April 2015 - Guitar-Porn

Month: April 2015

Little 60s Pine Amp

I found this little 60s tube amp in a shop called Songbird Music that used to be in Toronto. It used to be a good place to find weird, second hand cast-offs. When I asked about it the sales guy looked at it blankly for a minute then told me it was made by a…

Djembe With No Name

I was digging through the percussion of a local music store a long time ago when I spotted this drum. Pretty much everything was made by the companies you’d expect – Remo, LP – except this. The terra cotta body really gets a ringing sound. The metal darbukas didn’t have nearly the ring of this…

Something about this finish Warwick Streamer fretless from the German-built era. The pickups are a little muddy but I’ve read some people have had a lot of success clearing that up by switching out the pots. It’s great if you like a really dark sound though. Plus I’ve always liked the moodiness of the finish.

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