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If you keep on dancing you’ll never grow old. If he has been playing like that all these years (minus too much party), maybe it’s kept him in shape. It’s still uncanny.

Okay, so I purchased the Spark Reactor amplifier and the wireless foot controller. I buy stuff from Sweetwater, so it's on back order. It's less than $600, so the cash outlay isn't massive. What I think is "massive" is a product that uses AI to craft the sound I'm looking for. Now, never misunderstand. The Galien Krueger 250-ML was the greatest solid state amp with effects that would power two 4x12 cabinets, and it was ground breaking. I remember going to see Michael Bolton at Tom's Point After in Orlando after band practice on a Sunday night. The venue could hold about three hundred fifty (according to a girl I dated for a few months that worked there). There were seven at our table and about ten other people in the venue, when the show was to start. A guy came out and said that the band was all set up to play and they would play a one hour set, if we wanted them to. If not, they would refund our money and head to Fort Lauderdale early for their gig the next night. I had both of Michael's first two albums and they were great. His song Fool's Game was a hit on MTV and Everybody's Crazy was the latest MTV video at the time. We opted for "the show". The guitarist, some guy named Bruce Kulick, came out and did the sound check. It was one of the most phenomenal guitar sounds I'd ever heard. He was playing this little box on top of two Marshal 4x12 cabs. The drummer was Chuck Burgi. He was from Rainbow. The show was epic. Michael Bolton was one of the best singers I've ever seen. I know. I know. It was Michael Bolton. If you've never listened to his first two albums, you don't understand. And he played for about twenty people that night, if you count the staff. They played a version of Turn the Page that was extremely memorable. Kulick did the sax parts on guitar. I think some pretender band called Metallica covered it too, but it was nothing like this. Michael, if I'm honest, is one of the top five singers I've ever seen. Freddie, Paul (the one from Bad Co), Lou, and Steve (from the mid-west) were the others. But the guitar sound was the star that night. I bought one and played it in stereo for about two years. It gave way to great rig I had that was three 2x12 Boogie slant cabs with a Simul-Class Mark III in the middle and the 250-ML in stereo on either side of the stage. In closing, I'm going to query the AI App on the reactor to capture the lead guitar sound on Gary Moore's Still Got the Blues, Carlos' Santana on Europa (live from Moonflower), Robben Ford's tone on the "Talk to Your Daughter" album and Eric Johnson's tone on A Via Musicom. If it isn't close, I'm sending it back to Matt Masek at Sweetwater for a refund. My point is that all the technological advancements that have occurred during my tenure with the same band for 48 years have been amazing. There's also that thing called a cell phone. Some day, your phone and your amplifier will replace everything that's come before. I'm a Kemper guy, but I think the only redeeming quality of AI in my life will come from having a rig that creates every sound in my head. I might not live long enough. But the technological advancements in my life have been epic. If this amp, at $379, is the new GK amp, I'm going to have fun.

No, I switched to the Helix Floor in 2015 and have stuck with it.

There's a portrait in his attic.

MONO offers a Limited Lifetime Warranty covering their guitar cases against defects in materials and manufacturing for the practical lifespan of the product. However, it does not cover standard wear and tear, cosmetic issues, or airline baggage damage Both companies consider zippers to me war and tear. I'm not really trying to defend either company, as I have stuff from both and love the Mono gig bag that came with my Harmony comet. It's just that I see it for what it is.

Goat placenta and Santeria, too.

Rumor has it that he eats babies 👶

Guy's gotta be on True Blood or Compound V. 76 years old. Looks 45.

@bry4321

I bought this for a couple of things, and it works pretty well overall. The reverb is great, and both channels do a ton of classic Marshally things. However, I think I would prefer something with more gain. I went with this over a Friedman IR-X or IR-JEL because I thought I wanted reverb and the XLR out. Turns out, I'm using a delay pedal anyway and the XLR is less a big deal for what I'm doing than what I thought it would be. I'm going to ask $500 shipped CONUS PP F&F or Venmo to sell it, but what I would really be interested in is a straight trade for a Friedman IR Jake E. Lee. I'd be willing to discuss trading for an IR-X. I still have the box and everything it came with. It has two minor scuffs from riding in my Mono Tick to Italy and back.

That would be a great, “Outer Limits”, episode. Suicidal guitarists (who can’t quite pull the trigger) purchase poorly-made gig bags knowing they’ll have but a year to live.

...but I learned that in the video, lol. I'd never heard that until I watched it. I don't think the script and voice were AI. At least one of the images might have been. It was definitely a little thrown together in places though.

Gator sells on 'lifetime warranty' which is great if you only live a year or so.

Earthquaker Life Pedal: And this guy, the Half Life (Pedal) I'm guessing no Octave switch and smaller footprint. Witty. ETA: Found this, An octave fuzz inspired by the Shin-Ei FY2 & FY6 units leads the circuit into a brutal big-box rodent-inspired distortion recreated with the best components and including a three-way clipping switch (OpAmp, Asymmetric & Symmetric). The second stage is a purely clean boost to further overdrive the preamp tubes of your vintage system into scaped harmonics and feedback overtone bliss.

Well I found the whole thing confusing. Why is he talking about two totally different type of humbuckers, not comparing them. I felt the synopsis was pretty badly put together. And that it felt pretty much like many AI videos that pop up in my feeds. Just my 2 cents. I am glad you guys liked it.

@Dave ScepterUnfortunately you can find people complaining about zippers on the Mono's that now cost $300 also. I would say, zippers are often repairable.

Are you still using the Kemper?

You must have watched a different video from the one I posted. About two minutes in he explains it quite well and does say comparing them is a mistake.

Sold to @mrjamiam, thanks, TJ

And that is what the video forgot to tell us. So to me it seemed like he compared them. Even if he did not.

I have one, although not in red, and it has not had any issues and serves my purpose well. It's not a Mono Vertigo by any means, but much better than the gig bags of yore.

Yeah man, I was actually happy watching this as if I was sitting on the couch with them jamming along... 😃

I was going to buy one of these, but "hamerhead" warned me about the zipper, and I don't want to make him mad at me 🫪

My thanks also.