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Novation Introduces Wavetable Editor for Peak & Summit
New editor, with sounds from NASA and Noisia, unleashes the wavetable oscillators in flagship...
Sterling by Music Man StingRay Short Scale Bass REVIEW
Short scale basses sometimes get overlooked, even though players like Stanley Clarke and Paul...
The Critical Difference Between Gain and Volume
Let's say you're at a show or rehearsal and you turn to your amp, or perhaps your mixer, and you need to make something louder. You'll more than likely be confronted by a set of knobs or maybe even...
FLASHBACK: The 1964 Fender Jaguar
FLASHBACK 1964 Blonde Fender Jaguar Smells Like Teen Surfers... BACKGROUND First released in 1962, the Jaguar was the ultimate surfer’s guitar. Just picture the Beach Boys cruising down the highway...
Natalie Denise Sperl Opens Up About Her Favorite Axe
MY FAVORITE AXE with Natalie Denise Sperl (Kill My Coquette) Natalie Denise Sperl is the front woman of Kill My Coquette, whose self-titled debut EP is out now. Kill My Coquette is armed with...
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...