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No Snow Days in Hardcore: Inside YAMALOKA’s Blizzard-Born Studio Sessions

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“There are NO snow days in hardcore music.” – I wholeheartedly meant it when I typed it in the group chat on day three of tracking our debut EP, Sermons Of The Damned. At that point, it wasn’t just a statement—it was the reality we were living in. Snow was dumping outside, roads were getting worse by the hour, and somehow, that only made us push harder. I play guitar in YAMALOKA, a five-piece, no-frills hardcore […]

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MariGold Started her life as a Mary Ford Signature

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It’s DAMN hard to find a slim taper neck, ~9 lbs, Standard Gold Top… so I upfitted my own. Meet “MariGold.” 🤩 She started life as a Gibson Mary Ford Signature Standard and somehow became my No.1. Huge shout out to Worth at Mojotone for the insane-sounding 44 Magnum (21k passive) bridge pickup and vintage slim 500k CTS pots. Absolute fire. I also swapped out the floral guards and just added Kluson Locking Revolution Series

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4×12 Power to a Custom MojoTone 2×12 Masterpiece

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Finding the Perfect Balance: My Journey from 4×12 Power to a Custom MojoTone 2×12 Masterpiece For nearly a decade, I fought against the rise of digital modeling amplifiers. I was a purist — nothing, I told myself, would ever replace the roar and feel of a proper 4×12 cabinet pushing air behind me. My back, however, started disagreeing. After years of lugging heavy gear from gig to gig, I decided it was time to find

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EC – EVIL WOOD + MojoTone Bill Kelliher Hellbender Humbuckers

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The Hunt: One Guitar Among Thousands When it comes to finding the perfect guitar, every player knows the journey can be as personal and painstaking as crafting the tone itself. For me, the search for a new number one fiddle became an obsessive hunt — and it paid off in full. I present to you: The EC Evil Wood. The ESP LTD EC-1000 Burl Poplar isn’t just a workhorse — it’s a visual statement. Every

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