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SoundBrenner Core Musician’s Smartwatch Review
OK, multi-function smart watches have gone from novelty to functionality in their short time,...
REVIEW: SonoTone Symphonic Acoustic Guitar Strings
Guitar strings are very personal things, like underwear. So, getting a guitar player to try out a...
Audio-Technica turns your pedalboard into a wireless command center
So, how can you turn your guitarist's pedalboard into a wireless command center? Check out the video below to learn more about Audio-Technica's System 10 Stompbox Digital Wireless System....
My Favorite Axe: Loveskills & The Dave Smith Prophet Synthesizer
MY FAVORITE AXE with Loveskills In the state of multiplicity, we will find Loveskills (aka Brooklyn producer Richard Spitzer). Producing textures of therapeutic synth, low frequency bass, and a...
FLASHBACK: 1960 Gibson Byrdland
FLASHBACK 1960 Gibson Byrdland The Axe Of Choice For The Nuge BACKGROUND Named by Billy Byrd and Hank Garland, who contributed in the making of the guitar when Gibson’s president was looking for new...
Electro-Harmonix Soul Food Overdrive Pedal Review
Electro-Harmonix Soul Food Overdrive Pedal - $89 PROS: Ultra cheap price point, flexible as a boost or an overdrive pedal. CONS: None. In the guitar world there are some legends, borne out of rarity...
DigiTech TRIO Band Creator Takes “Best in Show” at NAMM 2015
DigiTech is proud to announce that its new TRIO Band Creator pedal just received a coveted "Best In Show Award" at the 2015 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. DigiTech has introduced the TRIO Band Creator...
My Favorite Axe with Steve Morse
Like Steve Morse needs an introduction? He started the Dixie Dregs in 1970, the Steve Morse Band in the early ’80s, joined Kansas in 1986, joined Deep Purple 1993 and continues to perform with them...
MUST WATCH: 9-Volt Battery Safety For Guitarists
KCTV5 When I first started gigging, I often had a few spare 9v batteries stored in my guitar case, along with other odds-and-ends. Sometimes those odd-and-ends included a pad of fine #000 steel...
The Best Value Guitar of 2014: Chapman Guitars ML1
Chapman Guitars ML1 Guitar PROS: Sounds amazing, tons of tonal options, impeccable fit and finish. CONS: None. PRICE: $499 Let’s get this out of the way: the Chapman ML1 is quite simply the best...
BeatBuddy Drum Machine Pedal Review
PROS: Flexible, great sounds, simple-to-use. CONS: Editing software is only available (at this time) for Windows. PRICE: $349 Drum machines have always served a purpose in a studio, but were...
Performer’s Ultimate Guide to Modulation FX Part 2
[Editor’s note – read last month’s issue or head here to catch up on part one, in which we discuss tremolo, vibrato, chorus, flange and more.] PHASING Often confused with the previous chorus and...