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BOSS WL-60 Wireless Guitar System REVIEW
Wireless systems often don’t get along well with pedalboards. BOSS now has your pedalboard in...
Gamechanger Audio Plasma Rack REVIEW
Read our expert review of the new Gamechanger Audio Plasma Rack High Voltage Distortion Module...
MY FAVORITE DRUMS with Bram Bessoff
Bram Bessoff (pictured on the left) started his career as drummer for long-time touring and successful indie band Soup. Now off the road, he speaks at conferences nationwide and helps artists get...
VINTAGE GUITAR FLASHBACK: 1966 Epiphone Wilshire
Classic Solidbody Played by Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Springsteen BACKGROUND Designed as a low-cost alternative to the higher-end model, the Crestwood, it was produced from 1959-1970. WHAT IT SOUNDS...
MY FAVORITE AXE: 2014 DiDomenico Guitars Custom Acoustic with Sarah Blacker
‘Female Performer of the Year’ in the New England Music Awards (2012), Boston-bred and based Sarah Blacker plays ukulele, guitar and sings a unique version of singer/songwriter pop called “Sundress...
Hacking MIDI Controllers to Create Drum Machine/Guitar Hybrids
In 2001 I started bringing my Ensoniq EPS sampler keyboard on stage to make freestyle beats. It came about in part because as a DJ and producer, it’s always a challenge to be interesting on stage...
How to Upcycle Discarded Oil Cans to Build Guitars with BOHEMIAN GUITARS
Bohemian Guitars was built on the dream of creating a guitar that looks as good as it sounds - and isn’t out of your price range. Naturally, that was going to involve some handiwork. So we found a...
5 Important Lessons Musicians Can Learn From Custom Gear Builders
Lessons From The Solder Soldiers Music, and the way we make it, is ever-changing. Technology has opened the playing field for makers to turn their ideas into reality faster and at a lower cost than...
How to Hack the TI BeagleBone Black to Make Your Own DIY Synth
The BeagleBone Black is a powerful and low-cost computer the size of an Altoids tin, and can become a DIY synth or effect unit. It can run Linux, a free and open-source operating system. With...
TECH TIPS: Soldering Basics for the Absolute Beginner
Soldering is a method of using a conductive material (solder) to connect a wire with another device, such as another wire, a 1/4 inch plug, a guitar pickup or a circuit board. Solder is a metal...
MUST OWN: Sabian Stick Flip Bag For Drummers
PROS: Works great, plenty of storage space, folds flat, rugged, inexpensive. CONS: None. PRICE: $39 Here’s an simple way to make life on the road easier for just a few duckets. Sabian’s new Stick...
Jack Forman Explores the 1980 Moog Source Monophonic Synthesizer
My band Recess Monkey is a Seattle trio known nationally for our unique spin on "family music." We've made eleven albums and played hundreds of shows over the past 9 years. MAKE & MODEL 1980...