My friend Anthony, owner of Texas Blues Alley, has gone through and fully updated his popular 5 Boxes Essential Licks course: Several months ago I decided it was time to use everything I've learned and improved over the past eleven years, and breath new life into this popular, but very old course. I shot new lick demonstrations, updated all the tablature, and created 12 new … [Read more...]
PRS MT15 (Mark Tremonti)
Continuing one of PRS's longest collaborations, PRS and Mark Tremonti have announced the new signature Mark Tremonti amp, called the MT15: The MT 15 is a commanding two channel amp with balanced aggression and articulation. Powered by 6L6 tubes, the MT 15 has a large, bold sound, so you can dig in heavy with rhythms but also get singing lead tones out of one amp. Whether … [Read more...]
Chase Bliss Thermae
I haven't spoken about Chase Bliss Audio much on here, but Joel Korte makes some really great and unique pedals. He just announced a new delay pedal called the Thermae, which is a pitch-shifting and harmonizing delay pedal: Thermae represents a radically new approach to analog delay and harmonization. The pedal digitally manipulates an analog signal path created … [Read more...]
Fender American Original 60s Telecaster
Fender recently announced that they're discontinuing the American Vintage line and replacing it with the American Original series. An updated version of the American Vintage series, the American Original guitars feature a modern fingerboard radius, narrow, tall frets along with features such as vintage-voiced pickups and a nitrocellulose finish. The series includes … [Read more...]
JHS Pedals The Bonsai
The Winter NAMM show is coming up tomorrow, and there have already been quite a few products released. For instance, JHS released an interesting new pedal yesterday called The Bonsai: Following in the steps of the our Muffuletta (released 2015), the Bonsai utilizes a simple rotary knob to switch through nine classic, vintage, rare, or hard to find variations of the Screamer. … [Read more...]