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== '''This Week's Reviews are:''' == | == '''This Week's Reviews are:''' == | ||
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| - | '''[https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Zoom_G2.1u_review Twist's review of the Zoom G2.1u Multi FX!!!]''' | ||
| - | [[Image:Zoom overall.jpg|thumb|250px|Zoom G2.1u]] | ||
| - | When i was getting serious about playing guitar, i was on the lookout for a nice (and affordable) multieffect device. I came across a lot of different brands and a price range from 50 Euros to 1000 and more. Then the local guitar shop owner showed me the Zoom G2 family. And for about 200 Euro (it's much cheaper by now, in fact there is a successor, the Zoom G2.1Nu) i got a versatile multi effect with usb recording options and a decent delay of under 5ms when switching between effect presets. [https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Zoom_G2.1u_review (MOre....)] | ||
| - | + | '''[[Roland Cube 80x Review]]''' | |
| - | + | [[Image:P1090200.JPG|thumb|200px|Roland Cube 80]] | |
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| - | + | A versatile amp that can play pretty much everything. It has a nice sounding clean channel, on top of different kinds of amp emulations (JC Clean, Acoustic Simulator, Black Panel, DLX Combo, Brit Combo, Tweed, Classic Stack, Metal, R-Fier, Dyna Amp) and on board delay and reverb effects. As usual with these kind of amps the effects are not as good as sepparate stomps would be, but do their job. It also has a nice EQ (Bass, Middle, Treble and Presence) and a Chromatic Tuner. | |
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| - | The GT-10 is the most recent multi-effects (MFX) floorboard unit from Boss. It's described as a modeller using Roland's COSM technology and essentially is meant to provide digital modelling of well known amps and stomp boxes. It's in competition with the POD X3 Live, Digitech RP1000 and TC Electronics Nova System. The GT-10 has one 1/4" input, MIDI IN/OUT, SPDIF Out, Headphone Out, USB, Left (Mono)/Right 1/4" out, Send/Receive Loop 1/4" in and out, external amp channel switch, external expression/control pedal line. | ||
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| + | [[Image:JS32T.jpg|thumb|right|Jackson Kelly JS32T]] | ||
| + | '''[https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Jackson_Kelly_JS32T_Review Jackson Kelly JS32T]''' | ||
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| + | Instructor Todd Simpson reviews his latest guitar. | ||
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| + | After playing this guitar for a while I can comfortably say the following. Avoid this guitar like the plague! | ||
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| + | I was drawn in by its flashy good looks and brand name and incredible price! $200 U.S. I first saw it in Guitar Center here in Atlanta and thought it was a pricing mistake, but no! It was really that cheap! I bought it without even touching it. I got it home and plugged it in and that's where things started to go wrong. I plugged it in to my rig expecting hot, searing, Jackson Monster Tone! Sadly, I got limp, weak, buzzy, outright lame tone. The pickups in this thing are just crap. [https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Jackson_Kelly_JS32T_Review Keep reading] | ||
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| + | [[Image:Mt2-0.jpg|thumb|right|90px|Boss MT-2]] | ||
| + | '''[https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Boss_MT-2_Mini_Review Boss MT-2 Mini Review]''' | ||
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| + | Time to review a classic among distortion stomps, BOSS MT-2 has been around for decades providing a distinctive sound which is a standard for many heavy/thrash bands. [https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/guitar_forum/index.php?showtopic=33115 GMC Mini Reviews] are short articles about your favourite gear, easy to write, fast to read. Share your opinion on ''any'' piece of gear you own with us! | ||
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| - | [https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Flux_Solera '''This time it's Tony Miro's review of his new Software "Flux Solera"!!!'''] | ||
| - | [[Image:Solera2.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Flux Solera.]] | ||
| - | Solera II is a plug-in dynamics processor aimed at professional Mastering Studios. As a dynamic processor it offers compression, de-compression, expansion and de-expansion options as well as brick wall limiting. As a plug-in it can run under both Windows (XP 32 and 64 bit and Vista 32 and 64 bit) and Mac (Tiger and Leopard) and as a Universal binary. It's been tested on a variety of DAWs (see Flux site for a list).[https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Flux_Solera (More....)]<br> | ||
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| + | '''[https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Zoom_G2.1u_review Twist's review of the Zoom G2.1u Multi FX!!!]''' | ||
| + | [[Image:Zoom overall.jpg|thumb|250px|Zoom G2.1u]] | ||
| - | + | When I was getting serious about playing guitar, I was on the lookout for a nice (and affordable) multieffect device. I came across a lot of different brands and a price range from 50 Euros to 1000 and more. Then the local guitar shop owner showed me the Zoom G2 family. And for about 200 Euro (it's much cheaper by now, in fact there is a successor, the Zoom G2.1Nu) I got a versatile multi effect with usb recording options and a decent delay of under 5ms when switching between effect presets. [https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/wiki/index.php/Zoom_G2.1u_review (More....)] | |
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This Week's Reviews are:
A versatile amp that can play pretty much everything. It has a nice sounding clean channel, on top of different kinds of amp emulations (JC Clean, Acoustic Simulator, Black Panel, DLX Combo, Brit Combo, Tweed, Classic Stack, Metal, R-Fier, Dyna Amp) and on board delay and reverb effects. As usual with these kind of amps the effects are not as good as sepparate stomps would be, but do their job. It also has a nice EQ (Bass, Middle, Treble and Presence) and a Chromatic Tuner.
Instructor Todd Simpson reviews his latest guitar.
After playing this guitar for a while I can comfortably say the following. Avoid this guitar like the plague!
I was drawn in by its flashy good looks and brand name and incredible price! $200 U.S. I first saw it in Guitar Center here in Atlanta and thought it was a pricing mistake, but no! It was really that cheap! I bought it without even touching it. I got it home and plugged it in and that's where things started to go wrong. I plugged it in to my rig expecting hot, searing, Jackson Monster Tone! Sadly, I got limp, weak, buzzy, outright lame tone. The pickups in this thing are just crap. Keep reading
Time to review a classic among distortion stomps, BOSS MT-2 has been around for decades providing a distinctive sound which is a standard for many heavy/thrash bands. GMC Mini Reviews are short articles about your favourite gear, easy to write, fast to read. Share your opinion on any piece of gear you own with us!
Twist's review of the Zoom G2.1u Multi FX!!!
When I was getting serious about playing guitar, I was on the lookout for a nice (and affordable) multieffect device. I came across a lot of different brands and a price range from 50 Euros to 1000 and more. Then the local guitar shop owner showed me the Zoom G2 family. And for about 200 Euro (it's much cheaper by now, in fact there is a successor, the Zoom G2.1Nu) I got a versatile multi effect with usb recording options and a decent delay of under 5ms when switching between effect presets. (More....)
