Guitar For Thought

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Playing with a great old friend Andy Fitzpatrick at the Irish Arts Center tonight! (at Irish Arts Center)

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Brighton Music Hall In Boston. 📷 by Rich Gastwirt #335 #gibson #gibson335 #guitarist #guitar #tour #sistersparrowandthedirtybirds #sistersparrowandthedirtybirds #guitarsolo #boston #brightonmusichall #airstraps #semihollowbody (at Brighton Music Hall)

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Using the Weber Mass 200 attenuator on this tour to push my amp at “reasonable” volumes. Only other gain pedal is an Analog Man Sunface. #knowyourtone @tedweberspeakers @dullencustoms #tweed #tweedamp #victoriaamps @victoriaamplifier #gearybusey #tourlife #gearnerds #gearnerd #sistersparrow #tonefordays (at World Cafe Live)

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Phillys finest! (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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Pic from Boston last night. Heading to Philly tonight for World Cafe @sistersparrowdb #tour #phillymusic #livemusic #sistersparrow #dirtybirds #tourlife (at Brighton Music Hall)

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My 335 was acting like a baby yesterday with tuning and intonation. So, I though this was an appropriate place to leave it for the night. #335 #gibson #gibson335 #electricguitar #guitar #guitarist #gearybusey #sistersparrow #dirtybirds #rehearsal (at Winchester, Massachusetts)

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Celebrating the life of @muddywatersofficial on his birthday. Muddy was the biggest influence for the creation of @fifeanddrom @abbyahmadmusic on vocals. (at Brooklyn, New York)

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Celebrating the life of @muddywatersofficial on his birthday today. Muddy was the biggest inspiration for the creation of @fifeanddrom @abbyahmadmusic singing. #blues #muddywaters #chicagoblues (at Brooklyn, New York)

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Playing in Boston tomorrow night at Brighton Music Hall with @sistersparrowdb (at Brighton Music Hall)

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Things are about to get really weird! @deathbyaudioeffects #guitareffects #guitarpedals #guitarpedal #fuzz #fuzzpedal #gearybusey #knowyourtone #tonefordays #noise #robot #guitarist (at New York, New York)

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Glimpse at the new #cashcow distortion pedal from @danelectro_official Using a #lespaul Standard #knowyourtone #guitarpedals #distortionpedal #distortion #pedalboard #guitareffects #tonefordays #marshall #plexi #guitartone #gearybusey (at New York, New York)

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Finishing a new blog about Fender, Vox and Marshall tone stacks. My plan is to remove the mystery behind the knobs on these classic amps especially that damn tone cut knob on Vox AC30’s #tweed #tweedamp #fender #fendertweed #victoriaamps #35115 #guitaramps #guitaramplifier #knowyourtone #gearybusey #guitarnerd #tonefordays (at Brooklyn, New York)

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Today’s tone recipie: sometimes I like to use the @jrockettaudio #Archer #Ikon in front of a @victoriaamplifier tweed Champ to tighten it up and kiss it with a DB or two of boost. I’m using two mics in this. A @shure SM57 and an @ribbonmics A840 along with the new @uaudio #Helios mic pre. I use #klon style pedals more as a boost and tone shaper then as a singular overdrive. This is paired with my ‘52 reissue tele with @florancepickups A lot of small but specific details that make up a sound. Using a heavy fender pick and 10 gauge strings for those that are super geeks. #knowyourtone #recording #recordingstudio #recordingguitars #recordingguitar #gearybusey #tonefordays #guitarist #guitartone #guitar #guitarnerd #guitaramp #guitarpedals #telecaster (at New York, New York)

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New @air_straps “sunny” guitar strap for me old tele. It is #teletuesday after all. #telecaster #tele #fender #fendertelecaster #airstraps #guitarstrap #guitarstraps #guitar #electricguitar (at Brooklyn, New York)

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Didn’t get the answer to THE question. (at Tampa, Florida)

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Time for the next generation to clean house! #enough #powertothepeople #marchofourlives

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Live Oak Florida yesterday with @amyhelmmusic 📷 by Walt #tour #livemusic #guitarist (at Live Oak, Florida)