Satch moving to Marshall?
from Marshall via GuitarNoize
According to a news release posted on the Marshall website, Joe Satriani is moving back to Marshall amps. Ouch – that’s gotta hurt Peavey.
Here’s the article : http://www.marshallamps.com/resources/news/resources_news.asp
An Introduction to Amp Modding
The following guest article is by Joe Gillespie. Joe runs a great blog over at www.joesjamblog.com about all things Spider Jam (as in Line6). Joe has been building and modding amps for quite a while (check out his ‘Little Tweedie‘)
There’s a line in the Dire Straits song “Sultans of Swing” about “Guitar George” that goes “Yes, and an old guitar is all he can afford.” That has always amused me because it really should have been, “A new guitar is all he can afford.” There is something about old guitars and amplifiers that makes them so desirable – and expensive. It can’t all be nostalgia. Is a late ’50s Les Paul or Stratocaster really better than their modern counterparts? Considering all the advances in technology, can an old Vox or Fender amp honestly sound better?
This amp has balls, is balls, oh heck – the Balls Amp
http://ballsamps.com/m18.html
18 watt Balls M18 is based on the Marshall 18 watt.
According to the companies website:
The M18 is the perfect tool for recording and live performance with its surprising ability to cut through the mix on tape
or stage. Humbuckers sound fat and full. Single coils sound bright, but never brittle. P-90’s sound incredible as well.
Line6 Spider Jam v. JM4 Looper – which for what?
Review by: Joe Gillespie – Joe runs a web site, www.joesjamblog.com, dedicated to these great devices that offers information and tips to get the best out of them.
Line6’s Spider III Jam and JM4 Looper are basically the same product in different packages. Although I could start by rhyming off a whole list of features, I will instead explain what these products are all about;
They are to help you improve your playing. They will! Not many other products can make that claim.
