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…At least for regular gigging. I’m an old guy now, so I do maybe 60-75 gigs a year, if that. But in my heyday, I was busy, with up to 250 gigs a year. I did my regular, weekly church gig. Played two to three nights a week at a restaurant, had several weekend gigs […]

Any graphic EQ will have a dramatic effect on your tone. I chose the GE-7 because I trust BOSS quality. Though I don’t gig nearly as much as I used to, a lot of my equipment choices over the years have been driven by durability. I know BOSS pedals will stand the test of time...

I got an original hand-wired Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay back in May of 2010. It was a huge expense for me at the time, costing $325.00. It was one of those pedals that, once I played it, I just had to have it. I remember that queasy feeling I had when I bought it, […]

Last Friday evening (1/31/2025), I went to see Charo at Villa Montalvo in Saratoga, CA. Admittedly, it wouldn’t have been a concert that I’d actively seek to attend, but my wife got some tickets from a donor from an organization with which she volunteers, so we went. I...

Every few years, I write about things I’ve learned. I’m an eternal student of guitars and music and performing and I never stop trying to learn because there is always something to learn. So, here’s another chapter in my learning experience. The sound is all that matters One...

Summary: I’m amazed that after all these years of playing I hadn’t used one in my signal chain. But as many have discovered, if there’s one pedal that can have a dramatic effect on your tone, it’s this one, and it’s a pedal that every guitarist, whether playing electric or ac...

I just pulled the trigger on a BOSS GE-7 EQ pedal last week. It was a game-changer for me. And while I looked at a bunch of different graphic EQ pedals such as the Behringer EQ700, the MXR Six- and Ten-Band EQ, and even the very cool Source Audio EQ2, in the end I went […]

Duke Ellington once said, “If it sounds good, it IS good.” I’ve used that saying when talking about gear for years. And it still rings true today. When my rig sounds good to me, I’m inspired to play. I become more creative and expressive. I do more to eek out more from what I...

I had a gig last night with my old farts classic rock band. Normally I use either my Squier Classic Vibe Tele or my Taylor T5z or my Gibson R8 Les Paul. But while I was prepping my gear for the gig, I realized that I hadn’t played “Katie May,” my Slash L Guitars Apache […]

tldr; Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard it all before. There’s no way a solid-state amp could sound as good as a tube amp. Tell that to Joe Satriani who used a Roland Chorus on “Surfing with the Alien” or George Benson who used one for years. The point is that if sounds good, it is...

As in Gear Acquisition Syndrome… Here’s the backstory… Back in May of 2021, I got an email from the keyboardist of my former old farts classic rock band asking if I’d be willing to fill in for their lead guitarist who was going to be away on a business trip. I agreed and we...