Down on Jane -Songs, Stories, and Making Music in your 40's

The Novo Serus J: The Guitar That Wouldn’t Leave My Head

The Obsession I went to N Stuff Music to drop off my Ibanez RGEW521FM (easy name to remember, huh?) for a pickup swap. The stock pickups

I bought El Padre in 2020. A time when the world felt strange and quiet. COVID had everything shut down. Empty roads.

I’ve already told part of this story. When this Taylor first crossed my path, I wrote about the pull of Hawaiian koa,

There are some guitars you buy with your head, and some that haunt you from the moment you walk away. My Taylor

Before I get into this story, I should say this: This post is a continuation of something I wrote earlier in “Strings

There’s this strange cycle I’ve noticed in my life as a guitarist: I seem to sell every acoustic guitar I ever buy.

Some nights I open up Logic, stare at the empty track, and… nothing. Just that blinking cursor when the screen just blinks

I’ve always been a gearhead when it comes to guitars, amps, and pedals, just like some people are with cars. For a

Tom and I lived in a one-bedroom apartment on Beaver Avenue with another guy named Anthony during our time at Penn State.

Where’s the Info? Let’s start with the obvious: there’s not much on the internet about the Hiwatt Hi-Gain 50. Compared to the