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Buying Used Guitars Online for Fun and Profit
As 2013 begins its inexorable stretch toward the warmer days of Spring, it feels right to talk of new things; of rebirth; of bare-limbed trees emerging with new growth, brown fields awakening with the green hues of renewal, and old … Continue reading
Posted in The Players Room
Tagged adam jones, advice, Bill Kelliher, brent hinds, buying, Etiquette, guitar, Les Paul, les paul custom, mastodon, norlin, norlin-era, rules, selling, shipping damage, shopping, silverburst, tips, tool, travis bean, used, used guitar
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Freestyle Ear Training
In the days before tablature transcriptions and YouTube video tutorials, guitarists had only their wits, ears, piano charts (!) and each other to count on to accurately learn their favorite tunes or material for paying gigs. Continue reading
Simple Guitar-Related Solutions You Could Be Missing Out On
A few years ago, I was browsing the Seymour Duncan Forum and came across a member who had encountered a problem which had him near his wit’s end. HIS KNOB WAS STUCK! Heh. No, seriously though. He was trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Tips and Tricks
Tagged advice, bass, bigsby, capo, common sense, Facebook, food, forum, guitar, help, helping, how to, instagram, knob, pete townsend, pot, sharing, simple, Social Media, solutions, tuners, tuning, tuning machines, video
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Make Tracks: Recording Electric Guitar
When you get down to it, there are three things a guitarist can do: play alone, play for an audience, or record. Of those three, recording is perhaps the least intuitive. Practice and performance are both simple and natural aspects of music – you plug in, turn up, and make magic happen. Recording is not so simple. Continue reading
Posted in Tips and Tricks
Tagged amps, DIY, electric guitar, guitar, home recording, microphones, modelling amp, recording, studio
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The Recording Guitarist
As technology advances, it’s becoming easier and cheaper for the semi-pro and hobbyist guitarist to have his or her own high-quality recording rig in their own home. Long gone are the days of futzing about worrying about losing fidelity from … Continue reading
Posted in The Tone Garage
Tagged AcmeBarGig Headcase, amplitube, Firewire, Garageband, guitar, keith merrow, line 6, Logic, Mac, Nuendo, PC, POD, Pro Tools, reamping, Recabinet, recording, USB
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Holiday Gift Ideas (That Don’t Suck) for Guitarists 2012
The air has grown cold, the days grown short, and the time of family, friends, good food and gift giving draws near. My friends, the holiday season is officially underway. Personally, I love this time of year. I don’t always … Continue reading
Posted in The Tone Garage
Tagged accessories, black friday, cable kit, cables, case, cases, christmas, cruztools, george l's, gift ideas, gifts, gig bag, gigging, guitar, guitarist, holidays, kits, leather, mono, monocase, pickups, presents, santa, santa claus, Seymour Duncan, shopping, straps, tool kit, tools, triple shots, tuners, tuning
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Conventional Wisdom and the 100-Watt Amplifier
Sometimes you feel like the whole world has gone crazy. At least, that’s how I feel whenever I come across a person on an internet forum repeating the increasingly-prevalent diatribe about the supposed impracticality of the 100-watt tube amp. Continue reading
Tales of Love and Loss and Gear
Once upon a time, there was this guy who bought a thing. He raved about this thing to anyone who would listen. It was the best thing ever. Superior in every measurable quality to everything else possessing qualities which could be measured. Of all things, this one thing reigned supreme; ultimate champion among the elite echelon of awesome things. Continue reading
That Kid Could Put Us All To Shame
Kids have an amazing ability to absorb and learn at a speed that’s nearly unheard of for adults. Some kids are just pure naturals at playing guitar and at a young age they can make seasoned guitarists’ jaws drop against the floor. In this article we look at some kids who had exceptional playing ability well beyond their years. Continue reading
Posted in Backstage Pass
Tagged alex shaw, bass, Danny Gatton, guitar, Joe Bonamassa, michael lima
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Write With Your Brain, Not With Your Hands
My whole leg is asleep to the hip. My guitar, poised restlessly in my lap, has been cutting off the circulation for… a while? I’m not even sure anymore. Shifting position in my computer chair, I brace for the agonizing … Continue reading
Posted in The Players Room
Tagged advice, DAW, guitar, inspiration, music, original, playing, practice, recording, songwriting, studio
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