THE UPDATERJULY 2024
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Seperate those pedals that are a steal fromthose that are stealing from you at any price!
IF IT WAS WORTH KNOWING IT IS HERE FIRST!!! ___________________________________
MY MONTHLY RANT
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The world is falling to pieces and the best anyone can do is blame any and everybody but themselves. Everytime someone says "Why doesn't somebody..." Ask yourself why isn't that somebody me???
Stateside there is a Presidential election. As if you didn't know!
Out of a population of 333 MILLION people the best we get are two old guys. One is not a leader but a Delegator and the other is a Dictator whose motto is 'nothing left to learn'!!!
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THE GOOD NEWS
Nobody died last month.
JHS brought out The Hard Drive a 90's style hot rodded Marshall sound. $200.00 USD. $50 less than today's typical price. It means we are all not willing to stop eating or driving to buy a f-ing pedal. Ibanez are only asking $100 for their new Gate pedal. Sweetwater are selling several Gibsons cheap by calling them demo's or used or whatever smoke and mirrors they can come up with to sell a guitar, any guitar.
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20% OFF on a Best-in-BoxLPD pedals is selling the LPD SEVENTY4 at 20% off for a July 4th special. It is an early 70's Marshall-in-a-Box. I have had mine for years. It is my #1 go to. In second place is usually the Flavor of the Month-in-Box😐
TOYS FOR THE OLDER BOYS
IBANEZ PENTATONE GATEAppently studio quality. That said I am trusting the reviewer Henning Pauly who could if he reviewed the Sun in our sky would complain it was poorly designed because it doesn't have air conditioning.
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He loves it! Zero criticism, as in none!!!With several knobs to do detail in fine tuning aspects of gating like Hold, Release and Threshold you gain control but it is impractical live. With one knob this is done for you and for most of us if asked we may find some lint to pick but never enough to ever stop using it. A one knob has another advantage.
It removes latency so the gate triggers and shuts off noise quickly.What makes this a nobrainer is the $100.00 USD price
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DEMON FX Z-driveRobin Ford travels mostly with a guitar and a small board. He has gone back to using the pedal that cloned his Dumble amp. The Hermida Zendrive. Even when he brings his own amp & he now uses a
very small Little Walter Tube amp and a Zendrive for dirt. The Demon is a clone & it even uses the authentic original parts. ___A nobrainer buy at $30.00 USD for your Dumble sound.
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GIBSON LES PAUL MODERN LITE
$1500.00 USD
...the body is as thin as an SG It is all mahogany with a rosewood
fretboard.
An SG Std is $1800 this is $300 less for virtually the
same sounding guitar & without SG neck dive
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Hey Paul, a little not to say thanks for all the work you've put in over the years. This month I bought three pedals on the basis of your posts, a Movall Falling Star and two Rowin ("Mooer rebrand") pedals, all excellent. Now none of these will replace my everyday staples, but for casual gigs or jam sessions these are 90%-95% of my high price pedals and I'm glad to have them.
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ReplyDeleteWhat kind of Smoke & Mirrors does Sweetwater use?
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In the U.S. manufacturers CAN decide the price. If you discount you lose your dealership. So stores send out brand new gear at really reduced prices as returns, shop soiled, used or damaged. When buying at Sweetwater you should ask if they have one of these before buying even during good times you may get a better deal.
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