LordHighWarlock

Woah...it's been over two years since I've done anything here.  Yikes!!! I'm currently in the process of rearranging my "music room" / "man cave" right now.  When I'm done, I'll post some pics of my current guitars and amps. It won't be complete until next year, though...I need one more guitar to properly utilize one of my amps.  When it arrives, I'll include some photos of it as well. Sorry for the disappearing act.  But, hey, at least I'm not dead!  Well, not yet, anyway.  ;) L8R! Rich

My apologies for the delay in this... On Saturday, I finally got around to doing some maintenance on Millie...change of strings, clean the whole guitar, and oil up the fingerboard a bit. Not that big of a deal for most, but it's the first time I ever sat down and did everything myself. I even purchased a precision ruler so I could check string and pickup heights. Anyway, long story short, I was able to fix two minor issues without having to resort to taking her somewhere else for a setup: the first was a slight buzz on the lower strings (they needed to be raised 2/64th of an inch), and minor intonation problems on two strings. Needless to s

Well, my new VOX VT80+ arrived today, and I thought I'd share my initial thoughts on it.  For background: I started playing when I was 13, and took a 9-10 year hiatus in my mid-30's (I'm now 46).  When I got back into playing (about a year-and-a-half ago), I picked up a VT40+.  For various reasons, I traded that in for a Peavey Vypyr 75.  This Christmas I gifted the Vypyr 75 to a friend.  Due to a backlog on Vypyr 30's, I opted to pick up the VT80+ instead of waiting indefinitely for a Vypyr 30 to arrive. I've seen lots of reviews on the VT40+, and in some of them, they make note of the lack of a bottom-end.  Since it comes with a 10" speake