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Archive for February, 2007

Shaping Your Sound: It’s a Balancing Act

Posted in Guitars, Music, Tone, guitar on February 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »

  How you sound is important, and what sounds good to you is an entirely subjective thing. A lot of guitar players want to sound like other guitarists – that’s not a bad thing. Hell, I’d love to sound like Eric Johnson or Joe Satriani or Stevie Ray Vaughn myself! But whether or not you [...]

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Sometimes you have to tweak a bit deeper…

Posted in Guitars, Music, Tone, guitar on February 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

A few days ago, I got a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, and as I mentioned, I was just blown away by the sound. As I’ve mentioned before, there’s nothing like the tube sound, and according to articles I read and people that I’ve spoken to about this amp, it’s a great entry-level tube amp that [...]

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Information Is Power, But For Guitar Gear, It Usually Means A Lighter Wallet

Posted in Guitars, Music, guitar on February 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

In my last entry, I recommended that anyone who was in the market for a tube amp should read the excellent article by Randall Smith (president of Mesa Engineering) on the different tube configurations before making their decision. So, armed with that information, I started surfing the web on different kinds of tube amps. No [...]

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If you’re thinking about buying a tube amp…

Posted in Guitars, Music, amps, guitar on February 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

…then you’ve got to read this article about tube amplification written by the president of Mesa Engineering, Randall Smith. Beware, you should have a good hour or so on hand to go through it (I read it in two sittings, myself). In any case, it’s just about the best article I’ve ever read on how [...]

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