I’m going to be very honest right now. Customer service SUCKS in Kuwait. Anytime something goes wrong with an electronic device and you need to return it you can expect hell. Businesses here will do everything in their power to keep you from getting your money back or exchanging. I once had to battle a [...]
I needed a tube amp. All the modeling amplifiers they sell in Kuwait just doesn’t cut it. It doesn’t have the tone, the character, and the sound quality a tube amplifier has. That’s why I decided to order this new tube amp setup. I went for the newly release Laney Ironheart Studio, a VHT 1×12 [...]
In Part 1 of my guide on how to order musical instrument from Thomann.de, I went through the proper ordering process. This time I’ll be guiding you through the process on how to get the parts out of customs from the Ministry of Communication. What you need before starting this: A white document from the [...]
Kuwait musical instrument companies ignore medium to high level musicians because they only ever bring budget instruments to this country. This forces us musicians to order instruments from outside the country. With the ever rising costs in shipping with Aramex or DHL, this option is becoming too expensive. Furthermore, we can’t order things like cabinets [...]
My wife’s original Amazon Kindle Fire had started to see little use and was getting slow. I always found the original Amazon Kindle Fire to be slow anyways, and that proprietary Amazon version of Android had always irked me. My wife, who was the primary user of the Kindle Fire didn’t care as she mostly [...]
I recently graduated, and since I will be getting a job soon, my wife and I are planning on moving into our own place. As preparation for this, we’ve been out and about Kuwait searching for a nice apartment in a nice area. It’s been about a month of searching now and I have learned [...]
Since I started playing guitar over 10 years ago I’ve been hooked on Ernie Ball Regular Gauge .10 strings. After initially trying Fender and GHS strings, as soon as I put the Ernie Ball strings on I fell in love. I loved the feel and good intonation that the strings gave. Seven years later and [...]
Wooooo!!!! Last week was my last week of university and I’m finally done. It took me five and a half years, moving from the USA to Kuwait, and a switch of majors, but I’m done! Haha it feels awesome. Now it’s time to find a job!
This is the first song I’ve recorded in three years. It’s a heavy metal track called Hush and it incorporates syncopated rhythms, lots of tempo changes, and a solo with exotic sounding scales. Check it out. By the way I’m looking for a band to play with. Email me if you know any bands interested: [...]
I just got my package from Mr. Babu last night. Review part 1 is here: http://www.yousefq8.com/ordering-from-mr-babu-com-review-part-1/ PROS Great communication from them. Convenient. Shows total cost instead of guessing shipping amount. CONS Took exactly two weeks for me to get my stuff (ordered Jan 2, received Jan 16 at night) which is slower than DHL but [...]
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