I'm Back! (Version 2)

Well, so much for posting more often! The weather has been very hot around here. I don't like to play when it is so hot, so I have been avoiding playing my guitars. I had my custom Tele-style guitar out for most of this time. I put it through its paces, playing it through my Vox DA5 and all of the settings I have for it. I also played it using my Fender Champ 600 amp and my RAT II and Tube Driver pedals. I am very pleased with this latest guitar! I finally put it away and took out my Epiphone Dot. I haven't played the Epi that much yet, but I want to play it with all of the equipment I just listed also.

I did manage to make a couple of Craigslist purchases since my last post. I ended up buying an older, U.S.A. made DigiTech RP200 effects pedal with the built-in expression pedal. I already have my DigiTech RP50, but I wanted something with a built-in expression pedal. Plus, I got the RP200 at a great price! I was also thinking of trading the RP50 towards another CL purchase, but that did not happen (see below). The RP200 is a great pedal! I have not played around with it very much, but I like it so far. One thing I had never played with is an expression pedal, so I have to get used to it. It's harder than it seems (at least for me)!

My other purchase was an early birthday present for my son: a five piece drum kit! I found a great starter kit at a great price on Craigslist around the same time I found the RP200. I had planned on buying the RP200 and then trying to trade my RP50 towards the purchase of the drum kit. It turned out that the drum kit had been in storage for a few years, and the sellers were not into guitars, so I ended up keeping the RP50. I got a very lightly used drum kit, complete with cymbals, for a great price, though! And the most important part is that my son LOVES it (he's rather good at it, too)!

Well, that's what I've been up to these past four months! I really do hope that I can start posting more often from now on, but we will see. Stay tuned and stay well!