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August 2010

Installing a Floyd Upgrades Brass Big Block

There’s been a bit of discussion at Jemsite.com lately about the merits of Floyd Upgrades upgrade options for double-locking Floyd Rose style bridges. One of the popular upgrades for these style bridges is the Brass Big Block. I thought that I would ask Adam Reiver at Floyd Upgrades about his …

Modding the Daphon E20OD – part 2

I’ve finally finished off the modifications to my re-worked Daphon E20OD pedal. With the rehousing of it I wanted to give it a new look and name. Seeing as the Daphon E20OD is essentially a reworking of the Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive with a Ibanez Tube Screamer chip, and because …

What happened?

Please excuse the look of my site right now. I’ve been trying fix some things I wasn’t happy with. I’ve since decided to build my own theme, rather than try and fix other themes. For now I’ll just use the basic WordPress theme until I’ve finished making my own, or …

New Gear Day (NGD): MI Audio Crunch Box Distortion

This has been an exciting week for new gear. After the Sanyo Pedal Juice and the Floyd Upgrades Brass  Big Block arrived, an MI Audio Crunch Box distortion pedal was waiting for me at my doorstep today. I’ve been hearing great things about this stomp box, and what makes it …

DiMarzio Tone Zone – review

In the quest to make my Ibanez 20th Anniversary RG550 RFR really roar I decided to take on the DiMarzio Tone Zone. I had previously installed the DiMarzio PAF Pro in the bridge position, and as I mentioned in my PAF Pro review I found that it just didn’t drive …