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It's interesting to me how nobody ever recommends the regular old tube screamer in threads like this. It's the platonic ideal of overdrive, really. Nice and creamy tones with a good healthy mid hump...

That's a great piece. It won Gene Weingarten the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Feature writing.

Morning rush hour at L'Enfant Plaza is kind of a worst-case spot for any kind of busking. It's in what I...

Actually, I think this is exactly what Vox is doing with the AC30VR and AC15VR.

Go for it! If you shave your head and don't like it, hair does grow back. And everybody needs to feel the wind on their scalp at least once in their life. To say nothing of walking in the rain;...

You really can't go wrong, but for most of the bands you've named, you'd probably be happier with the Warhawk II HB. That being said, both models are excellent, versatile guitars. Either one will go...

Kind of an unfortunate brand name, isn't it? Makes me think if you hook one of those bad boys up to a defibrillator, you might have something...

This morning it was "Pocket Symphony" by Air. I'm going to see them next week.

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Right now, since I'm at work,...

As opposed to the Rolling Stones or Clapton, eh?

Man, at the beginning of that piece when they play the intro to "Search and Destroy," I could feel my pulse kicking up a little.

I had exactly the opposite reaction. I hadn't really paid much attention to Jack White or his music before seeing the movie, and I thought he came off as a very smart, thoughtful, articulate guy who...

With certain power supplies like the One Spot, the Planet Waves tuner makes a high-pitched hum unless it's the last pedal in the lineup. So that's where mine is.

Dirt before wah is intense and...

Sigh. Well, ok, I was wondering how I'd spend next weekend.

Sorry to dredge up the old thread, but did you ever figure out what your problem was, Robert? My tele has lately developed the same symptom. Buzzes like a fridge when I'm not touching anything, and...

For me it was Fernando Sor's Study #19 (Op. 29 No. 13). The Sor studies are each intended to focus on a particular aspect of guitar technique, and number 19 is all about barre chords. It made me...

Right, the lower case is minor. For the dim seventh, you'd write viiº. In many contexts if you want the seventh in the bass it's more common to use a V chord in first inversion instead (e.g. A/C# in...

But did you notice? Starting with "Save Tonight" through "Canvas Bags," the video picks on songs that go vi, IV, I, V (or i, VI, III, VII, depending). Self Esteem is in that second category. It's...

I'm going through kind of a Queens of the Stone Age phase lately, trying to incorporate those huge fuzzed-out rhythm tones in the stuff I'm writing.

Yep, I even opened up a couple of pedals that have the same kind of jack to make sure of what I was seeing. The nut definitely wasn't in my kit. But as I say, no big deal, it's my first build, and...

Well, I just finished my own GGG Red Llama kit. It's my first build ever. As Duhvoodoman said, it goes together very easily (what took him an hour took me about three), but the instructions don't...

I'm with M.F.K. Fisher: I wouldn't consider cannibalism because most people's diets aren't conducive to producing good meat. But given a healthy 15- or 16-year old, raised on good dairy products and...

And then of course there's the Way Huge Swollen Pickle. :dude

I love my NYC Big Muff. Stacked with my OCD it's a mighty sound. One of these days I'll build the BYOC kit, though.

I saw them opening for Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction last spring. It was a total surprise -- "Hey, isn't that Tom Morello?" -- and they were absolutely brilliant. Kind of a tough act for poor...

The reissue of Chomp by Pylon, who were simply one of the greatest bands that ever existed, was released this past weekend. It's in heavy rotation and will be for quite some time, I think.
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Sriracha. In the great big bottle.

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Good: The number of gigs I'm getting
Bad: The kinds of gigs I'm getting
Ugly: The audiences I'm playing for

I agree with one of the commenters on WackyT's link. Fender should come out with an authentic Jimmy Page Les Paul.