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"Train Man"- Bob Seger

"Elvis Presley and America"- U2

"Dead in your Head"- Bleached

"Who's gonna ride your wild horses?"- U2

"Top of the Pops"- The Smithereens

Typically if you're happy with the gain channel on your amp you would put your pedals in the effects loop (reverb, delay, chorus, phaser) and just use the amps foot switch to toggle between clean and overdrive. If you have a favorite drive pedal or gain or fuzz, then that goes between the guitar and amp as already mentioned or it will mess up your amp. Using the effects loop just makes the effect more crisp or noticeable when you're playing with gain.

"Clap for the Wolfman"- The Guess Who

"Monster"- L7

A few of mine;

"Good Thing"- Fine Young Cannibals

Keep in mind that they were popular in rock's infancy. Take a song like "I Feel Fine" and you can hear John holding his thumb against the opening note to achieve a feedback kind of sound. There weren't overdrives or gain pedals or really any type of effects available then. They and others were pioneers basically. And saying they didn't really "rock"? Well listen to this modern version of She said, she said and tell me it doesn't rock.

Hofner has a series of Korean made basses called "Ignition" that's affordable and available in the familiar violin shape or single cutaway club bass. https://www.hofner.com/en/kategorieubersicht-basse

"Going to Hell" - The Pretty Reckless

Very nice! I bet the Epiphone sounds awesome through it, there's nothing quite like natural tube tone especially on the clean channel with a little reverb.

They predate me a little but I'm familiar with most of their music. For me, the three albums Help, Rubber Soul, and Revolver were where they progressed by leaps and bounds over their previous stuff. Songs from Revolver like; Dr Robert, She said she said, Paperback writer and Rain could all be released today by a contemporary artist and do well I think.

"A Sort of Homecoming"- U2

"Kids in America"- Kim Wilde

"Still of the Night - Whitesnake

Saw this online article; https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-victory-new-model-tease-2023 I would love to try one of these, any of Gibson's used super strat models are scarce and usually overpriced. Hopefully it will have a Floyd rose or similar and won't be the typical tune-o-matic with the stop bar tailpiece setup.

"Lonely ol' Night"- John Mellencamp

"Never be Lonely"- The Feeling

Nice! I have an old Cannondale that I've somehow managed to keep over the last thirty some odd years. I ride it occasionally downtown and then realize that I might prefer the ergonomics of a beach cruiser moreso now than that of a mountain bike 😆

"Let me Roll it"- Paul McCartney

"Heart Shaped Box"- Nirvana

"Unchain my Heart"- Ray Charles