Donner Telecaster DTC-100 The ULTIMATE Cheap Guitar!!!
I picked myself up a cheap Donner Telecaster DTC-100. Like really cheap, this one at the time of purchase was $159 on Amazon. (Check my link) I have done a few of these cheap guitar videos. And most of them have been the same story, poor build quality, terrible pickups, the rest of the hardware and build suspect. This one however was different in a lot of the categories. I'm convinced you won't find a guitar in this price range with good pickups, it honestly would shock me if you did. It really seems to me that's where the line [...]
Massive Gear Haul Box Opening
This was my first video back in a long time. I talk pretty openly about trying to dig myself out of a hole the last couple years. With the passing of my Dad and covid and everything I just kind of stopped doing anything that didn't feel necessary. But during that time I kept ordering hardware because I was insisting I was going to either do reviews on it or use it for some project that I never ended up working on. So it just sort of became my depression pile. Then finally I had a friend come over and [...]
Elgato Key Light Review
What up GearZombie fam, I wanted some new lights for my studio. Everything I have is bulky, or old, or not very configurable and I was on the hunt for something different. My desires were affordable, adjustable, configurable and hopefully remote controllable if I could get it. In comes the Elgato Key Light. This thing pretty much checks all the boxes and does everything I would want. I can just bolt this to the edge of my desk, angle it and place it where I want and then control everything including brightness and color temp right from the app on [...]
Rock Musician Reacts to Cardi B Wap
So I have had a ton of people tell me I should do reaction videos. Probably because I'm a moron. And you know what??? I'm ok with that. We can't all be so serious all the time. Life is too short and I don't want to get on board with all the seriousness. So watch, giggle have a good time. I want to do some more. https://youtu.be/D3ezJMm15co
The Cheapest Electric Guitar On Amazon Grote Guitars
Here is a review I did for the cheapest electric guitar I could find on Amazon. It was the Grote Guitar and honestly, if this was your first guitar it wasn't too bad! Check it out and let me know what you think! And if you're interested click on my link to check it out. FYI using my links does help the channel! Want some cool GearZombie merch? www.gearzombiestore.com Grote Guitar https://amzn.to/3wRK9rN Amazon Guitar Strap https://amzn.to/3wQf1ZX Audient Evo 8 https://amzn.to/3bd1SQq Audient Evo 4 https://amzn.to/2Ow8hyz Shure SM7B https://amzn.to/3qsxNCU Cloud Lifter CL-1 https://amzn.to/3qpHZMG Sony a7iii https://amzn.to/2N8QoFO Sony A7c https://amzn.to/2NyqjQ8 Roland [...]
How To Start A Podcast 2021
What Up Friends! Talk about podcasting just one time 😉 I get a ton of questions on how to launch your own podcast which IMO is kind of a loaded question. There are many different angles you can take when starting and I want to try to break it down for everyone. This article is going to be a some what abbreviated version of what I have in my video but I want to give you some points should you not want to watch. Also this is sort of a high level overview of what to consider. I don't cover [...]
Line 6 Helix PV Soldano Slo-100 Patch Build Firmware 3.01
What Up!! I picked up a new Ibanez and it gave me an 80's vibe... I don't know why considering all of the floating trem Ibanez's I actually own, some of which are actually from the 80's. Maybe it was the DiMarzio Tone Zone/Air Norton combo. Who knows. But either way. Here is another patch I dialed in for my fellow patch pals. Check it out and do with it what you wish. I'm going to store all these on Gearzombie.com/patches as it continues to grow but this patch is below. Leave me a comment if you wish and please [...]
Line 6 Helix PV Panama 5150 Patch Build Firmware 3.01
What up friends? I want to get back into the patch build thing. Probably should have started that when the pandemic started, it may have kept me more active musically. Anyway, I did a PV Panama patch years ago and thought it would be fun to do a more current one. Here is the latest firmware (3.01) as of recording this. I setup a rhythm and a lead patch which is downloadable if you click on the patches tab in the menu. Thanks for looking!!!
Best Budget Interface of 2021 Audient Evo Review
One thing that is good and maybe bad about moving into the future is all the cool things that we wanted have become better and affordable. In some cases even just cheap. And not in the just "cheap junk" meaning (although there is a lot of that) but cool tech stuff just doesn't cost much. The Audient Evo series of computer audio interfaces is a perfect example of one of those types of things. I remember when I first got heavy into recording right around the year 2000 I ended up buying my first real interface. It was an Egosys [...]
Best Ibanez Under $400 RGAR42MFMT
This guitar got me thinking about an article I could write. It brings me back to all the of the people that talk about how you need to have a certain amount invested in gear. It's always been a crazy concept to me because guitars of all things are one thing I generally don't spend a lot of money on. Sure I have a couple of costly ones, but mostly those hold some sort of value to me that isn't attached to the higher end parts they include. Think my Jason Becker Kiesel JB24 for example. I am a huge [...]
