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GALLERY: Show Us Your Gear - DIY Builds

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"Ralph was inspired by seeing Les Claypool solo and built upon the Whamola concept. He stripped the pickup, volume, and tone knobs from a ""pawn store P-bass knock-off"" and bought the rest at Ace Hardware. The wooden bore is a pine wheelbarrow handle shaved into shape and stained. The instrument has two stand-up bass strings to facilitate tuning to different intervals, and he added a hump-fret at the second octave, ""for some higher frequency mischief."" He adds, ""the sustain on this puppy is outrageous!"""

EarthQuaker Devices introduces Gary, a versatile fuzz and overdrive pedal designed by Lee Kiernan of Idles.

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A forward-thinking, inventive, high-quality electro-acoustic design yields balance, playability, and performance flexibility.

High-quality construction. Flexible, responsive, and detailed-sounding pickup/mic system. Lots of bass resonance without feedback or mud.

Handsome, understated design may still estrange traditionalists.

$1,599

L.R. Baggs AEG-1
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Though acoustic amplification has improved by leaps, bounds, and light years, the challenges of making a flattop loud remain … challenging. L.R. Baggs has played no small part in improving the state of acoustic amplification, primarily via ultra-reliable pickups like the Anthem, Lyric, andHiFi Duet microphone and microphone/under-saddle systems, the overachieving, inexpensive Element Active System, and theM1 andM80 magnetic soundhole pickups—all of which have become industry standards to one degree or another.

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Jackson Audio Silvertone 1484 Twin Trem Tremolo Demo | First Look
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Excellent optical and harmonic tremolo circuits—and the ability to blend them to wild, woozy effect—distinguish this modulation collaboration.

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