Front Page Gear
RIP Travis Bean 1947-2011
Gear Vault is sad to report that noted guitar maker Travis Bean has gone to that great gig in the sky. He passed away at home July 10, 2011 after a prolonged battle with cancer. […]
Gear
Effects
Fishman AFX Acoustic Effect Pedals Review
For years, ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC players that wanted to process their instruments with effects have faced a dilemma. Because acoustic instruments have a refined, subtle sound, only studio-quality effects will do when you want to process acoustic […]
Amplifiers
Krank REV JR Pro Review
The guitar amp industry is not one with a lot of competition. While there are lots of people that make amps, you’re basically going to find that what most people buy are from names like […]
Front Page Gear
Tone Gear’s String Cleaner, Wristies, and Spider Capo
Are you a guitar player who’s been looking for the ultimate string cleaning tool that not only cleans the top of your strings but the sides and bottom? What about a capo that allows you […]
Music & Life
Top Ten Solo-Guitar Versions of “The Star Spangled Banner”
Happy 4th of July, everyone! In honor of today’s independence day, I think it’s fitting to share some videos of, what I would consider, some of the greatest guitar players to ever perform “The Star […]
Amplifiers
Beer Can Guitar Amp
The first step in building your very own beer can amplifier will be to get an empty can of the beer of your choice. After you have your empty can you will need to remove […]
Music
Night Ranger Covers AC/DC’s Dirty Deeds – Video
Many other guitarists have tried to emulate Angus Young’s distinctive guitar tone and fail. Night Ranger’s rhythm guitarist, Brad Gillis, stated in an interview conducted by Noisecreep.com if he had any reservations about taking on […]
Guitars
The Bong-Juana Guitar: ChroniCaster
Here is an older video of Mike Edison, former publisher of High Times, performing on his bong guitar. What Mike is playing (and smoking from) is a guitar named “ChroniCaster“, which is essentially a bong […]
Effects
Build Your Own Distortion Pedal Kit by ModKits Review
Ever wanted to build a piece of equipment yourself? Instead of buying that $300 pedal, you could spend a little bit of time and some elbow grease and build it yourself. Well, with the Thunderdrive […]
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In Praise of the Plectrum
The guitar universe has been cut into so many facets as to create spectrums when held up to the proper light, and global empires have been raised and razed while the melancholy chords from their […]