Guides & News
Reviews, tutorials and buying advice from two decades of covering recording and instrument gear.
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How To Take Care Of Your New Tube Guitar Amp
There’s a reason why tube amps have remained popular after all these years. Despite their relatively high price tag and an…
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How To Stay Motivated As A Guitar Player
Mastering the guitar, or any other instrument can be one of the most satisfying accomplishments in life. Nonetheless, boredom is common especially…
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Some Of The Biggest Rock Stars We Lost In 2016
There is little doubt that 2016 was a catastrophic year for music legends. In this category, especially when it comes to broad…
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Does Speaker Power Rating Determine Loudness?
We often run into players who assume that a PA speaker’s Power Rating (also known as Watts or Wattage Rating) directly reveals…
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Solid Body versus Semi/Full Hollow Body Guitars
Exotic hybrids aside, there are three main kinds of bodies when you’re talking about electric guitars: hollow body, semi-hollow body and solid…
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Some Of The Smartest Rock Stars Of All Time
It is often said that being a jack of all trades makes you a master of none. Is this always the case?…
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Seymour Duncan: The Man Behind The Tone
Today, we want to take the time to honor the man behind one of our cherished partners, Seymour W. Duncan. As one…
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Seymour Duncan Retribution Humbucker
The Retribution pickups were designed with Dino Cazares of Fear Factory and Divine Heresy to provide the essential attack, clarity and increased…
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Seymour Duncan Catalina Chorus Effects Pedal Review
When most musicians hear the name Seymour Duncan, they most likely think of great pickups. And while that part of Duncan’s business…
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Sennheiser e604 Tom And Snare Drum Mic Review
My first experience with the Sennheiser e604 was pretty much by accident. A friend of mine was looking to record an entire…
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See the New Fender Shawbucker Pickup in Action!
If you have yet to see Fender’s new Shawbucker guitars in action, you don’t know what you’re missing! Featuring a newly designed…
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Rock’s Famous Brothers
We’ve all heard of the term “band of brothers,” and although several bands are as tight personally as a group can be,…