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Guitars in Vegas by Guitar lessons and guitar gear on Nov 6, 2009Guitars in Vegas I am taking a trip to Las Vegas in December with my wife. We are going to run the marathon, and I'm going to check out some guitar stores as well! The guitar stores I have found so far are, Vegas Guitars, Cowtown Guitars, Las Vegas...

Low wattage guitar amp - Mack GEM by Guitar lessons and guitar gear on Oct 25, 2009Low wattage guitar amp - Mack GEM The new Mack GEM is out, and I have played it quite a bit over the weekend. This low wattage tube amp is very cool. First of all, it looks killer! My friend asked if it had been built my smurfs. Well, it sure is smal...

Marshall Class 5 by Guitar lessons and guitar gear on Oct 13, 2009Marshall Class 5 The Marshall Class 5 is a simple five-watt, class A, tube combo It uses ECC83s in the preamp stage and one EL84 power tube for power. It's a very simple amp, meant for smaller gigs or practice. The front panel has a Plexi look. The...

Victoria Marathon 2009 by Guitar lessons and guitar gear on Oct 12, 2009Victoria Marathon 2009 The weather was perfect for running on Sunday's Victoria Marathon. First place went to Hilary Cheruiyot with 2:19:26 and in second place, Steve Osaduik in 2:22:42, and in third place with 2:24:43, Lameth Mosoti. My friend Davi...

Marshall MA Amps by Guitar lessons and guitar gear on Oct 3, 2009Marshall MA Amps Marshall has a new series of amps out called the MA Series. They are entry level all tube amps, so they will cost less and have fewer bells and whistles than other Marshall amps like the JVM or VM amps, while still not sacrificing t...

Floating bridge guitar setup by Guitar lessons and guitar gear on Oct 2, 2009Floating bridge guitar setup Here is a tip for those who have a non-locking style floating tremolo bridge on a Stratocaster type of guitar, and are having trouble staying in tune. Most of us know that you need graphite or pencil lead in the nut of t...