Gear Reviews

From a players perspective... It seems that every time I return from one of the music trade shows, whether it’s the NAMM show in Anaheim or Nashville, Canada’s MIAC show, or the MusikMesse in...

The ZT Lunchbox Amp Review

The saying says big surprises come in small packages, and usually it is applies to diamond rings. But the ZT Amplifier’s Lunchbox amp proves that idiom true for guitarists as well as potential...

Fostex AR4i Interface for iPhone

VIDEO REVIEW: It seems like every musician and sound tech I know is packing an iPhone these days—and it has little to do with the phone part. The number of audio apps is pretty...

Marshall Fidge: Your Man Cave Just Got a Little Cooler!

No…literally…a new little cooler… and that cooler happens to look like a Marshall amp! This cooler, aptly named the Marshall Fridge, could be mistaken for an actual Marshal half stack. ...

Line 6 and Colbie Caillat WOW NAMM 2012

Line 6 and Colbie Caillat blew away NAMM this year... Line 6’s press conference was all abuzz at NAMM this year with the launch of their scaleable, loaded to the max StageSource speakers and...

VIDEO REVIEW: Gemini MS-USB Portable PA

The Gemini MS-USB Portable PA System is a 100 watt (peak/50W RMS) PA with a 5” woofer and 1” tweeter that delivers big sound in a small package with lots of great extra features.Tracks/...

Fishman Rare Earth Humbucking and L.R. Baggs M1a Acoustic Guitar Pickups

VIDEO REVIEW: Line 6 PODHD400, Part DEUX!

PART DEUX of Larry Hall's AMAZING review of the PODHD400. Line 6 has managed to change the purist's mind...

VIDEO REVIEW: JH Audio JH16 Pro In Ear Monitors: Chas Stumbo

Chas Stumbo is a gigging drummer in Las Vegas who play in some pretty rockin' bands. Oh...and there's something you should know about him...he plays LOUD...REALLY LOUD. So monitoring that works is a...

VIDEO REVIEW: Aphex Aural Xciter Pedal for Guitar and Bass

Scott Woodward takes the Aphex Xciter pedal for guitar and bass out for a very big spin. When I got asked to take the Aphex Xciter stompbox out on a few gigs I had to do a little research. The...