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Reviews, tutorials and buying advice from two decades of covering recording and instrument gear.
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Guitar Tips: What To Do When You Break A String On Stage
You are enjoying your presentation, and breathlessly leading your audience towards a mesmerizing solo climax, when you suddenly hear that feared ping…
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Guitar Picks And Their Effect On Tone
A player’s tone consists of several important parts, with nearly every piece of their chain playing a role in the end result. While…
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Guitar Picks And Their Impact On Tone
A player’s tone consists of several important parts, with nearly every piece of their chain playing a role in the end result. While…
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Guitar Maintenance: Combating Humidity and Temperature
A hygrometer will definitely go a long way So, you finally have yourself a brand new electric guitar and are ready to…
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Guitar Flanger Effects Pedal Tips And Tricks
Nowadays, the flanger effect is one of the most used by many guitarists across the globe. The polarizing effect produced is…
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Great Solid State Guitar Amps Under $400
About a month ago, we took a look at a few great tube combo amplifiers priced under $600 that we feel provided…
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Great Delay Effects Pedals Under $200
Delay has been a staple of the guitar effects world for decades, dating back to the early antique tape echo machines and spring reverb…
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A Few Of Our Favorite D’Addario Electric Guitar Strings
As one of the largest string manufacturers in the world, D’Addario is used by a number of musicians the world over.…
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Godin Guitars 2015 Lineup
Godin Guitars has just unveiled their 2015 lineup which will be showcased at the 2015 Winter NAMM Show, from January 22nd to…
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Gear Tips: Hall of Fame Reverb Hidden Settings
The TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb already comes packing a ton of great features such as ten types of reverb, settings…
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Four Easy Steps For Dialing In A Great Amp Sound
If you play the electric or acoustic guitar, it helps to have a great sounding tone come out of your guitar…
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Five Great Rock And Roll Documentaries
Are you aware that rock music originated from the USA as rock & roll? This was in the 1940s as well…