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Posts from ‘October, 2008’

Paul Riario and Gabriel V33 Video

Paul Riario, did an exceptional video demonstration of the Gabriel V33 guitar amp, that was coupled with the print review that appeared in the Guitar World magazine a while ago (by Terry Buddingh). Paul explains in very easy terms the V33’s features as well as the footswitch functions. Sit back relax and enjoy the video!
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The Patient Arrived

The patient is in the house. Before taking the scalpel and start the surgery, I thought of shooting a quick reference video for the newly receive out of the box Epiphone Valve Junior head. We will use this to compare the tone for each mod as we go along in our face lift journey.
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Epiphone Valve Junior Mods: Removing the Chassis

I don’t know how many times it happened that I spent so much time on trying to guess how to open a unit just to be able to get to the heart of the problem and fix it. Yes, even pulling the chassis out of an Epiphone Valve Junior can be intimidating for the first comer.

Fat Tone Guitars – Dan Armstrong and Gabriel V18

A fantastic and full of character local dealer I cherish a lot is Fat Tone Guitars, a music store located in Northbrook IL, got lucky enough to record a killer video demo of the Gabriel V18 1×12″ combo, that didn’t spend a week in the store before it was sold.