music gear
Amps, pedal boards and effects, oh my!
Been trying to get over my fear of too many pedals and have been thinking about getting a pedal board. They go from super cheap to way expensive. Or, I could make my own. Dunno, haven't made up my mind yet.
My trusty amp
Grabbed my trusty Fender Twin Reverb out of the garage today to bring it up to the office. Hadn't played in in awhile. Turned it on, tubes warmed up, plugged it in... Ahhhh!! Hello, old friend.
This is how an amp should sound like. Warm, deep, alive, real.
This is a reissue (blackface), but sounds so amazing.
Contrast this with the experience I had recently with a "blemished" Blackheart Little Giant Combo I got off of Zzounds. Came to me DOA. Loud Technologies were even kind enough to send me new tubes, but no go. Light turns on, no sounds come out. Uh... Back it goes.
My new monitors: M-Audio BX8a Deluxe
Wow. I dropped a chunk o' change for these monitors today. I've only played around with them a bit, but so far they sound great. Finally, I feel like I have some real gear in my arsenal to record with.
The one thing about these speakers. They are HUGE! 8-inch woofers with tower above my iMac.
In any case, I'm pretty excited about them and want to start experimenting with recording acoustic guitar. Me thinks a solo, acoustic album might not be too far off.
Blackheart "Little Giant Combo"
Since the move, I've been redoing my music recording/practicing set up. One thing I've been thinking about for awhile is getting a low-watt boutique(-ish) combo amp for my room. I know these style of amps are very trendy right now, but for a good reason. Good sounding amp that won't piss of the neighbors, good for recording and even good for small gigs.
What happened to the Ampeg AMG100?
Ampeg announced in January at NAMM a WOOD version of the classic, if not cultish Dan Armstrong guitar.
From the pictures, they looked pretty sweet and affordable at under $500 (I liked the red one, especially.) So now it's July. Where are they? A few suspect shops via google list them, and Ampeg's site still lists them as "Coming soon" (define "soon", please...)
