At Home: Marshall Cabinetry

So while at work the other day I picked up a nice Marshall 1960B 4x12 Speaker Cabinet to run with my Diezel Herbert head. Pretty wicked sounding! I'm pretty happy, having switched from using Mesa/Boogie Rectifier-series cabinets for years now (I still have an ancient, battle-scarred Recto 412 with C90s in my living room though). Who knows... this might be the start of a Marshall kick for me...especially since we got in a used JVM210H that looks incredibly tempting.




Tone report here.

Here's a pic of my new cab with all my other stuff:

A word from Experience 2009!

So my two co-workers who were sent on to Maryland this weekend for Paul Reed Smith's Experience PRS 2009 event have come back with a load of stories and ground-shaking news. I've heard only a teeny bit, but trust me...



It's HUGE. More to come.

What's new at work?

PRS is apparently what's new at work. We just got in our first of about a dozen new Paul Reed Smith Guitars that we had on order since the week before last. This one was listed to us as "Custom 22 - Special". Turns out it was a Custom 22 10-top with Starla pickups--that's right--and a matching flamed maple veneer headstock. Pretty rad!

Just check out that awesome bookmatched flame! The guitar is super light too. Almost as light as our Korina McCarty Soapbar. Here's the moneyshot on the headstock:



How about more of that top?



One of our customers was of the mind that "It doesn't sound like a Starla...but it doesn't sound like a Custom 22 either." (Speaking of Starla... there is supposedly, on its way, according to one of our guys, a Starla Stoptail to be showing up here soon...) Which is pretty neat. Why sound inside the box?

Welcome to Gear Madness! My name is Kaz, and I hope to learn yours. Here's where I'm going to share with you, my readers, friends, customers, and random strangers/fans of music instruments some of the cool stuff at my workplace as well as in local venues, coffee houses, and other music-filled locales! Even though I work day in, day out with musical instruments from low end to the highest end and vintage pieces, I am always filled with love and passion for those tone machines, and I want to share that passion and inspiration with you and yours, to educate (and learn from, as no one knows everything) others about them to the best of my abilities. I love guitars, amps, and pretty much anything you can fit in between them. :)

Feel free to browse around and if you see a particular bit of cool gear on this blog, chances are that if its from the store I work in, I can work with you on a deal to get it in your hands and end the cruel process of salivating and handwringing (Or so I hope!).

If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment, or heck, give me an email or call, or drop by Guitar Center in Manchester, CT and talk shop and play some cool guitars with me. :) I'll be happy to see you.