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Archive for April, 2008

Empress Tremolo Extended Warranty

by Rhoy Pamparo on Apr.09, 2008, under Melodic Insights

I had the Empress Tremolo for about 6 months and I loved it since the day it arrived. Its a very versatile tap-tempo tremolo pedal. Some might say that CDN245 is a little too high for a tremolo pedal. But I think the sound and the tap-tempo justifies the price. Never mind the extra goodies that it came loaded with. Though I hardly use any other setting except Rhythm 1 & Tube emulation, just because I don’t have any need for the rest yet.

And what makes this pedal more appealing? The company! They recently announced that they are increasing the warranty period for the pedal from 2 years to 4 years at no extra cost. Thanks Steve Bragg!

Here’s the link to the pedal. Enough said!

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Modes: for my ears only

by Rhoy Pamparo on Apr.05, 2008, under Melodic Insights

*** DISCLAIMER ***
I am not a professional musician and I did not study music. Please take this with a grain of salt.
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Modes are somewhat a scary subject and one of the most misunderstood concept in music. This is especially true with a casual amateur guitar player. This includes me.

I think I understand what the modes are and here’s a feeble attempt to try to explain it in writing for my own benefit alone.

Here goes …

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Site Update!

by Rhoy Pamparo on Apr.05, 2008, under Personal Thoughts

Finally got the chance to update this site! I have lots of things that I wanted to post and you will sure here from me in the coming days! See you then …

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