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This is a trick question, right? With IEMs I could get away with a 100w head cranked to 11 with a 4x12" sitting offstage in an isolation cabinet. That would be sweet. But realistically I'm going with 1x10" or 1x12" basically as a guitar monitor if there are issues with the IEMs, which...

He's been working through Bandman. I think they recently moved to Ohio Ave back behind the mall.

Everybody needs one of these. They're easy to use, they're super portable, they love stomp boxes, they're shockingly loud for the size, and they just sound good. Be like Felix. Play a DR. Boring details: 22W 1x12" combo amp with footswitchable reverb and tremolo. Black with silver grill cloth. ...

Knocking the price down to $250.

Giving this a bump.

A super portable combo amp in great condition. A nice grab-and-go amp for rehearsals and blues jams. - 15w from two 12AX7s and two 6V6GTs, switchable down to 5w - 12" Celestion speaker - Built-in Tube Screamer (foot-switchable) - 6db clean boost (foot-switchable) - Effects loop - This is the so...

This has been sold.

Generic rock/blues/whatever guitarist available in the Altoona area. Looking to play out a few times per month but not every weekend. Solid rhythm player, competent lead player, can handle some backing vocals, can't really djent.

The weather is warming up again, so let's revisit this. Surf, anyone?

Still looking. If you've been in touch via Facebook Messenger, I'm not Facebooking any more so hit me up by text/email/PM/telepathy.

Anyone need some guitar? I'm open to covers and originals and am very interested in playing live and recording. My schedule is flexible but somewhat limited, so if you plan to practice five nights a week or tour Europe I might not be your guy. I'm particularly interested in quirky projects that are ...

How much amp do you need? Bedroom size or jam-with-drums size?

Giving this a bump...

Any drummers out there?

Save up for the 5150! That's your tone all the way. (Or steal Mel's Soldano.)

But can you do the Watusi?

I'm looking for some peeps to put together a little surf/hot rod/rockabilly instrumental band. A bunch of simple, melodic tunes played with attitude. Even if it never made it out of the garage, it'd be a fun chance to jam some tunes and drink some beer. Ideally it could play out as an opening act, a...

I would love to hear samples of other local guitar players tones....not your bedroom/ basement tone, but what your tone sounds like when your setting up for a live show. Most guitarists wouldn't mind at all if you hung around to talk gear during setup and sound check. It's a good idea to talk with ...

Fender sneaks some really cool and innovative things into their lineup. I have the wee little Mustang Mini in my office and it's incredible how many features are crammed into it. It may well have the same brains as the full-size amps. I need to spend more time messing with the Fuse software, but hav...

I don't think that "do what works for you" is the right approach. I think "do what works for the audience" followed by "do what works for the band" come first. What works for me is of little concern to anyone but me. This is a slippery slope and it leads to where the m...

You absolutely cannot get the sense of presence of imperfection, for lack of a better term, from anything digital. Tube amps may not be as versatile a tool as their all-digital counterparts, but across the country I'd be willing to wager that the tube-to-digital rig ratio is about 3 or 4-1 for tube...

How far do you want to travel? There are good teachers in Altoona and elsewhere.

PS - If you're a 5, you probably know more theory than you realize.

The amp facing the wall is mainly to let you crank it up without murdering the audience (and yourself) with volume. And it makes life much easier for the sound crew because you aren't competing with the FOH. If you aren't mic'ing the amp, facing the wall obviously isn't as good of an option. Facing ...

My preference is a smaller tube amp. That way you can crank it up to near-meltdown without offending small children, the elderly, and PLCB officers. Amp modelers sound great and are really the better option from a functional standpoint. But I'm addicted to controlled feedback and my experience has b...