have one on every of my main guitars.

It sounds just as nice as the SM58 but the big benefit is, that it is not as sensitive to outside noise. Also you can sing really loud and it doesn't sound too harsh. If you want a mic for a loop station that makes sure that even less noise from around you (eg. the audience) is getting on your loop, use the OM7. It doesn't sound as good (a little muffled) but it is even less sensitive.

The reason why this mic only got four stars is simply that I haven't tried too many different microphones yet and I'm not entirely sure, if I can say this is the best one out there (if you can say that about any mic at all). It's certainly great for doing stuff on the loop station because it doesn't let much noise in form around you and it's also recommendable for live gigs with the full band, for the same reason. It does however sound like a radio mic sometimes, which is not that cool for recordings.

Any time I was put in front of this mic in the studio it sounded incredibly true and direct and that's what I love about it. It's been my "Go-to-mic" for all songs that needed a more souly, bluesy, rooty sound for the vocals and since this is the type of music I'm getting into more and more it was just common sense to get one of my own. If you haven't tried it out and only know the clear high sound of condensers, make sure you try it!

The mic is decent for home studio. I guess the problems I am having from time to time are rather related to my incompetence when it comes to recording in general.

After I saw someone use a harmonizer by TC Electronix live, I just had to go home and see whether BOSS had one as well, since I'm a big fan of their effect pedals. Lucky enough they did and I got it straight away. A vocalizer like that with so many different effects and possibilites is really the ultimate playground for every singer, who likes to take his vocal performance to the next level. It really changed my live performance completely and I've been using pretty much every effect for different songs, especially the Harmonizer with an additional vocal a third above my main vocal for the chorus and the Autotune, whenever I feel particularly freaky. One of the best investments I've made so far!