Picked up the MXR Prime Distortion pedal and totally happy with it. I was not at all fond of my Maestro Invader. I also picked up a 1999 Epiphone Special II,,,,now I know it was supposed to be,,back then, a beginner's guitar,,,but dang it is heavy. I immediately changed the machine heads, put a nice pair of Seymour double pups in it, spent a full night setting it up, letting it sit and then the next night doing a final setup,,,WHAMMMMO!!! Now it is an extremely nice sounding guitar,,,truly. Funny thing,,,this one still has the 1999 Epiphone inspections/ setup sticker on the back of the head stock......not a collectors' item by any means, not worth much money by any means,,,,but this baby sounds killer now and plays like butter......

We’re doing something really special…Our first community-driven t-shirt campaign starts now. And YOU are the designer. Step 1: Drop your best guitar phrase in the comments 👇 We want funny, clever, relatable, nerdy, brutal, wholesome… anything guitar players would proudly wear on a shirt. Examples: “World’s Okayest Guitar Player” “Just One More Guitar” Your mission: Comment your BEST guitar phrase. What happens next? 1️⃣ We’ll collect all the phrases 2️⃣ The community will vote on the favorites 3️⃣ The winning phrase becomes a REAL Omni Guitars shirt 4️⃣ The creator gets eternal bragging rights 😎 Let’s make something awesome together. Drop your phrase below ⬇️ PS- don't forget that the winner of the next FREE GUITAR GIVEAWAY will be announced in 10 days!!!

We tallied the votes from everyone’s top 3 picks, and we officially have our winners… 🥇 #1 Modular Pedal Power Cable 🥈 #2 Universal Pedal Mount System 🥉 #5 Pedalboard Utility Hub This is a huge step. These are the ideas the community believes in most, and now the real behind-the-scenes work begins. Right now, we’re in the process of finding manufacturers who can help bring these ideas to life and running the numbers to understand real production costs. If anyone here has experience, connections, or advice on how to bring products like this to life, please share your thoughts. We want to leverage the amazing network we’re building together. In a perfect world, we’d love to develop all three products. But at this stage, our main focus is: • Sourcing the right manufacturing partners • Doing a full cost analysis • Figuring out what’s realistically possible first We’ll do our best to keep everyone in the loop as we move forward. Just know that things are officially in motion behind the scenes and we’re working to make this happen 🔥 In the meantime, we’re still collecting guitar phrases for our next community-designed t-shirt. If you haven’t already, head over to that post and share the phrase or design you’d love to see on a shirt. We’ll be voting on the ideas soon and bringing the winning design to life! Click here to see the post More updates soon! PS- We are officially 4 days away from announcing the winner of the next free guitar giveaway! 🎸

What are some tips and tricks for beginners to gain confidence in their playing? For me I used to throw it to the wind and play at the public park, venues that allowed and let people know I was a beginner, etc. It was scary an nerve wracking but it helped build confidence and even when mistakes were made I kept going.

Keeping it simple making a few tweaks here and there. Got the tube glowing just right. Working out some kinks. Video coming soon🤘