Comments on: O How We Love Music Gear!

By: Mikey Blakemore

Mikey Blakemore — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:45:39 +0000

Hey Vicky, You guys should really check out http://www.dmbpedals.com They have some really great sounding gear. Their Stellar Drive is one of the smoothest most versatile overdrives i have ever played. Their Cosmic boost is killer too, it out performs a Fulltone Fatboost hands down! I believe Kendall from the Charlie Hall band plays their gear, as well as Kyle from the Justin Cofield band just to name a few. And rumor has it that Dan the guitar player from Tomlin may be interested in picking the Cosmic Boost too. Their prices are great too, especially for teh boutique market! Gota love the world of gear! have a great one vb and the crew!! Cheers. Here is the site.
http://www.dmbpedals.com

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:34:21 +0000

Shoot, forgot to mention the two other pieces of gear I am looking into right now…

The X2 XDR-95 Wireless Guitar system, digital and doesn’t have issues with the new FCC requirements.

I am thinking of upgrading from my Boss TU-12 to a Peterson Stroberack.

Anyone else using any of these?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:32:32 +0000

Well this week the latest piece of gear I am checking out is a Plek. Have you heard of that? There are only 10 places in the US that actually have a PLEK (the cost like $100K+). My guitar tech in SF has one and is putting my guitar through it as we speak / type / whatever. It is supposed to be 100 times more accurate than a luthier when it comes to milling your frets and should give you a result of a guitar that stays in tune all the way up the neck! I shall let you know who it goes. Oh, let me know Vicky if you and your guitarists want to visit http://www.brawer.com when you come to SF in September! Gary is the guitar tech we bring down to all our shows. He has been guitar tech for Santana, Satriani, Lincoln Brewster and ME!

By: Jimmy Purchase

Jimmy Purchase — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:41:49 +0000

I would recommend stulce amps http://www.stulceamps.com Charlie Hall’s guitar player Kendel Combes built mine for me, it is an excellent amp. Its only 10 watts, all tube, two gain knobs, and it sounds great with my fulldrive.

For overdrive pedals, I really like the robert keeley Blues driver, sparkle drive, and the Barber direct drive

By: Robin Barber

Robin Barber — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:32:43 +0000

Hey Vicky,
Congrats! You now have GAS! That stands for
Gear Acquisition Syndrome, or Guitar Acquisition
Syndrome–depends on what you’re buying.
Thanks so much for all your hard work and I
love your music.
Yours in Christ
Robin

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:18:36 +0000

Hey Vicky,

One of the best amps that just came out is the Suhr Badger 30. A couple of guys on our team love them. They keep their tone at any volume where others lose at low volumes.

http://www.suhrguitars.com/badger.aspx#combo

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 31 May 2008 23:24:16 +0000

I don’t know if you are into saxophones but last year I gave my brother this as a present:
http://www.xaphoon.com/
A really great instrument to have in a band setting or if you are on the road and don’t have enough space for a real sax…

By: ryan

ryan — Sat, 31 May 2008 05:36:46 +0000

best clea boost pedal i’ve tried is the new (red) version of the fulltone fat boost. i personally am not a big fan of the Fulldrive (i keep coming back to the good old ts-9) but the fat boost is great for those thick, punchy, cleanish U2 tones, and it makes a great solo boost too. plus it’s about half the price of the Klon, i think.

By: Daleyhake

Daleyhake — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:24:35 +0000

your fulldrive is set a little goofy (in the picture at least). I wouldnt give up on it to quick. It all depends on what amp you are using though. That specific model Fulldrive, with the FM switch, was made with an AC30 in mind. If youjust dont dig the fulldrive – there is a pedal called the TIM. They used to make one that was acopy of teh fulldrive2…just better tones. I try not to get too deep into botique land. But it’s a hot pedal…just hard to find. I had one when i was 16. have only seen a couple since then.
…we will chat about it.

By: Chad Jarnagin

Chad Jarnagin — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:22:59 +0000

I just picked up a Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive. pretty cool alternative to the fulldrive i’m guessing… and I am loving the new DD7 (Boss)…