an 8-string guitar for $399?! YES, it's true!

I don't personally have a need for 8 strings... 7 maybe, but 8's just too much for me, but I know there are players out there who LOVE 8-strings(like my buddy El Montu!). Well, if you're wanting to sample the 8-string madness, but don't wanna plunk down big money for something you may or may not dig, THIS is the thing for you:

Omen 8
Due to the overwhelming success and appetite for their 8-string guitars, Schecter’s newest offering is the Omen-8, THE most affordable 8-string on the market, Keeping with the standard features of the Omen line, it includes a basswood body, a rosewood/maple bolt-on neck, high output Schecter Diamond Plus pickups, GraphTech Black Tusq XL nut, an 8-string TOM and chrome hardware. A double graphite rod system is employed in the 26.5” scale neck for added strength and reliability. The new model is offered in Walnut Satin and Gloss Black.



A Lefty version is also available in Gloss Black. 

Street price = $399.99  (holy crap that's cheap!)

http://www.schecterguitars.com/

SWEET deal on music software bundle

Dynamic Duo 

ACID Music Studio is a complete recording studio experience—the central nervous system of your home studio, where loops, your own recorded audio, and virtual instruments driven by MIDI data all come together. Toontrack Music is in the business of making virtual instruments that deliver the great sound of real drums. Using EZdrummer is like having a top notch session drummer on call 24/7. Load EZdrummer in ACID Music Studio, design your own drum kit, then play it using some of Toontrack’s 8000+MIDI files and enjoy real, editable drum tracks with the kind of character and punch that only top studios can kick out.

And that’s only the beginning! Tweak your drum mix right inside EZdrummer, with total control over levels and routing. ACID Music Studio’s deep interface and 3000+ loop set, paired with EZdrummer's ingenious approach to drum production, make this combination of products unbeatable. ACID Music Studio software and the EZdrummer virtual instrument—a truly dynamic duo!

bundle cost: only $99.95!  That's a helluva deal!

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/buy/dynamicduo?keycode=64402

That's a helluva deal!  If I didn't already own both of these software titles, I'd be all over it!

Digitech GSP1101 - SLEEP Orange amp tone

Demonstrating an original tone designed by me using the Digitech GSP1101 rack preamp/multi-effects unit - this tone is suitable for playing stoner rock/doom stuff, like the GODS of that genre, SLEEP and their classic albums "The Holy Mountain" and "Dopesmoker".



The gear modeled in the GSP1101 for this tone are an Orange OR120 head, a 4x12 cabinet of Celestion Vintage 30 speakers, an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi fuzz pedal, and just abit of Lexicon Hall reverb.

[Video Tutorial] Connecting the POD HD500 to an Amplifier Using the 4 Cable Method

This video tutorial demonstrates how to set up your POD HD500 in the 4 cable method with your amp using its own effects loop.

Fastway - "Say What You Will"

This song kicked my ass - and everyone else's too - when I was in 10th grade at high school, circa 1983.  Man, what a freakin' CLASSIC!

2 quick samples of the Digitech GSP1101

I've only had the unit for less than a week, so I'm still learning it's ins & outs...

http://www.digitech.com/products/Multi-Effects/GSP1101.php

a package from UPS... what have we here?

hell yeah, baby!!!

3 simple reasons why the Axe-FX sucks ass

1. no USB

2. no audio interface for recording

3. no headphone jack


ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME?! 

No, I am not.  This is absolute NO BRAINER stuff.. and it ain't there.

For $1500-2000 for the regular and Ultra models respectively, this is a travesty.



Even if I HAD the money to spend on this - which I don't - I wouldn't do it.  I'll stick with Line 6, BOSS and Digitech, thank you very much.  (yes, I left out the Eleven Rack - it's also abit limited for the hefty $900 price tag, plus the whole Pro Tools tie-in makes me nauseous)