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I’ve managed to collect some seriously cork-sniffer level gear over the last few decades, but make no mistake: I am absolutely NOT a gear-snob.  No way.  Not even a little bit.  My philosophy is this: a piece of gear is fully awesome if it does what you need it to, and does it well … regardless of price.  So, using that convention, let’s talk monkey … BAD Monkey!I’m a Tube Screamer guy.  Oh sure, I dig Fuzz tones and straight-up distortion on certain tunes, but it’s the ubiquitous mid-heavy tube tone of the Tube Screamer type pedals that serve as my go-to dirt pedals...

Ho Ho Ho from the frozen north land … of WGS.  Okay, that’s corny, but hey, ‘tis the season to be silly … fa la la la, la la la la!  I hope Santa brought all of y’all a bunch of super-cool guitar goodies. As I reflect upon 2013 (wow, we’re already “reflecting” on 2013) I gotta say that, while the year has not been without it’s challenges … it was a banner year for WGS.  We’ve released some new models, which in itself would be no big deal, but oh, what awesome models they are.  The ET90 is a big wow-factor speaker that more than delivers on its promise to take...

Hidy-ho fair blog neighbors and a big-ol’ southern Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you!  Before going any further, watch this awesome video to put you in the proper mood:  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90IFOJM7pnM)Wow!  How about that???  Keith Richards sharing a mic with George Harrison!  Like I said … WOW! I pen these words the day after Thanksgiving, and maybe it’s just the Turkey talking, but I’m feeling awfully thankful.  I’m Thankful for my family, thankful for the music that flows through me, and most of all I’m thankful to be...

          "Big" Al Anderson, real-life guitar hero!For going on 15 years now I have taught audio, acoustics, and sound engineering at a local college.  As part of my introductory day-one lecture, I always make the statement “I’m going to teach you the rules.  Once you have learned the rules, I fully expect, and in fact hope that you will go out and break them”.  In any discussion of guitar tone, this exact same statement can be made.   Perhaps nowhere is the statement that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” more...