Guides & News
Reviews, tutorials and buying advice from two decades of covering recording and instrument gear.
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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…
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The Anatomy of a Pickup and the Advantages of RWRP
The essential components of a single coil pickup Here at Soundaria, we like to give our customers the most accurate and helpful…
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The Beginnings of The Strokes and The Gear That Got Them There
From Left: Hammond Jr, Casablancas, Fraiture, Moretti and Valensi As any normal music fan, we sometimes aren’t satisfied with simply the songs…
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Ozzy Covers John Lennon
Ozzy Osbourne has covered John Lennon’s “How?” in celebration of what would have been Lennon’s 70th birthday. Osbourne rendition of this classic…
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Watch Lollapalooza 2010 Live Online
– Here is some great info from Fender on protecting your precious gear. If Tech Talk had to guess, it’d say that…
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PolyTune 2 Now Shipping!
The PolyTune2 is available at the lowSoundaria Price of $99.99 The original PolyTune rocked the world andforever changed the way we look…
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Nikki Sixx Gets Signature Bass Line From Schecter Guitar Research
Photo courtesy of Schecter GuitarResearch. Looks like Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx is finally getting the signature treatment with his own bass line…