Past Issues: July, 2011

/ July 26, 2011 1:56 am

Thunderdrive Overdrive Pedal Build and Review

In the past few years I’ve seen more and more build your own pedal kits hit the market. Intrigued, I still had a fear of commitment. What happens if I drop $60 on complicated delay pedal and screw it up? I’m out $60 AND a pedal. Or worse off I have a pedal that works…some of the time. The Thunderdrive [...]

/ July 18, 2011 1:54 am

An Axe By Any Other Name

We all know the heavy hitters… Gibson, PRS, Fender, BC Rich, Jackson… Names synonymous with quality guitars. Well, in every guitar player’s life, we run across an axe or two by a manufacturer that few have heard of that are absolutely amazing for one or more reasons. Or a guitar by a known maker that may be off the beaten [...]

/ July 11, 2011 7:21 am

Interview with Alvin “Snake Bass” Harrison

My newest article on Bass creators is with local artist Alvin Harrison. I met Mr. Harrison at Larry Hartke’s Bass Lounge in Manhattan. Not only does Alvin sculpt beautiful one of a kind basses, but also produces fine paintings. No detail is overlooked, as is evidenced in not only his basses but his paintings as well. With a military upbringing, [...]

/ July 6, 2011 1:58 am

Eden WTDI Preamp Product Review

I heard about these a few months back and told myself in perfect English “I gots to gets me one uh these!” After a short wait for them to hit the market I, in fact “gots me one.” The WTDI by Eden is the new Swiss Army knife for bassists. Eden put themselves on the map with their World Traveler [...]