Recent content by Mr. Papa

I dig a C-Rex.

Let's get all the facts wrong and make it confusing, and hopefully someone will show up like rubbing a lamp (the wrong way)!

If you aren't a builder, consider a used Rivera Chubster, it should fit in your price range if you can find one.

Behringer pedals are a great value, you can't really go wrong. As for amps, it depends on what you play, but there are so many pedals out there that any amp with a solid clean tone is a good platform to build on. It sounds like you might be a new player. I wish I could go back in time and give...

I had Seths in a 535 and thought the bridge was not strong enough or solid enough in the low end, and thought Ants would be better. If it was my guitar I'd look for a set of T Tops or a comparable clone like the ThroBak Pre-T, with no potting.

Any recommendations on good jazz lessons on YouTube or elsewhere? I keep trying (and failing) to learn just some basics, and fun standards that maybe have applications to other styles. I'm thinking Allman-brothers style jazz/blues inflections, to being able to keep up with simple jazz songs. Any...

Speaker to relax the BARK? Hello good folks, I'm running a Heritage H-150 with Tom Holmes pickups (A4, std wind) into a Dr. Z Z-28 clone I built, into a Celestion Gold speaker, and I love everything about this setup but the very strong, harsh even, upper mid bark. Steely, like the other Z's I...

Hey folks, I'm thinking of picking up a 5E3 clone of some kind, what's good out there these days? Fender has one, I saw a Mojotone on Reverb that had a JCM800 channel that seemed interesting (but the interactive channels are separated, only one volume control), and there are the...

Has anyone played an Epiphone Bonamassa 1960 LP Standard? Anybody know anything about this guitar, have one yet? https://www.themusiczoo.com/products/epiphone-joe-bonamassa-1960-les-paul-standard-outfit-heritage-cherry-norm-burst Eager to hear a report on weight, tone, finish, how it stacks up...

Vox Bruno 35? Hey out there, anybody have any experience with these amps? They look pretty cool but hard to find.

Does anyone know with any credible (preferably first-hand or second) knowledge what guitars and amps Teenie Hodges was using during the early '70s Al Green recordings? Specifically his tone on "Love and Happiness" just gets me. Thanks!

I tried to search on this but nothing came up. Does anyone have any opinions / experience to share about the ES-Les Paul, the hollow les paul model produced in Memphis?

Hey guys, I can’t afford it, but this is a pretty hot looking ‘63 Jazzmaster for sale in Maine: https://maine.craigslist.org/msg/d/1963-fender-jazzmaster/6411878996.html I know this guy and his shop and can vauch that he is meticulous about everything. Happy hunting.

Hey y’all, just picked up an ebony ‘92 Studio, pretty cool guitar but way lighter than my Standard, were they doing weight relief back then or is it just lightweight wood? The pickups are pretty low / Med output 7.8 neck / 7.9 bridge, i’ll guess they are ‘57s unless somebody knows different. All...

Anybody want to weigh in on the possible outcome of swapping the A2/A5 magnets in a 409R/498T set with A4 mags, or maybe move the A5 from the bridge to the neck and try an A4 in the bridge? Thanks for your thoughts.