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Fine Girl - Frank Zappa

Concentration Moon - Frank Zappa

Jupiter’s Child - Steppenwolf

Wasting Love - Iron Maiden

Wasted Years - Iron Maiden

Well, the day finally came. After my grandson wanted an electric guitar at Christmas 2012 (because I bought his sister an acoustic guitar a year earlier), I purchased him an Ltd Viper 50 (SG body style). He showed some interest in learning/playing, then as most adolescences do, he lost interest, leaving the guitar at my home. Then to make matters worse, he went over to the “dark side,” thinking he wanted to be a drummer. Oh, the humanity! Anyway, he recently retuned from the “dark side” and decided to take his guitar home and strive to be a guitar player. Happy, happy. Joy, joy. Anyway, I always figured that I would give him my Vox DA-5 amp so he would have something to play through. And now that I am down a low-watt amp, I decided it was time to buy another one. I ordered this one from Sweetwater and it definitely fills my needs for something more basic from my tube amps: Currently I am running it through my Epiphone Valve Jr. cab with the stock 12” Eminence Lady Luck (16 ohm) speaker. So far, so good. I’ve only turned it up around 9 o’clock and it is plenty loud and still has some clean headroom. According to the online reviews, it should start breaking up around 12 o’clock. I look forward to testing that theory when the opportunity presents itself. I have been thinking about swapping the speaker out for an 8 ohm Eminence Texas Heat or Swamp Thing speaker. Decisions, decisions. Pretty basic. Volume knob, Norm/Bright switch. So simple, even I can’t screw things up. Totally grateful for that. 😀

Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa

I half-heartedly made some brief attempts at learning to play when I was younger, but it wasn’t until 2003 (age 43) that I made a serious effort to learn after my first health scare. Definitely convinced me to stop putting it off.

Sad news to hear. He always seemed so enthusiastic about all things guitar. RIP.

What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are? - Frank Zappa

I bought the AC30 version of the Amplug many years ago. I use it when I am traveling and can’t schlep an amp with me. Quite a handy little gadget. I also purchased the Amplug speaker cabinet. Have always been happy with both.

Trampled Under Foot - Led Zeppelin

Born Again - Black Sabbath

Starblind - Iron Maiden

Flight Over Rio - Al Di Meola

The Torture Never Stops - Frank Zappa

Don’t Look to the Eyes of a Stranger - Iron Maiden

Flower Punk - Frank Zappa

Welcome aboard. Enjoy your stay.

Deadly Nightshade - Megadeth

“H” is for happy. No way it could be used for huge in this case for sure. 😀

I Dream in Infrared - Queensryche

I’m just hoping they will help me suck less. I need all the help I can get. But seriously, they should provide a lot of added flexibility to my playing and add some much needed variety.

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner - Iron Maiden

The friendly Amazon delivery guy brought these to my door yesterday. I saw a review for the Micro Looper II in Premiere Guitar. I have an old Digitech Jam Man that I bought not long after they first came out. Unfortunately it’s about the size of an aircraft carrier and has been sitting in an undisclosed location in my house collecting dust for quite some time. I was also interesting in getting a drum machine. So I decided to take the plunge and buy them both. As the names suggest, they are small. Side by side, they are the same width and about 1 1/2” shorter than my Blues Driver pedal. Might be a challenge for my size 14 feet to hit either one consistently with accuracy, but I will do my best. The instructions are pretty vague, but I found some YT videos that are helpful. Like anything new, there will definitely be a learning curve. But so far, I’m liking them just fine.