Guides & News
Reviews, tutorials and buying advice from two decades of covering recording and instrument gear.
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Bloc Party Might Be Calling It Quits
FL: Bloc Party’s Lissack and Okereke; PC: Wikimedia Bad news for fans of the techno inspired indie band Bloc Party … well,…
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Blink-182 To Release New EP, Stones Add NY Show
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of Blink-182 Many of you out there are finally winding down from a long and hopefully productive…
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Beatles Claim Top Spot for Best Selling UK Singles Act
Alternate Abbey Road image sold for over $24,500 at auction In honor of the 60th anniversary of the official tracking of the…
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The Gear and the Glory: The White Stripes
*The White Stripes in 2001, first tour of Japan As any normal music fan, we sometimes aren’t satisfied with simply the songs…
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The Gear and the Glory: NOFX
From Left: El Hefe, Fat Mike and Eric Melvin; Not Pictured: Erik Sandin on drums As any normal music fan, we sometimes…
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The Gear and Story Behind Nirvana
FL: Grohl, Cobain and Novoselic; PC: Album cover for Nirvana box set As any normal music fan, we sometimes aren’t satisfied with simply…
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The Gear and the Glory: Metallica
From Left: Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield & Robert Trujillo As any normal music fan, we sometimes aren’t satisfied with simply…
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Army Gives the Boot to Ted Nugent Concert Appearance
The United States Army has cancelled a scheduled performance by well known gun’s rights activist Ted Nugent after a recent speech…
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The Open G Alternate Guitar Tuning
Open G Tuning Structure It’s that time of the week again and for all you aspiring musicians (or veterans who simply feel…
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Against Me! Singer Comes Out as Transgender
Against Me! lead singer Tom Gabel Against Me! lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Gabel has announced his plans to make his…
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Acoustic Guitar Size and Body Types
Luthiers have been perfecting the art of guitar making for hundreds of years trying to find the best sound for their instruments.…
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Acoustic Guitar and EQ
Whether your acoustic guitar track is going to be at the forefront of the song such as in an acoustic vocal demo…