A number of you may know that I also write for the Seymour Duncan blog. I put in a request to have a Custom Shop pickup made, and it was approved, and yesterday I picked it up from the post office! I built a Frankie type Strat last year, and …
I have to admit I have a thing for titanium. After having a Strat bridge made with titanium components, and installing a titanium sustain block on one of my Ibanez guitars I really just can’t get enough of the tone! So when I heard about the recently successful Kickstarter campaign …
I’ve had the MXR Custom Badass Modified O.D. in my arsenal for a while now, and thought it was finally time to get on to reviewing this brilliant noise maker. This pedal is based of a famous green overdrive pedal, albeit with a few bells and whistles added. I’ve aimed …
So when I’m not at work, or at home with my family, or writing for this or the Seymour Duncan blog I’m rocking out with my band Sewer Sideshow. We haven’t played too many shows around town lately, so last Saturday night was a pretty epic night with two gigs …
One of my main gripes with Ibanez guitars has always been the material used for the sustain blocks on their double locking bridges. Pot metal does not make for good tone. I’ve upgraded all of my Ibanez guitars with an assortment of brass and titanium blocks, and they make for …