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Carlino Korina Impulse and Identity

Carlino Korina Impulse and Identity

Infatuated with the famous Modernistic Korina solidbodies of the late 1950s, Eddie Carlino wanted to add a modern flair to classic specs, and bring it back 50 years later.

Infatuated with the famous Modernistic Korina solidbodies of the late 1950s, Eddie Carlino wanted to add a modern flair to classic specs, and bring it back 50 years later. The 9.5 lb Identity (top right) and the 8.5 lb Impuse (bottom right)Ā are available in a limited run of 25 guitars each. Both guitars feature natural-finish Korina body, two-piece Korina V/C-shaped neck, ebony fingerboard, pearl dot inlays and smooth, rounded fingerboard edges, nicely shaped medium-jumbo frets and a classic 24.75" scale. They’re equipped with Wilkinson tuners, Seymour Duncan SH-6 Distortion pickups, Master Volume, Master Tone, Eck Lo-Fi Booster, 3-position pickup selector, and TonePros Tune-O-Matic bridge with either stoptail or string-through offset V tailpiece of triple-plated solid brass. Control cavities feature threaded metal inserts, battery driveway and a laser-etched control diagram on the inner backplate. A crocodile tolex, form-fit hard case is included, as well as a signed certificate of authenticity. $0 $0 Carlino is building one of each of these guitars right now for Rick Nielson of Cheap Trick, who will be playing them on the new tour starting in June. Nielson already has one Identity in tobacco sunburst with a flamed maple top. $0 $0 Street $3499 $0 carlinoguitars.com

Delicious, dynamic fuzz tones that touch on classic themes without aping them. Excellent quality. Super-cool and useful octave effect.

Can’t mix and match gain modes.

$349

Great Eastern FX Co. Focus Fuzz Deluxe

greateasternfx.com

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Adding octave, drive, and boost functions to an extraordinary fuzz yields a sum greater than its already extraordinary parts.

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Patterns can be viewed as boring or trite, but a little bit of creativity can turn them into bits of inspiration.

Chops: Intermediate
Theory: Intermediater
Lesson Overview:
• Learn different ways to arrange scales.
• Combine various sequences to create more intersting lines.
• Solidify your technique by practicing unusual groupings of notes. Click here to download a printable PDF of this lesson's notation.
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Neutrik’s Timbre plug, made for toggling between capacitors.

Photo courtesy Neutrik company (https://www.neutrik.com)

This follow-up to May 2025’s column shows you a few basic techniques to inject some capacitance into your rig.

Hello, and welcome back to Mod Garage. This month, we will dive into the details of how to add additional guitar-cable capacitance—the right way. Time to get started!

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MayFly Le Habanero Review

Great versatility in combined EQ controls. Tasty low-gain boost voice. Muscular Fuzz Face-like fuzz voice.

Can be noisy without a lot of treble attenuation. Boost and fuzz order can only be reversed with the internal DIP switch.

$171

May Fly Le Habanero

mayflyaudio.com

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A fuzz/boost combo that’s as hot as the name suggests, but which offers plenty of smoky, subdued gain shades, too.

Generally speaking, I avoid combo effects. If I fall out of love with one thing, I don’t want to have to ditch another that’s working fine. But recent fixations with spatial economy find me rethinking that relationship. MayFly’s Le Habanero (yes, the Franco/Spanish article/noun mash-up is deliberate) consolidates boost and fuzz in a single pedal. That’s far from an original concept. But the characteristics of both effects make it a particularly effective one here, and the relative flexibility and utility of each gives this combination a lot more potential staying power for the fickle.

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