If you’re into alternate tunings and experimenting with new and interesting sounds on your guitar, then you’ll love the Harmonic Capo created by Bob Kilgore. Unlike a regular capo that presses the strings down at the desired fret effectively changing the placement of the nut, the Harmonic Capo gently rests on the strings. The effect […]
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Agile Partners Guitar Tool Kit 2.0
If you haven’t already searched the slew of music apps available for the iPad, you won’t be surprised to learn that are some great guitar apps worth checking out. One such app is Agile Partners’ Guitar Tool Kit 2.0 featuring a number of essential tools any guitarist will benefit from. For a very reasonable fee […]
What do the pros use?
If you’ve ever wondered how your favorite artist gets that unique sound you can wonder no more. The guys at GuitarGeek, have dedicated their time and energy to compiling a comprehensive list of the amps, effects and guitars that artists use. Over time their images of the artist’s setups have changed so that now they […]
Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier Head
Since the days of designing and building amps in an old converted dog kennel in the hills of Northern California, Randall Smith and his band of music obsessed, tone junkies have been baking up new designs to push high gain, multi-valve, multi-input guitar amps to the next level. The Triple Rectifier Head is one more […]
Writing Songs
A very common question for every beginner guitarist: How do I find musical ideas? How do I write music? Not an easy question to answer I would say! One of the challenges all musicians have is finding ideas for music. When you are creating original music it is important to have steady stream of inspiration. […]
Practicing Vs. Playing
Today we are going to have a look at practicing versus playing. You may be wondering what this means exactly. To simply define it; playing is when you are out on stage or in the studio by yourself or with a band. Practicing is when you are in a room by yourself or with your […]
Tips For Left Handed Guitarists
Left handed guitarists are not very common. I have always said that every left handed guitarist I know, is a great player! I do not know why, but every left handed guitarist I have played with or heard, is freaking awesome! We receive tons of emails from left handed guitarists asking for advice on how […]
Difference between Strats & Teles
This is actually a reprint of one of the longest running and hottest topics in all of guitar playing. Welcome to Questions Answered. Jim Miller also authors Tech Notes Online, a weekly Sweetwater column covering all aspects of today’s music, from stage to studio. Q: “Is there a noticeable sonic difference between Strats & Teles?” […]
BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay
Boss have been creating guitar and bass effects for over 30 years and in their own words are known as the company “that put the “stomp” in “stompbox”. Not only have they developed a wide range of individual stomp pedals dedicated to a single effect (like the Boss DD-3 Digital Delay pedal) or function (Boss […]
Fender Eric Clapton Signature Amps
The Eric Clapton signature Fender amp series was announced for general release in October 2011 and boasts a range of options for the blues inspired guitarist and Clapton fans alike. With the look of their original ‘50s counterparts, the EC series includes the 5 watt Vibro Champ ®, 12 watt Tremolux™ and the 40 watt […]