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Gear Review: IK Multimedia Amplitube Fender

Posted in AmpliTube, amplitube fender, buying gear, Effects, GarageBand, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Home Studio, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians, recording, tagged AmpliTube, amplitube fender, Effects, GarageBand, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar recording, guitar software, guitarists, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians, recording on March 17, 2009 | 9 Comments »

IK Multimedia Amplitube Fender Edition Summary: Modeling 12 of the most famous Fender Amps, Amplitube Fender is pretty amazing. It’s scary how close to the real thing this software gets! Pros: Super-easy to install, and super-convenient to use in your DAW software. The package comes with TONS of presets that require very little tweaking. Cons: [...]

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Gear Review: Blackheart Engineering BH5-112 “Little Giant” 5 Watt Combo

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, buying gear, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Home Studio, Tone, tagged amp reviews, amplification, amplifiers, amps, bh5-112, Blackheart, crate, EL-84, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, Guitars, little giant, Music, musicians on January 17, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Blackheart BH5-112 Little Giant 5Watt Combo Summary: Nice, simple, and versatile studio/practice/small venue amp with sporting happening EL-84 tones. Pros: Sweet and chimey EL-84 tones with Class A circuitry; simple and straightforward to use. Switchable between 5Watts and 3Watts, ensuring usability in just about any smaller venue. 3W mode kicks ass for getting power tube [...]

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Gear for the Home Studio

Posted in amplifiers, amps, buying gear, GarageBand, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, Guitars, Home Studio, inspiration, instruction, mac, Music, musicians, recording, songwriting, tagged amplifiers, amps, GarageBand, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Home Studio, mac, Music, musicians, recording, recording gear on December 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »

There are different schools of thought around this subject, but I thought I’d throw in some of my own thoughts, since I’ve been at it awhile. Note that I won’t be talking about techniques necessarily, though I will include some tips and tricks… So without further ado… First, let’s establish something here: You don’t need [...]

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