Guides & News
Reviews, tutorials and buying advice from two decades of covering recording and instrument gear.
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The Beatles on iTunes – First U.S. Concert
The BIG news today is The Beatles’ music is available on iTunes. Apple made the announcement this morning, thus concluding years of…
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Pre-Fame Axl Rose Turned Down Big Offer To Leave Guns N’ Roses
Kim Fowley is an American producer, songwriter, actorand film maker best known for producing ’60s rock popsingles and managing The Runaways in…
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Fender Squier Adds New Arist Signature Models
2012 Squier Artists Avril Lavigne, Jim Root and Mikey Way New models honor pop-rock star Avril Lavigne, metal stalwart Jim Root, alt-rock…
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The World According To Dave Mustaine
David Scott Mustaine celebrates his landmark 50th birthday on September 13. A legend of thrash metal, Dave Mustaine has survived every challenge…
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Rolling Stones To Release Two New Songs
GRRR! is set for a November 13th release here in the US In honor of the legendary group’s 50 year anniversary, the Rolling…
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Way Huge Green Rhino MkII Overdrive Pedal Review
Review By Jordan Wagner Jeorge Tripps’ take on the classic green overdrive is back with two additional controls—100Hz level and Curve—to give…
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The Gear and The Glory: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Before they were big… What would eventually become Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers pretty much began with the man himself, Tom Petty,…
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The Top 5 Artist Series Fender Stratocasters
Eric Clapton Stratocaster @ $1,599.99 One of the top benefits of being the most popular instrument known to modern music is the…
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TC-Helicon VoiceTone Harmony G-XT Review
TC-Helicon VoiceTone Harmony G-XT @ $279.00 When it comes to stompboxes, we usually associate them with guitarists and bassists although it’s pretty…
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Soundaria’s Top Five MXR Pedals
Of all the things we love about guitars or modern music gear in general – one of our favorites is the vast…
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Dealing with Humidity and Temperature
A classic case of cracks due to low humidity. There are a lot of things that can go wrong with an electric…
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Fred Durst Definitely Not Boycotting America For Attention
Durst in 2008; PC:Wikimedia Commons While he may have originally done it all for the nookie, Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst admits…