Mar 13, 2018 | Guitar Players, Guitar videos
I love Billy Gibbons! I’ve always liked ZZ Top, and to those of you that think this band is just “Sharp Dressed Man”, and “Legs” – you have no clue! ZZ Top has a catalogue of blistering blues songs like “Just Got Paid”,...
Mar 12, 2018 | Guitar Pedals
Behold – the Caline CP-12 Pure Sky Overdrive, which is a clone of the Paul Cochrane Timmy pedal. In the last 5 years it has become one of the most sought after boutique pedals on the market. They are made one at a time by Paul Cochrane himself, and this is the...
Feb 28, 2018 | Guitar Pedals
The Caline Puffer Fuzz distortion pedal is a clone of the Dunlop Silicon fuzz face pedal. This is one of the first pedals they made about 8 years ago, model CP-11. The Dunlop version was a copy of the Jimi Hendrix Dallas Arbiter fuzz face (the round one). The main...
Feb 27, 2018 | DIY Guitar, Guitar accessories, Guitar Pedals
About the BK Butler Real Tube Overdrive guitar pedal The “Real Tube Overdrive” is a BK Butler guitar pedal manufactured by “Tube Works” back in the 70’s and 80’s. The image above shows my recently purchased Real Tube pedal case...
Feb 19, 2018 | Gibson, Guitar Reviews
Gibson released ES-339 custom in 2007. They released the ES-335 in 1958, and everyone knows that distinctive semi-hollow body guitar for it’s fat resonant tone. That’s a very versatile guitar that can work equally as well for jazz, rock, country, or...
Jan 17, 2018 | FAQ, Guitar accessories, Guitar player gift ideas
I never thought that something as simple as a pick could control your playing style as much it does…until I started experimenting with different guitar picks. For YEARS I’ve used the exact same Fender medium picks (celluloid) – and ALWAYS the...
Dec 18, 2017 | Guitar podcasts
I have a healthy one hour commute to work (each way), so I spend a couple hours in the car every days. Over the years I have listened to thousands of hours of music, and the last couple of years I have listened to hundreds of audio books as well. Mainly biographies of...
Dec 11, 2017 | FAQ, Guitar accessories
Over the years the argument has come up time and time again – does the coiled guitar cable make any difference? The first guitar I ever had was a Squier Bullet for $99. The first amp I had I bought from the neighbor. It had a homemade 4×12 bottom that was...
Dec 7, 2017 | Guitar podcasts, Guitar videos
Short answer is – yes it is! Years ago (in my younger days) when I started on guitar, my parents would only let me switch from violin to guitar if I agreed to take classical guitar lessons. So I did. That was even my major in college for a brief time. My...
Dec 6, 2017 | Guitar player gift ideas
Have you ever wanted to make your own guitar picks? Probably not, but it’s actually a thing. I have heard of people that make their own guitar picks from old credit cards before, but there’s actually a little device you can buy on Amazon to punch them...
