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New Gear Day (NGD): MXR Micro Flanger

Ever since I reviewed the Ibanez AF2 Airplane Flanger I’ve had the hankering for a flanger pedal. I really want to get the AF2, but it’s just not in my budget right now. The MXR Micro Flanger was announced earlier this year at NAMM, and as soon as I heard …

New Pickup Day (NPD): DiMarzio Tone Zone

I’ve had a DiMarzio PAF Pro installed in the bridge position of my 20th Anniversary Ibanez RG550RFR for a while, and whilst in sounded pretty sweet it just didn’t have the drive I wanted from a bridge pickup. Even after some modification experiments I found that I could give it …

New Gear Day (NGD): Celestion G12 Vintage 30 speaker

After waiting over seven months for it to arrive, my Celestion G12 Vintage 30 is finally here! I decided after getting my Blackstar HT-5 head last year that I needed to upgrade the speaker that was in my cabinet (Kustom KGA65 combo amp) to something that provided some more mid-end …