Posts from September 2013

I've had my for about 3 years and for a little under a year. The Strat at this point "sounds like a Strat" where at first it really didn't. It's pretty much true with Strat guitars that they sound a bit plain until you play it for a while. And by plain I mean an […]

There's some guitar gear out there that many players think have some magical sonic quality to it when in reality there's really nothing magical about it at all. One of these is the ADA MP-1.

Take the . Make no mistake, that is one seriously good guitar. It may have a price that's cheap, but it doesn't feel cheap at all. The playability and sound you get out of it is truly top-notch stuff. More on that in a moment.

Last Saturday I went over to Sam Ash in Tampa, Florida and they had just received a new crop of Squier guitars. Included in this crop was a Squier Jazzmaster in Candy Apple Red. I picked it up and strummed it a bit.

Earlier this week I picked up and started playing it, but noticed I was getting some serious string buzz, so I put it down. The next day, I picked it up to play again, and there was no string buzz. Was this magic? No.