“Astrovan” took him from lawyer to soulful indie-pop headliner on the back of his rewired, ragged ’69 Jag and a bed of shimmering ’verbs and reversed delays.
You could WIN a Reverend Guitars Cross Cut and Positive Grid Spark LIVE as featured in John Bohlinger's Electric Busking Rig video seen below! Enter by September 3, 2024 for your chance to win!
Bohlinger's Nashville Street Performance & Stranger Jams w/ Reverend Crosscut & Positive Spark Live
Reverend Crosscut Solidbody Electric Guitar with Maple Fingerboard - Natural
Get ready for the noiseless, modern, single-cut bolt-on guitar. The Reverend Crosscut is loaded with Railhammer Cleancut pickups – hybrid pickups with the punch of p90s, but with cleaner and leaner tone and no hum. This means that you can get lots of jangly tone out of the Reverend Crosscut, but the guitar still takes overdrive really well.
Positive Grid Spark LIVE 150-watt 4-channel Combo Amp and PA System
Spark LIVE is much more than an amp. It's everything! A portable, multi-channel, all-in-one experience is here. Plug in guitar, bass, vocals, keys—or all at once. Fueled by Sonic IQ Computational Audio, this 4-channel smart amp and PA system is packed with amps, effects and a mixer. Miraculously compact and loud, with optional battery power, Spark LIVE delivers big, adaptive sound for any event.
A Godzilla-sized bass octave fuzz that is capable of doomy devastation—or more nuanced sounds that fit in mellow, organic musical settings.
Surprising selection of hazy, subtle bass-drive tones that transcend doom and desert rock.
Interactive controls can make some tones elusive when fine-tuning on the fly.
$129
Electro-Harmonix Lizard King Bass Octave Fuzz
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Bass octave-fuzz effects aren’t typically for the timid. And as its name suggests, theEHX Lizard King largely trades in Godzilla-huge, cityscape-leveling sounds that lift bassists above Bonham-aping drummers and desert-rock guitar players that don’t have to answer to the neighbors. But there are shades of low end beyond simply menacing in the Lizard King.
Electro-Harmonix Lizard King Review by premierguitar
A big part of that flexibility starts with the sun/shadow switch. Sun mode features a mid-boosted fuzz bookended by enhanced treble and bass in the clean side of the blend. The shadow mode features flat bass and treble response and a much tighter fuzz. Each mode can be radically reshaped by the octave, blend, and tone controls, which, in various configurations, span warm overdrive with a little fuzz and fizz, glowing at the edges and thuggish realms. Many of the tones in the latter range are predictably chaotic, belching strange, colliding overtones that can sound quite tattered at more aggressive blend, tone, and octave settings—especially when you play down low on the neck. The same tones can be tightened up by playing in higher positions and especially at the 12th fret and above. The most cohesive of these tones can sound devastating while doubling, say, an SG and a Big Muff. But using subtler, hazier, and more modest octave fuzz textures can provide hip juxtaposition to mellower sounds from acoustic guitar to electric piano and synth string ensembles.
Electro-Harmonix Lizard King Octave Fuzz Pedal
Lizard King Octave Fuzz PedalMade in the U.S. with high-strength steel and a silicone cradle, it safely holds up to 25 pounds.
Strumland, a boutique brand focused on designing and building premium guitar accessories, has launched their debut product, the Studio Collection Guitar Wall Mount.
Designed to work universally with all acoustic, electric, and classical guitars, it’s a modern, rock-solid solution to showcase and protect your guitar. The sleek powder-coated steel body includes a simple yet hidden swiveling function to accommodate all guitar styles and headstock shapes. A custom cradle, molded from pure silicone, strongly supports and protects guitar necks and finishes. High-strength mounting hardware along with a user-friendly installation guide are included. The product can be safely mounted to vertical studs, wooden beams, or to standard drywall surfaces. It features an advertised maximum weight rating of 25 pounds (and can safely hold even more), well in excess of even the heaviest solid-body electric guitars.
The new hanger is precision built with a USA-made steel body and hand-assembled in Asheville, NC.” Ryan Klinger, founder and owner of Strumland, noted that “after significant R&D, we’re confident our guitar wall mount is safe to use with all properly cared for guitar finishes -including vintage instruments and those finished with nitrocellulose lacquer. It’s made to compliment the craftsmanship of your instrument. We take the responsibility of protecting and showcasing your guitar seriously.”
Strumland products are built to last and backed by the brand’s trademark Lifetime Sustain Guarantee. Available in both Pitch Black and Pure White finishes, the Strumland Studio Collection Guitar Wall Mount (MSRP: $39) is sold online only with free shipping fromStrumland.com and Amazon.com.
For more information, please visit strumland.com.
Hot lipstick pickups, a hotter red finish, and f-hole distinguish a Longhorn fit for the Sunset Strip.
Danelectro Red Hot Longhorn Semi-hollowbody Bass Guitar - Red
First introduced in 1958, Danelectro’s classic Longhorn body shape and short-scale neck is revered for its distinctive sound, heard on countless recordings. The newest Longhorn carries on this proud tradition but adds some modern touches.
Red Hot Longhorn features include:
- Red Hot top and black back & sides
- F hole and top body binding.
- Two Danelectro 50’s pickups, CRL pickup selector
- 29.75″ short-scale neck with Rosewood fretboard and 24 frets
- Traditional bridge with single adjustable rosewood saddle
- Black die-cast master volume and tone knobs