Guitar maintenance and care.

It’s not much to say, giving our guitars proper care over time will give them a much better sound and longer life.  If your a serious guitarist then, you’ll need to get some accessories that are a must for guitar care.  In the end, if you want to sound like a professional  guitar player then, [...]

Getting a bargain when buying your guitar.

You think you know which guitar is right for you? Congratulations. But, your work isn’t done yet. You’ve got to get that guitar at a price that you can be proud of. Many people assume that if the guitar price tag says $599, that’s the price they’ll have to pay. Not true. Music store owners [...]

Learn and Master Guitar

After reviewing many home guitar courses, this is without a doubt the most comprehensive and professional DvD, book series out there today.  If you’ve been struggling with other courses look no further.  You get 20 professionally produced DvDs, 5 jam along CDs, a 110+ page lesson book and a free online student support site.  Everything [...]

Tube or Solid State Amp

This is a subject that is always up for alot of discussion.  Should I use a tube amp or solid state?  Choices, choices…  Traditional tone mongers always go the way of the tube amp because they produced some of the greatest tones on the biggest albums of yesteryear.  And is, as a matter of fact; what [...]

Classic Guitar Effects: The Fuzz Face

The Fuzz Face is a classic guitar pedal, originally produced in England by Arbiter in the mid-1960s. The company was later sold and became known as Dallas-Arbiter, and they continued to produce the pedal under that name. The original (Arbiter England) Fuzz Face pedals first began being imported into America in 1966. A strong [...]

Bargain Electric Guitar Amp and Accessories

Buying cheap electric guitars is a great way for beginning guitar players to save money, but you’ll need some other important accessories before you become the next guitar god.  And buying online these days is going to be how to get the best deal.  Usually you get incentive offers to buy online and save and [...]

Behringer ADA8000 Ultragain Pro-8

The Bottom Line
The Behringer ADA8000 is a pretty good deal; being able to add 8 channels of microphone preamp to your digital recording system for $245 is a real bargain, but not without some faults. While the analog-to-digital stage is really high quality, the microphone preamps lack refined detail, even compared to stock preamps of [...]

Buying gear on ebay, whats your opinion?

I recently received an email comment from a guy named Garth — he told me that he’s given up on trying to buy Shure microphones on eBay, because they all seem to be fakes! While I know from experience you can get some decent deals (my Beta 52 was a steal, and it works flawlessly [...]

How to re-string a floating tremolo

Re-stringing a Floyd Rose/Kahler system…
I want to walk you through how I re-string a floating tremolo system using my trusty 1987` RG 550 Ibanez.  I say re-string the way I do it because, its a little different than most I see doing this.  Most people take all the strings off at once and [...]

Neumann SKM184 Stereo Microphone Kit

The Bottom Line
Ask any studio engineer what their favorite small-diaphragm condenser microphone is, and chances are several of them will mention the KM184 – Neumann’s small diaphragm cardioid condenser microphone. High quality sound and durability make this microphone a tremendous value for home recoding engineers and tapers.
Pros
World-Famous Sound Quality
Small Size
Attractive Storage Case
Cons
None
Description
Exceptional sound quality when [...]

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