Thanks for the replies!I will look into those USB devices further then, as they would be perfect for my laptop + cheap guitar for recording simple thi...

One word of wisdom though, unless you have a good tube, be sure to really try out overdrive effects in the store on a similar amp as you have before y...

Bah, now you have me wanting a small tube combo too, and I was saving up for a decent guitar :'(

More likely it's not the guitar hating you that day, but you hating the guitar.It happens to us all the time, best thing to do is to recognize it righ...

I've done a quick search on it, and quite a few people swear by using a slurry of baking soda in water to remove the ink.The site can be found here: ....

I'm not an expert on this subject, but from what I remember from my physics classes and some experience is that harder objects are capable of transduc...

I own the behringer TO800 vintage tube overdrive myself which I picked up for <20 euros and which I believe is also the overdrive Wes was talking a...

Well, playing at high volumes isn't something I see myself doing in the near future, as I always have neighbors to consider in a badly insulated house...

Since everyone here has encouraged me to play since I started 6 months ago, maybe my own encouragement can help others.After these six months so far I...