It’s often that we find ourselves so mixed up in talking about musical hardware. Everyone is always talking about the best guitar, best amp, best microphone, best pedal… you name it. Something that I find that people often overlook is the guitar recording software that artists use. There are actually quite a few programs out there to help in … [Read more...]

So, you’re sitting in your room, garage, studio, whatever. You’ve got your guitar, and you strike upon a sick little riff. You think, “Oh, well that’s awesome. I wish I had a rhythm player to back it”. So, what do you do? Hook up a tape recorder? Well, yes, if you’re exceptionally cheap and can’t gather a few bucks to get something … [Read more...]

Every guitarist needs a guitar. Obviously! Something every electric guitarist needs (besides an electric guitar, duh!) is an amp. This is a key element of any musician, since the amp can dramatically change your sound. Your sound is the product of your passion, so anything that can compliment your guitar playing in a positive way is welcomed. … [Read more...]

In the world of guitar pedals, BOSS is very well known. This is for good reason, since they make a huge variety of very high-quality pedals. If you go to pretty much any guitar supply store, they usually have a line-up of pedals for testing your gear out, and there really is nothing better than a line-up of BOSS pedals to find the perfect tone … [Read more...]

There is a lot of debate in the guitar amplifier world as far as the solid-state versus tube amp battle goes. Now, I’ll come right out and say that I’m on the tube side, to relieve any confusion. However, I seem to have stumbled upon an amp last year that really struck me an unexpected blow as far as solid-state amplifiers go. Enter: The … [Read more...]