Unlike most of the stuff I trawl Reverb for — gear I appreciate aesthetically but don’t want to actually own — all I want for Xmas is an acoustic archtop guitar. I’m not too picky so long as it’s gorgeous and plays well. Thus begins my descent into anal-retention and hyperbole over elderly instruments that …
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Reverb Madness: Silver & Gold [wah wahs]
I don’t know why I’m so taken by the sight of a wah-wah pedal in a metal other than its standard finish, but here we are. Theoretically and historically, Vox and Crybaby wahs sound the same; it was just a difference of regional packaging, with the same guts producing that classic whine. I still say …
Reverb Madness: Antigua Boogaloo
I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for Fender’s second wave of antigua-finish electric guitars. [The first wave of antigua, used on the semi-acoustic Coronado guitars, is the insane first wife best kept locked up in your castle’s farthest tower.] Related to my Mary Kaye mania is my love of white sunburst guitars, …
Reverb Madness: Greco Makes It
Of all the “lawsuit era” Asian guitarmakers of the 1970s and ’80s, Greco is my favorite: They often struck the perfect mix of shamelessly forging the original guitars and cleverly improving on them. I’ve rambled on about my appreciation for guitars and guitar parts made out of rosewood, but here’s a twist I never imagined: …
Presenting “David Lynch’s BOSS PEDALS: WALK ON ME”
Not a Reverb ramble, but a phenomenon I happened across while I was hunting down schematics for a BOSS SG-1 Slow Gear pedal: I’m a huge BOSS fan, but even I would choke at the investment these mega-pedalboards must have demanded. Still, it would be fun to walk across the pedal patch to hear what …
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Reverb Madness: Necks and Bodies
I’m not a Telecaster guy, but if I owned one I would want what are called “barncasters;” Teles cut out of salvaged wood, with all its imperfections and unique texture. [They get their name from the common practice of using pine wood salvaged from old barns.] I imagine that a tele made of pine would …