Stealin' Time - an original martysguitars tune

Here's a tune I wrote and recorded years ago when a good buddy of mine foolishly gave me a song from his band to try remixing. I did give him a mix - which he didn't use :) but i also liked the drums so much that I wrote this tune over them. They are played by the wonderfully talented Mr Christopher Armstrong and have great groove and fills.

Anyway, I thought I'd resurrect the tune to coincide with my new video camera purchase, to test it out along with my amateur film making skills.

Enjoy. Share. Rock.

Peavey 5150 vs Orange Micro Terror

My good friend and 5150 fanboy (and rightly so) needed a home practice amp which could perhaps double as a "fly-rig". We discussed this at length and in a wonderful act of synchronicity an Orange Micro Terror came on the second hand market. Sorted.
And just for laughs he decided on comparing the 120 watt valve-burning Peavey rock machine with the 20 watt hybrid pocket sized amp.
Interesting results.....(I believe the cab is a Marshall 1960 with Celestian Greenbacks.)

5150 (Peavey 5150 w/ Maxon OD808. Recording using t.bone MB-75 into Logic. No post EQ.)

Micro Terror (Orange Micro Terror w/ Maxon OD808. Recording using t.bone MB-75 into Logic. No post EQ.)

Check out his new band The Crawling.

Steve Vai Lesson: The Crossroads "Intimidation Lick"

Stumbled across this fantastic lesson which appeals to my nerdy guitar analysis of how players play.

Axesrus "Totally Tappable" Telecaster Blade Humbucker Pickup test

I recently picked up a REALLY cheap Telecaster copy which actually played OK. It was an attempt at suppressing my desire for a Fender Richie Kotzen Telecaster model. That may or not happen but I think I'll be slowly upgrading this cheap one to resemble the Kotzen model albeit on a vastly reduced budget.
So, first things first...let's get a humbucker in this bad boy. The Kotzen model has a Dimarzio DP384 Chopper T in the bridge so I had a look out for budget versions of this and once again those great guys at Axesrus came through. Like the Dimarzio, it's a rail type humbucker in a single coil size enclosure but it differs in that the magnet is Alnico 5 (not ceramic) and the resistance is around 13.5k (as opposed to 9.19k) .

I got it wired in and gotta say that I'm really pleased with it. I made a short video of it, which is embedded below. Enjoy.

Signal chain: Axesrus "TT73" Pickups in a no-name Chinese fake telecaster into Focusrite Saffire LE into Guitar Rig 5.
Wired straight (but they can be coil tapped)

Video shows:
1. Clean Country type twang
2. Driven amp
3. Cranked Marshall
4. Zeppelin-like Marshall
5. Van Halen type gain
6. Slayer - yes, Slayer!

Note: I have no association with Axesrus. This video  is for demonstration and entertainment purposes only.