NZGuitars.com : Filling you with GAS since 2003

5 years ago = Marshall Valvestate 8080 (recently divorced, no money - but I got to keep my guitars and she got a house. That's a good deal, right? Right?) Now = rather a lot of amps. Anything from a stock 1960 Fender Super Amp to Marshall 1974x to Traynor Dark Horse, 65 DRRI, Mesa Roadster etc. I us...

Here's my two cents worth. Or two watts. A few months ago I picked up a Traynor Dark Horse. It's made in Canada, and is verrrry tweakable. It has two output options - a 15 watt 6V6 and a 2 watt 12 AU7. It also has a tone stack toggle between Brit, US and pure. Messing around with Gain and Master set...

expensive Korg Pitchblack I know "expensive" is a relative term, but srsly? even a tight @rse like me thinks they're a great price.. well cheaper than the planet waves one I bought. "expensive" is relative indeed. I will now end up spending additional money on the one I should h...

For what it's worth I have a Behringer tuner at the front of my board, no apparent tone suck but it's really not a pleasant tuner. It gets easily confused, and it takes a long time to home in on the frequency you're sending it. Fast tune checks between songs takes too long. I thought, "it's onl...

I've always found 12 stringers hard work (I probably just need to man up), but quite good for slide work - it covers up the imbalance between high E and B and other strings (although Ry Cooder or Johnny Winter never needed one). Here's an oldie, a '67 Fender Coronado 12 - I believe this one was made...

Sounds great - was that the SG?