Well let me start by saying...I came to this website looking for help building my first guitar...that being said I have very little exsperiance building guitars...I have built many things but never a guitar and I have always wanted to...so hopefully with some of your help I can...thanks for such a great site can't wait to learn some stuff

my ap is starting to show signs of witer its a sovtek mig 50.truly a great amp but it is heavy and doesn't like to go out any morei was thinking about picking up one or two of these for my board.i have a little arthritis in my hands and carrying heavy amps is becoming a bit of a pain no pun intended so i thought this pedal at 99 bucks might be my godsend.let me know what you tink they haven't shown up at my locals gtr stores yet

the bad monkey i think would be the way to go for your blues tone quest

i'm almost sure it wasa ts9 on scar tissue.he uses the english muffin i believe now

i purchased the jimi hendrix fuzz 2 they don't make them any more its just a rehousing on the fuzz face they put it in the little mxr box i love this thing not much in the way of controls but hell its a fuzz.i do have and love my rat its actually my second one they say you cant destroy them but i have now almost twice my current on got ran over by a car it still works but the input is messed up

so many big muffs out there just keep searching i actually am looking for one i think my choice will probably be the black/blue russian one

this is right up my alley --distortion.i have managed to purchase /trade "find" all kinds of distortions or ways of creating i .the pedal query is really up to your ears noone can really tell you which pedal will work for you just keep playing(yeah twist your arm)andyou will find the grail for you.i myself like all things distorted od fuzz the rat grunge even an eq pedal did it for me fr a while

Wow! I hope Gibson gets cleared of any wrongdoing, too.

On November 17th, 2009, the Gibson Guitars Massman Rd manufacturing facility was raided by Federal agents from the US Fish and Wildlife Service along with local law enforcement officers. The seized guitar, computers, wood, and boxes of files. It seems that Gibson is under investigation of being a part of a scheme to import endangered rosewood from Madagascar, thus violating the Lacey Act. The Lacey Act is a vital part of environmental law. The sale of Madagascar rosewood and ebony has also been linked to international criminal activity.

It seems from what I have heard so far, Gibson’s role in the scheme is unclear, but it is thought that they were a part of a bigger plot which was having this endangered wood shipped to Germany, and then on to the United States. Most of the details as far as I can see are unclear and somewhat hazy.

No Charges have been brought against Gibson at this time, and a representative of Gibson stated that they were fully cooperating in the investigation. Being that Gibson Guitar Chairman and CEO Henry Juszkiewicz sits on the board of the Rainforest Alliance, the implications of this investigation could be far reaching.

As more information is made available, I will try to update this blog. I can only hope that this is a mistake, and that Gibson is able to clear their name. It would be a shame to see an icon of the guitar industry involved in such an act, especially given their ties to environmental groups.
For more details and to read more on this story, please see the NashvillePost.com article at http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/200 ... son_guitars_raided_by_fbi

Gary Allen

Yea, forums have been a bit slow. Hopefully that will start to change soon.

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