Many mid-range guitars come with pretty average sounding pickups. Ibanez is no different to anyone else, and the V7/V8 humbuckers found in the neck and bridge positions of RG series guitars from the mid-nineties onwards are no exception. I ran a poll on Jemsite.com to find out how people felt …
I’ve been working my way through my Ibanez RG550 RFR reissue, testing out a range of Floyd Upgrades tremolo parts. First up was the Brass Sustain Block for Ibanez Edge. In my review of the brass sustain block I found it made for a massive tonal upgrade over the nasty-looking …
Brian Wampler of Wampler Pedals has been hard at work on a new distortion pedal, and boy does it sound awesome! The SLOstortion packs all the awesome punch and tone of of the famous SLO 1oo amplifiers in a compact pedal package. With a 3 band EQ, and that famous …
One of the annoying things with tremolo type bridges is the nasty reverberation that comes from having springs loaded in the back to counter the tension from the strings. Sure, you can stuff tissue paper in the back of your spring cavity, but that’s just not going to work if …
I have noticed coloured strings are becoming a bit of a point of interest with guitar players online lately. I was put onto Strings by Aurora on a guitar forum I frequent, and thought I would contact them to see if they would be interested in reviewing their products. They …