LED's on fretboards

Amazing! LED's as fretboard markers! WOW!
simscustom sells it.

Philmusic is a Nightmare

Philmusic is not coping up with the traffic that they are exposed to. They should upgrade since people are not satisfied. It is free, yes but that is not a reason to ignore the users concerns. I hope they wake sometime this century.

Zoom 9002

Tough luck! After so many years of unuse, this gear died out on me. The battery went first. Now the whole thing conked out. I read somewhere in the net that this is a typical occurrence for this device. It mentions electrolytic caps drying out. I have to dissect this beast when I have the time. This is the second gear that died out on me. First on to go was the Boss CS3 Compression Sustainer. Will continue troubleshooting these two when time becomes available.

Tambayan

Forums I currently visit:

• Philmusic
• Fender
• TDPRI
• Strat-talk
• TPC
  

I frequent Philmusic forum the most. I bought some gears from their classifieds. I contribute some interesting threads and posts too.

Boutique Basses Links

Boutique Basses intrigues me a lot. They are so enticing and beautiful, I'm tempted to get one myself. These are very expensive gears. I've collected some sites of popular Boutique Basses.

1. Alembic
2. Basslabs
3. Fodera
4. Jerzy Drozd
   
5. Ken Smith
6. Lakland
7. Lull
   
8. Modulus
9. MTD
10. Pensa
    
11. Ritter
    
12. Roscoe
13. Sei
    
14. Surine
15. Skjold
16. Warwick
17. Zon

Enjoy the beauty of the Boutique Bass!

Wow! After trying to search for some more boutique bass sites, I found this: http://azwebpages.com/bass/BassMakers.htm

There is usually someone who will be ahead of you when it comes to ideas. Whew!

Update: He's not that complete. He doesn't have Ritter. Har Har!?

Hisonus Jazz Bass

Had a slight case of G.A.S. (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) yesterday. Purchased this beautiful MIJ Hisonus Jazz Bass Replica. According to my brother it also sounds awesome. Setup was done by a prominent Philippine luthier, Jon Elegee. The pickguard is non-stock see-through plexiglass. Package includes a padded gig bag and the original tortoiseshell pickguard. Got this bass from Philmusic's Unang_Bilog a.k.a. Brian Anderson of First Circle. Funny thing about this is it seems to have been previously owned by a Malaysian. I googled Hisonus and found a blog that shows the exact pictures. I was hesitant to buy this piece but the clincher came when I saw this two comments: Music Trade Company and Recording Review. They were highly favorable of Hisonus and after all, the bass was beautiful. Can't wait to play when I have my vacation.

Soundclick

I created a Soundclick page just out of curiosity. I always liked to tinker and dabble. Maybe you can give it a listen Eclectic Electrique .

Boss EQ-20 Equalizer Pedal

Just bought a Boss EQ-20 double pedal. This stompbox is giving me great pleasure. The price is reasonable given that there is a shortage here of decent pedals. I play little of everything so it helps me find some nice EQ settings to augment my guitar playing. It gives me a choice of two settings (MANUAL and MEMORY) using the right pedal. A small SELECT button allows selection of 9 pre-programmed EQ settings. I can also program settings of my own designs.

Guitars & Gears Showcase

I will try to make this a showcase for my Guitars and Gears. It will include descriptions of the items and from where it was obtained. I will also put some links and reviews of guitars and gears I am interested in. I hope I will have the drive to always update and add something new.