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Why the Fender Champ 600 is a GREAT recording amp!

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, fender, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar tone, guitarists, Guitars, recording, tagged amp, amplification, amps, fender champ, guitar gear reviews, guitar recording, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, recording on April 13, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Some people may scoff at the diminutive Fender Champ 600. After all, it’s only 5 Watts and has a tiny 6″ speaker. But those naysayers may be missing the point about the Champ or any super-low wattage speaker for that matter. It’s not meant to be a performance amp; though you can certainly hook it [...]

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New Song: Lovin’ You Again

Posted in AmpliTube, amplitube fender, GarageBand, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians, new song, recording, tagged AmpliTube, amplitube fender, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians, new song on July 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I wrote this song a few years back, and had the hardest time trying to record it. Unfortunately, the stock drum tracks in GarageBand just don’t cover the blues very well, so I finally found some decent audio drum loops that I could use. Ostensibly, this is a song about everlasting love, and how in [...]

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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 Announcement: Amplitube Fender Edition

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, announcements, buying gear, GAS, gear, guitar effects, guitarists, Guitars, recording, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, AmpliTube, amps, Effects, GAS, gear announcements, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you’d know that I’m into tube amps – real tube amps – and I typically eschew modeling amps or modeling anything because they’re well, models. But I’m VERY intrigued by IK Multimedia’s Fender Edition. Thanks for this information goes to John over at Gear4Music in [...]

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Compression: Too much of a good thing?

Posted in compression, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, recording, tagged audio, audio compression, compression, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, recording, recording guitars on January 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’ve actually been thinking about writing this article for almost a year and a half. The back story behind it is that I was having a discussion with my eldest son about why I didn’t like the music he listened to. He was arguing that if I make the claim that I like all kinds [...]

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Gear Review: Creation Audio Labs Holy Fire Overdrive/Distortion Pedal

Posted in booster, buying gear, Creation Audio Labs, distortion, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Holy Fire, Music, overdrive, pedals, recording, Tone, tubes, tagged Creation Audio Labs, distortion, effect pedals, gear reviews, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitarists, Holy Fire, Music, musicians, overdrive on December 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Creation Audio Labs Holy Fire Overdrive/Distortion Summary: Overdrive and Distortion and tons of gain in one box that will NOT alter your tone. Has built-in wave shaping that responds to attack and input gain that simulates overdriving the front end of an amp. Pros: Possible to achieve all sorts of clipping from swampy grind to [...]

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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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Gear Review: Aracom Amps RoxBox 18 Watt Combo

Posted in amplifiers, amps, aracom amps, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, recording, Tone, tubes, tagged 18 Watt, 18 Watt Amps, amps, aracom, gear reviews, guitar, guitar amps, guitar gear, Guitars, Music, musicians, RoxBox on December 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Aracom Amps RoxBox 18 Watt Combo Summary: The RoxBox is an ideal small to medium size venue amp. Don’t let it’s diminutive size fool you. This amp is LOUD, and packs a real punch. Oodles of clean headroom in Channel 1 and capable of super-sinister drive in Channel 2 due to the “hidden” extra gain [...]

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New Song: Lookin’ for the Good Life

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, GarageBand, gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, reason amps, recording, Saint Guitar Company, SM25, tagged guitar, guitarists, Music, musicians, new song, reason amps, recording, saint guitars on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I love getting those intense spurts of creativity when I’m using awesome equipment. I just happened to have a couple of review pieces on hand: A Saint Guitars Benchmark and a Reason SM25 combo amp. This song started out as a simple riff this morning, and grew from there. It’s called Lookin’ for the Good [...]

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Reason Amps: Notes from a Conversation with Reason Amps founder Anthonly Bonadio

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, buying gear, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, performing, recording, tagged amplifiers, amps, anthony bonadio, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Music, musicians, obeid kahn, reason, reason amps, Tone, vintage gear on November 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »

This is a continuation and expansion of the original new gear article I wrote previously… Riddle me this… So what do you get when you cross a veteran cabinet maker with an electrical engineering guru? Right. A new amp manufacturer. But the two guys I’m talking about, Anthony Bonadio and Obeid Kahn, didn’t just want [...]

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