A Beast to Praise

This is only the band's second live album, the first was back in 2004. I'm buying this to actually hear what's going on with the guitars. The studio albums couldn't manifest a clear difference between the two guitarists, usually live albums would shed some light on this situation. I learnt this after listening to Slayer's Decade of Aggression. I'm definitely a fan of the music but the studio albums suggest that they don't need two guitarists in the band because I struggled to hear any differences along the way.

Pic: knottfest

Chimey

I have always enjoyed clean tones with an acoustic plugged in. Recently, a nylon string alternative was preferred. I don't strum chords too often (can't remember the last time I did), I tend to stick to arpeggiating three notes with an overload of chimey modulation dialled in. I have no obligations to follow what others are doing for cleans, I'm mostly on heavy distortion anyway. This LANEY Prism mini has such good clean tones on board. 

79s Thinline

This is a good release (to me) by the Japanese end of Fender. Ash body, 3-bolt attachment, CuNiFe pickups, the works. That's right, the thing with limited edition Japanese stuff is always the probability of it not making its way here.

Pic: Fende Japan

ICWH

So Ibanez is doing things a little differently this August, releasing this new model in the middle of the month instead of doing so at the start of the month. This here is ICWH727; Iceman Wes Hauch 7-string. A signature 7-string model - meaning - it would manifest a niche appeal. It's beyond reach for most of us so I won't state the price here. Do you even know Wes Hauch?

Pic: Ibanez

Dry

This had been a Squier P-bass which was a display unit at the store. After the strings were removed, we can all agree that the fretboard had dried up along the way & it's in need of moisturization. I'm of the opinion that, the fretboards of instruments on display are subjected to more drying than its sealed up counterparts. Reason being - indoor air-conditioning. It's not an anomaly by any means; all porous fretboards undergo drying along the way, we need to give some TLC by applying some fretboard oil or re-moisturizing fluid along the way.

BT @ DGMC

Just a price update - The Orange Baby Terror is now in stock @ Davis GMC ($299). Reminder - this is an amp head, you'll need speakers to make it work. Also, it's solid state technology.

Pic: TGM