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Bound By Nothing has been exclusively playing Spector basses and guitars since their inception in 2007. These instruments are some of the finest crafted guitars that money can buy and have served the band flawlessly through all of their shows. Now you can enter to win this brand new Spector Legend 4 Classic bass at the Festival of Fire!

Matt and i have just taken delivery on the very first BxN Eagle model ARC6 guitars straight from the Spector Custom Shop in Saugerties New York. Both of us have been playing Spector's ARC6 guitars exclusively since 2007,  but these new ones are very special. The body size has been changed, volume & tone control knob placement modified, pick-ups were my preference as well as a beautiful custom BxN Eagle inlay on the fretboard. You'll be able to see these amazing axes live for the very first time at our CD release event "Festival of Fire 2" on Saturday, January 16th 2010. No pics........yet.    : )

We've recently finished up our new CD entitled "The Color Line". This will include 8 tracks that Matt and I believe will show just how diversified BxN really is. With exception to "Hold On" which was produced by Dave Ivory, all songs were recorded and produced in-house. This was a very valuable learning experience for us.  I stumbled upon a formula for recording my guitar tracks that really captured the tone i've always wanted on wax. I used 3 different amplifiers for the recording of The Color Line: 1) Bogner Uberschall 2) Ladner G1 and 3) Rivera K-Tre. The Bogner was used mostly for rythm-based tracks and for some leads and overdubs. My Ladner G1 was the shining star of these recording sessions as it brought such tonality not only to my rhythm tracks, but amazing lead tones as well. I exclusively used my Ladner 1x12 cube cabinet for recording all of my guitar tracks, the results were awesome. The EV speaker in that little cab sounds amazing, and it's easy to isolate. DC and Andrew Ladner are great guys to work with and make an outstanding amp. I've posted a link to their website below so you can check them out. As always i managed to throw in several acoustic tracks using my Dad's 65 Gibson and my Ibanez acoustic electric running direct. A great song featuring the Gibson will be included on the "Legacy" tracks which will be avaialble via dropcard download. http://ladnerengineering.com/

Hey guys; it's been a while. Here's what's been going on. Recently i took delivery on my 2nd Spector ARC6US guitar. This one is #40 on the run of guitars made (my current guitar is #28). The finish for this new axe is a red stain; really beautiful. It's another solid rosewood neck. The only difference with this new guitar is the fact that it has Duncan humbuckers installed as opposed to the Harmonic Designs in my "orange" ARC6. I haven't  had quite enough time with the new guitar to give a definite opinion on the Duncans; so i'll hold my tongue for now. I will say that they do sound noticably different; at least to my ears they do. I've already had Ernie @ Ernie's Guitar Repair do my typical Drop B set up with D'addario 12's. The new "red" guitar will most likely see action this weekend as BxN has 2 really important shows on friday and saturday. I've also figured out the set up i like for running my rig in stereo as opposed to mono. Learning and experimenting with stereo sound has opened my ears and mind to how some of the guitarists i envy so much get their "huge" sound; make no mistake about it kids, the secret is in the rig set up. More to come.......