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What's up friends! Happy 2015. It's been awhile since checking in.
Still gigging like crazy in an acoustic duo and 5-piece variety cover band.
I found a nifty low-wattage Marshall type amp that...

The Vox modeling stuff...AD50VT. Man, these were a hot product.
I probably couldn't give it away. But I'll tell ya...it's a great amp to have around the house.
I've used it in some band...

WHAT?!? You mean you never had a Hermida Zendrive on your board??
I remember that being the "hot" pedal of the day. I got sucked into the hype.

YES!!! These are some excellent instruments. You get a lot of guitar for the $$$.

Absolutely! Having a ball with it. The only things I don't use it for are a couple of songs in drop-D tuning. It messes up the tension with a floating trem.
I always bring a backup guitar anyway,...

Thanks bro, the guitar feels super comfy, and plays like a dream.

No "buzz", "hum" or other interference in positions 1 through 5. I LOVE that idea.
They are dual coil ceramics. They coils are stacked. So, the tone can approach...say....perhaps a lower output...

Thank you, sir.

I would describe the neck as "comfortable".
It's neither fat nor chunky, but it's a little bigger than the "modern C".
It just feels good, if that makes any sense. I have three rehearsals (with...

NOW we're cookin'.
Yummy Jeff Beck Artist Series Strat in the house.
Locking tuners, roller nut, "Hot Noiseless" pickups.
"Soft C" profile neck, 9.5" radius.
Plays like a dream. A few pics...

I've seen the neck described as a "soft C shape"...not like the baseball bats that came on the earliest JB models.
Did you find the neck to be a little more substantial than Fender's modern C,...

What's up Fretters!?

I'm looking at a couple different new production Strats, similarly priced.

1) Jeff Beck sig model
2) Hot Rod 62

I want pickups that sound good with...

Tried a cool little experiment with the BDRI.
Love the amp, but it's freakin loud, and that's when it sounds best.
I swapped the 6L6s for a pair of JJ 6V6s, rebiased and fired it up.
Left the...

I have heard some people say they like the clean channel on the Riveras, but find the overdrive channel "buzzy" or "fizzy".
Sure, I can get it to sound like that, but then it's not dialed in...

Here's what I remember about the last one I had...
I scheduled the procedure for a Monday. I failed to realize that I would be downing the prep on Sunday, which happened to be FATHERS DAY!!
What...

It does some convincing hot-rodded Marshall-style overdrive. This is not "bedroom" volume. It was approaching balls-out, kill people volume.
Still, it was only on half power (25 watts), with the...

Rivera Fandango in the house. Hand-built in California.
Deep, oversized cab. Heavy iron. Both channels have an adjustable boost.
Can use a single patch cable in the loop, and lower the...

Many years ago, when my son and I were wandering between stages at the Detroit International Jazz Fest, we heard this ripping guitar solo, and stopped dead in our tracks to catch the rest of the set....

If you haven't settled on one yet...
check out the "Wet" Reverb and the Hermida Reverb. I have the Hermida, and I love it because it's inexpensive, has one knob & sounds great!

Do yourself a favor, Steve, and get that guitar! I can pitch the virtues of the Reeves all day long, and the basic Double Agent specs are identical (except for the pickups and push/pull tone knob)....

Good deal. The Blues Deluxe is a universal workhorse with big, bold & beautiful, 6L6 cleans.
Loud as hell. I use one in a rock band, and hit it with a "brown" sound-type pedal. Have fun with it.

Performed beautifully in a gig setting. The Fast Track1 pickup really is cool in the neck. The output sits somewhere between a single coil and a humbucker. Warm, rounded tones, without the mud that...

Bought this sight unseen (besides website info and a couple demo vids).
The Reeves Gabrels Signature Series model. I knew I would like it, and it did not disappoint.
Cool transparent turquoise...

OMG, dude! Have you seen their gig on "Storytellers" ? One of the best I have ever seen. She is so incredibly sexy-groovy.

Thanks for the kind words bro. We did have a rockin' good time.