Fort Tejon hosted an authentic Civil War re-enactment over the Memorial Day weekend. All participants were in full period authentic outfits and had complete Confederate and Union camps set up.
Fort Tejon on it's own is an awesome historic place and a great experience. Add all the dedicated re-en actors and vendors participating in this event and it made an great day for everyone.
Below are some pictures and video from my visit to this historic site on this day of remembrance.
Mesa Engineering is famous for the Boogie branded Mark series amps as well as the massive sound of the Rectifier series. The company has also recently released several pedals to compliment the various amplifiers they produce.
This is not Mesa's first foray into the pedal market. In the 1990's and early 2000's Mesa released two tube driven pedals. The well known V-twin preamp pedal and the little brother and lesser known Bottle Rocket overdrive.
The V-1 Bottle Rocket is driven by two 12AX7 preamp tubes that create a wide range of overdrive and distortion tones. This pedal is quite different than the high gain tones of the Mark series amps and crushing distortion of the Rectifier series. This pedal thrives in the low to medium gain blues, rock, and classic heavy rock tones.
Below is a quick demo of the Bottle Rocket being run through a Fender Blues Jr.
I'm fortunate that the Santa Clarita Valley still has some history to be found. While it has built up over the past 20 years you can still find some remnants of what it used to be.
The Walker Family lived in Placerita Canyon in the early to mid 1900's. Frank walker built several homes there throughout the years and the remnants of a few as well as an entire cabin still exists.
I decided to take a trek down to what is left of what is referred to as the "Homestead" to see what was there. It's a mild hike with some beautiful scenery as well as a really cool historical site.
Danelectro has had some great success with their pedals in the past decade. Their small food themed pedals while not the sturdiest enclosures they are packed with sound. I have purchased a few of these little gems and I think you get a lot of pedal for not a lot of money.
I decided to break out the Pepperoni Phasor and run it through it's paces. Its controls are super simple, just a speed knob. Even I can handle that. Even if you only need this thing to get the EVH vibe going it's well worth it. Boba Fett says "Get one of these or I'll encase you in corbonite"
Mesa Engineering is famous for the Boogie branded Mark series amps as well as the massive sound of the Rectifier series. The company has also recently released several pedals to compliment the various amplifiers they produce.
I'm fortunate that the Santa Clarita Valley still has some history to be found. While it has built up over the past 20 years you can still find some remnants of what it used to be.
Danelectro has had some great success with their pedals in the past decade. Their small food themed pedals while not the sturdiest enclosures they are packed with sound. I have purchased a few of these little gems and I think you get a lot of pedal for not a lot of money.
