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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...
WATCH: Audio-Technica’s “Ask Me Anything” with Producer Ryan Hewitt
Ryan began his musical career by taking up drums and piano in the third grade, and set up his first primitive recording studio at age 10. This display of interest prompted his father, remote...
Source Audio SoundBlox 2 Multiwave Distortion Pedal Review
Source Audio SoundBlox 2 Multiwave Distortion Pedal - $169 PROS: Good selection of distortions, flexible controls. CONS: None. Multi mode programmable effects have been known to be tricky to work...
D&A Starfish Guitar Stands Review
D&A Starfish Guitar Stands - $55-70 PROS: Rock solid, won’t damage a nitro finish, easy to adjust, works with basses. CONS: None. The new Starfish+ guitar stand (named for its five legs) from...
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...