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Describing Tone: An Article from AmplifiedParts.com

Posted in Guitars, tagged amplified parts, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Tone on October 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I recently received an interesting article from the folks over at AmplifiedParts.com entitled, “Describing Tone.” It takes both a scientific (quantitative) look at tone as well as presenting more qualitative ways of describing it. The qualitative section seems geared to describing tone within the context of selling gear, but if you think about it, when [...]

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Finding YOUR Tone

Posted in Guitars, tagged guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Tone on October 25, 2010 | 7 Comments »

Go to any blog or forum and you’ll see lots of discussions centering around Tone. You’ll also see some heated debates about it that often escalate into name-calling and all-out arguments. With respect to tone, everyone has an opinion. Some are put more eloquently and authoritatively than others, but in the end, they’re still just [...]

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What’s Your “Go-To” Tone?

Posted in Guitars, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, GAS, gear, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Tone on October 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Like any gear freak, I’ve got tons of gear. Just check out the “My Rig” page, and you’ll see what I mean. I use it all. Now while I rotate my usage of guitars, I use all my amps in the studio. But when playing out, I almost invariably go with a specific type of [...]

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What’s the point of using an attenuator?

Posted in amplifiers, amps, aracom amps, attenuator, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar attenuators, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar tone, instruction, Music, musicians, PRX150-Pro, tagged amplifiers, amps, aracom, attenuator, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Tone on April 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »

This is a hotly debated topic, and there are great arguments for or against using one. I’m of the former group and have used attenuators to great success over the years. To demonstrate how useful an attenuator can be, I put together a quick video. Here you go: I wanted to be as non-technical about [...]

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Color Me… Transparent

Posted in Guitars, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, overdrive, Tone, transparent tone on November 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »

A friend of mine asked me to recommend a pedal that would push his amp into overdrive so it would just be his amp distorting. Naturally, I recommended a transparent clean boost that would slam the front-end of his amp and make his pre-amp tubes clip. So I lent him my Creation Audio Labs Mk.4.23 [...]

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Where Does Tone Reside Part II

Posted in gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar tone, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, RV-7, Strat, Tone, tagged equipment vs. fingers, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Tone, tone is in your fingers, where does tone reside on November 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article entitled, “Where DOES TONE Really Reside?” where I discussed the equipment vs. fingers religious debate that seems to rage on the forums now and again. I meant to follow up on that article much earlier, but well, life happens and it’s easy to get sidetracked, so [...]

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Making My Strat Sound More Like a Strat

Posted in effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar accessories, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitar reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, pedals, tagged effect pedals, Effects, GAS, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, kasha, kasha overdrive, Music, musicians, overdrive, Tone on November 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I love my Strat. It’s a cheapo MIM version, but it has a great sound. But ever since I started using it with the KASHA Overdrive pedal, it sounds even more like a Strat to me! I know, that sounds a little cuckoo, but that Classic channel on the KASHA Overdrive really brings out that [...]

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How the New Breed of Attenuators Will Change How We Approach Our Performance

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, attenuator, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, overdrive, PRX150-Pro, tagged amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom prx150, Aracom PRX150-Pro, attenuation, attenuators, faustine phantom, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, overdrive, Tone on September 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »

As many know, I’m a big fan of attenuators. In the past I’ve owned a couple and have tried out several. And with the addition of the Aracom PRX150-Pro to my rig, I’ve finally got a device that is helping me realize all the tonal goodness my amps have to offer. But this entry isn’t [...]

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Where Does TONE Really Reside?

Posted in gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Tone, tagged guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, Tone on September 9, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Over the years, people have – for better or for worse – tried to talk about where tone comes from. Many players say it comes from your fingers. They are then quickly dispatched by obnoxious gear freaks who say tone comes from your gear. So who’s right? The answer is… both and neither. How’s that [...]

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There’s a New Sheriff In Town: The Power Rox PRX150-Pro Attenuator

Posted in amplifiers, amps, Amps/Amplification, announcements, aracom amps, attenuator, buying gear, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, PRX150-Pro, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, Aracom PRX150-Pro, attenuator, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear reviews, guitar, guitar attenuator, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear, PRX150-Pro, Tone on August 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

You ever have an itch you can’t scratch? Well, it has been like that keeping my mouth shut about the Power Rox PRX150-Pro. Ever since I played with the early prototypes, I’ve been completely blown away by this attenuator! This is a totally new take on attenuator technology, folks, and I’m hoping it takes the [...]

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