Dinosaur Rock Guitar Forum

About "justifying one's preferences." I agree we don't and should not have to justify our preferences. But I do find it interesting to discuss one's preferences, and helpful if a person can articulate WHY they like something. Most musicians CAN do this on some level. Non players, not as e...

I play in a cover band now. We have one rehearsal per week. Before this band, I didn't have much incentive to learn whole songs, so I learned many bits from many songs. If I were to redo my whole musical history, I would focus on the quantity of songs versus learning just the juicy parts. My musicia...

Woah, breathtaking!!

Wish I had the dough, or the space, or the excuse to get something like that. Les Pauls continue to elude me.

What's the point of going "anti" anything these days? With the web democratizing all genres it seems no longer "cool" to hate anything. These days young shredders love John Mayer, and vice-versa  :lol:   And yeah, there's a BIG resurgence of guitar technique these last few years....

I'm happy Zakk is having fun, but I don't see a need for another Paranoid recording by ANYONE.

Cool sound. In the ballpark. But a proper Eddie-specced Plexi + variac + speakers also gets there. Why the speculation, then?   Because after years of being fed the Plexi + variac story, more than one person has come forward, seemingly with knowledge that it was a Bandmaster tweaked in this specifi...

Cool sound. In the ballpark. But a proper Eddie-specced Plexi + variac + speakers also gets there. Why the speculation, then?

It's heartbreaking if you think about it. The two Van Halen's were inseparable since they were kids, through immigration, school, music, fame, life... And now it's just Alex.

Yeah, I'll give it a read.

Did you get one? Congrats, dream amp of mine. Needs a good attenuator to deliver the goods, but boy does it deliver the goods...
 

I've been on the lookout for a Soldano ever since I stupidly sold my Hot Rod 50+ five years ago. In retrospect, it was my favorite high-gain head of all time. Recently I've read about Jet City amps, the "poor man's Soldano". Turns out that the main Jet City line (now discontinued) is a clo...