Ep. 00005 - I Would Really Like To Hold That Skinny Body
NEWS:
Fender Foldable Acoustics
Two models available, both have a spruce top w/ quarter-sawn X bracing, mahogany back and sides, 20 fret rosewood fingerboard
Folds at the neck joint, strings go slack, fits in a special backpack/gig bag
Do you need a more portable guitar? I don’t
A couple of new Gibson Les Pauls
Les Paul Custom Lite
Tummy cut + thinner body (think Les Paul Axcess meets Les Paul Custom)
Three knob, mini toggle for coil tap
Ebony - $2,498 MSR
Les Paul Traditional Pro II
Guitar Center exclusive
Push/Push pots for coil tap on both pickups, and a 10db active boost (variable if you like)
50’s or 60’s neck profiles available
Fender Vintage Modified Amps
Silverface era reissues
68 Custom Twin Reverb, 68 Custom Deluxe Reverb, 68 Custom Princeton Reverb,
Twin Reverb & Deluxe Reverb now have tremolo and reverb on BOTH channels
“Custom” channel has a “modified Bassman tone”
Strymon releases Big Sky Reverberator
3 switch, size of their TimeLine & Mobius pedals
12 unique reverbs including some that trace chords and offer “background vocal” effect. Each bank has a number of presets to cycle through.
Cab Filter switch engages “sophisticated speaker response curve” for recording direct/PA
Infinite sustain, freeze, and spillover features
Basically a kick ass reverb pedal that does what you’d expect, plus a million other things. Big brother to the BlueSky
$479
PGS has Effectrode Tube Drive’s back in stock as of 10/24
$399
Mission VM PRO Buffered Volume pedal
Buffered, obviously 9-18V
Active/Passive pickup switch
Adjustable tension and heel position (not all the way at 0%)
“sparkle” switch, keeps highs at low volume
High Impedance switch lets you trick pedals like fuzz
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