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Reviews, tutorials and buying advice from two decades of covering recording and instrument gear.
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McCartney Led Nirvana ‘Reunion’ Fails to Kill Cobain’s Legacy
Paul McCartney and Dave Grohl jam for HurricaneSandy Benefit concert. For those of you who missed yesterday’s 12-12-12 Sandy Benefit concert –…
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Check Out Upcoming Gear From Fender, Carl Martin And More!
Top: Fender Pawn Shop Vaporizer Amplifiers. Bottom From Left: Carl Martin Dual Injection and Purple Moon. A new year means new gear and…
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Our Favorite Songs For Your Thanksgiving Jubilee
This is a collection of some of our favorite odes to the big Gobbler. Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your…
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Robert Plant Announces New Band
Robert Plant CBE While we haven’t heard any word on an official Led Zeppelin reunion or let alone another show since their…
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Soundaria’s Top Rock and Roll Holiday Songs
Good afternoon, music fans! It’s December 10, 2012, and you know what that means – 11 more days until the end of…
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New White Stripes Concert DVD Announced
Photo courtesy of Third Man Records Fans of the late great White Stripes will finally have a little something to cheer about…
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New Gear Roundup: Electro-Harmonix
The EHX Tortion Hailed by company founder and president, Mike Matthews, as “our flagship overdrive/distortion,” the new EHX TORTION covers tremendous tonal…
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Mod My Axe: Pickup Alterations
Let Scott here tell you a little something about coil tapping Few modifications can alter a guitar’s primary tone as much as…
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Lindsey Buckingham Announces Added Tour Dates
Buckingham with Fleetwood Mac in ’09 PC: Wikimedia Commons Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac fame has just announced added dates to his…
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TECH TIPS: Guitar Storage
Cases are king when it comes to storing you guitars. Here are some tips from our friends at Fender: If you have…
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Gregg Allman Autobiography To Be Released May 1
Gregg Allman AutoBiography Gregg Allman has written an autobiography on his life, music, marriages and struggles and successes throughout his music career…
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Gibson Guitar Facilities Raided By Feds Again
The chief executive of Gibson Guitar company has gone on record that the firm would fight a federal investigation of the guitar…