7s' Gear

I've played through a bunch of different amplifiers over the years and recently I was on a Line 6 kick but when I first played through a Bogner, I was blown away by the amazing flexibility of this amp.  It is one of the first amps where the full range of all of the controls are useful.  Sure you can crank everything up to 10 and get a huge sound but there is remarkable variation in the    more >

I tried out several different phasers before settling on this one.  The real kicker for me was the switch that lets you go between the classic script MXR Phase 90 and the more recent "block logo" Phase 90.  It's like getting the best of both worlds (pardon the VH pun there) but with only one spot on the pedal board.

I've tried tons of different distortion effect pedals and most of them were too fuzzy for my liking. I love a smooth distortion and when I tried and OCD, I knew I had finally found it. Nice and smooth and with the option of putting a bunch of boost on top.  

This was kind of an impulse purchase in that I tweeted about DigitechWhammy.com and took a look at the site and thought this could be a very useful tool so I headed down to the music store and tried one out.  At first, it seemed a bit gimmicky but when I started playing through a nice amp, a ton of creative possibilities just started pouring out and I started recognizing songs that    more >