Rihanna “Diamonds” + Guitar arrangements by Ni Neu This time I have made electric guitar arrangements to a Rihanna song. I see the electronic-based songs or songs with little guitar presence as susceptible to being arranged with the guitar, something like a blank notebook at the beginning of the course ready to destroy with various notes on all sides. Then you have to organize the…
ENGL Invader. Test after repair I am quite versatile musically, I let myself go and I have a very thrash metal musical background so when I get an amplifier like an Engl Invader I take those paths. Over time I have become rockier and that mixture is also present in me. This amplifier required a tube change and revision. After doing it, it sounded very…
Testing upon receipt of new gear As always, I test any material I receive at the Kitarshokak facility or pick up from the owner’s home to see what condition it is in, whether it needs inspection or repair or is ready to use as is, what details it has…in addition to seeing how much it inspires me and what it offers to better advise the…
Aitorpenak in Kitarshokak Studioak Aitor from Aitorpenak is a musically restless person, always with new ideas and projects, alone or with his band, Aitorpenak. He is Catalan but with deep Basque roots, always trying to practice his beloved Basque. It is always a pleasure to be part of your adventures. This has been a small last minute detail that he thought of inserting into his…
Trying a Russian Fuzz A Russian fuzz has come into my hands to review and tune up from a customer, so it seems to be working all the time and the effect should be able to be turned off. We will try to provide a solution to the problem. It is a vintage Russian fuzz, which in addition to fuzz is wah and tremolo (although…
Improvisation: old school hard heavy metal riffs A customer contacts me concerned that the amplifier is not working well, making problems in sound and urgently because he has two live concerts coming up. To see if it can be solved quickly, I start checking all the possible problems. It is a Laney Ironheart 60 and I connect it to the Marshall 4×12″ JCM800 cabinet with…
Chainsaw sound I wouldn’t have thought of it that way but I showed it to my mother and she said that’s what it reminded her of. And the truth is, seen in perspective, it sounds like that, like a chainsaw. I’ve always liked those overdriven, smoky fourth sounds since I discovered them in the garages where the bands I used to see before I started…
Marshall JCM800 2203 ’89 Test before packing Once sold, I always like to test everything before packing to see that everything works without problems and at the same time let myself go again to see what happens this last time and say goodbye to a certain item forever. In this case it was a wonderful JCM800 from the late 80s that sounds very inspiring. It’s…
Los Pericos, last minute rental Sunday, 8:20 p.m. I receive a call: After agreeing on the model and some other matters, in just over an hour I am in the concert hall about 40 kilometers from me. I don’t know the band before but they are very good. My willingness has been great but it has been worth it. A pleasure.
Vintage Gear Tour: Anje´s Visit Anje came to buy some sets of guitar strings and a Kitarshokak t-shirt as well as get a taste of Kitarshokak’s Vintage Gear Tour. Knowing that he likes blues, I connected him the Fender Stratocaster SRV (with handmade pickups) and the ’79 Fender Deluxe Reverb (with old production tubes selected by me in preamp and stage…it is not the result…
