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65 Twin Reverb Guitar Combo Amp

Grabbed my trusty Fender Twin Reverb out of the garage today to bring it up to the office. Hadn't played in in awhile. Turned it on, tubes warmed up, plugged it in... Ahhhh!! Hello, old friend.

This is how an amp should sound like. Warm, deep, alive, real.

This is a reissue (blackface), but sounds so amazing.

Contrast this with the experience I had recently with a "blemished" Blackheart Little Giant Combo I got off of Zzounds. Came to me DOA. Loud Technologies were even kind enough to send me new tubes, but no go. Light turns on, no sounds come out. Uh... Back it goes.

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Every Picture Tells A Story

Oh boy oh boy, Rod Stewart's Every Picture Tells A Story, is an unbelievably fantastic record.

Don't have it yet? Get it. For $1.99, you can can't go wrong. A great example of fine 70's rock and roll. All of The Faces are on this record, including Ron Wood.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Every_Picture_Tells_a_Story

My pal, Rob, from SF, posts and excellent review/story about Camper Van Beethoven's 25th Anniversary show at the Fillmore in SF. Long, but well worth the read.
http://whatduvetsaid.blogspot.com/2008/06/take-off-that-jumpsuit-you-loo...

Btw, CVB is doing it's annual Campout in Sept. Anyone else want to go on Friday night? Camper Van Beethoven, Built To Spill, Quasi.

Fantastic!

Put some tracks of my old band from the mid/late-90's, Go Pound Salt, up on Last.fm.

http://www.last.fm/music/Go+Pound+Salt/Self-titled

They have a new artist program, so what the heck, let's try it and see.

Posted a quick demo I did last night on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lectric

Done in Garageband with one of the built-in drum samples. Drum sound is a bit cheesy, and the arrangement needs fleshed out, but wanted to get something down "on tape" and the essence is there.

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Retribution Gospel Choir

Alan Sparhawk's side project, Retribution Gospel Choir, produced by and released on Mark Kozelek's (Sun Kil Moon, Red House Painters) label, Caldo Verde. Nice stuff. Think Low songs with Sun Kil Moon production. We have a winner, folks.

I love Alan's songwriting, the melancholy atmosphere his songs create. Hey, they don't call it Sadcore for nuthin'!

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2- song

Egg Hunt was a project with Ian Mackaye and Jeff Nelson from Minor Threat. This two song EP is the only document of this short-lived project, but the songs are fantastic examples of post-hardcore melodic rock. The songs bridge the gap between Minor Threat and Fugazi.

A nice find on Amazon. I use to have the 7-inch and haven't heard these songs for a long time.

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Ampeg ADA6 Dan Armstrong Guitar with Rock Treble & Sustain Treble Pickups

Ampeg announced in January at NAMM a WOOD version of the classic, if not cultish Dan Armstrong guitar.

From the pictures, they looked pretty sweet and affordable at under $500 (I liked the red one, especially.) So now it's July. Where are they? A few suspect shops via google list them, and Ampeg's site still lists them as "Coming soon" (define "soon", please...)