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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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Moving Up in the World…

Posted in Guitars, tagged GarageBand, GAS, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitar recording, guitarists, Guitars, Home Studio, Logic Express, Logic Express 9, Music, musicians, recording on December 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’ve been an avid GarageBand user for quite some time, having shied away from moving to a more sophisticated recording solution because of how easy GarageBand makes it to record the demo songs and sound clips I produce. Geez! How easy could it get? To create a sound clip, it’s as easy as opening the [...]

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Gettin’ In the Vibe…

Posted in 6V6, amplifiers, amps, aracom amps, guitar, guitar gear, guitar picks, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, picks, plectrum, Red Bear Trading, V-Picks, VRX22, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, aracom, aracom amps, guitar, guitar amps, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, recording, Red Bear Picks, V-Picks, VRX22 on July 14, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I was noodling around the other day, and came up with a riff. The riff turned into a jam track, then the jam track turned into a full song. I’m still working on the song, but thought I’d post it for folks to give it a listen. Here it is: Here’s what I used: Rhythm [...]

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Gear Review and Announcement: IK Multimedia Releases the new StealthPedal!

Posted in buying gear, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear reviews, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, IK Multimedia, mac, Music, musicians, new gear, pedals, tagged effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, ik, IK Multimedia, Music, musicians, pedals, recording, steal, StealthPedal on June 4, 2009 | 10 Comments »

IK Multimedia Stealth Pedal Summary: It’s official, IK Multimedia’s StealthPedal has just been released! The new StealthPedal is a lesson in packaging up familiar components to produce something totally unique. This is the first of its kind: A USB-powered guitar audio interface/software controller that you can use for recording or playing live as well as [...]

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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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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 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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Review: Reason SM25 Combo Amp

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, buying gear, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, reason amps, Saint Guitar Company, SM25, tubes, tagged amp, amplifiers, amps, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Music, musicians, reason amps, recording, SM25 on December 2, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Reason SM25 25 Watt Combo Amp Summary: Incredibly expressive and versatile amp that can deliver a wide range of tones from glassy, sparkly cleans, to lewd, rude, and crude distortion, all in a single cabinet! Pros: Killer tones in all channels. Amp is voiced bright by design, which makes it great to use in the [...]

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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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Stumbling Upon Technique

Posted in guitar, guitarists, Guitars, improvisation, Music, musicians, recording, tagged guitar, guitarists, Guitars, improvisation, Music, recording, soloing on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I was reading several interesting threads about technique and improv the other day. I have to admit that I was quietly embarassed by the fact that I don’t have a large library of techniques that I can tap into while I read the posts and articles. There are so many things to learn with respect [...]

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