Fall is upon us and the Christmas shopping season is fast approaching (unless you’re my wife who’s been shopping for Christmas since Dec 26 last year). Here are some great gift ideas for that special guitarist in your life which are very easy on the wallet: Strings ~$5 USD – Guita... [More]

So you’re a guitar fanatic. Eat, drink, breath guitar? Here are a few nuggets of information I’ve been researching lately which bust some common guitar myths: Myth: Les Paul/Leo Fender/Adolph Rickenbacher invented the electric guitar – While all had a very important role in develo... [More]

John Mayer's latest, Battle Studies, has a release date of November 17th. However, Rhapsody subscribers were treated to a nice little treat when they debuted the album a week early. I gave it a listen and it's hard to imagine this is the same guy who wrote all those the top 40 pop hits in the early... [More]

An Affordable Solution for Curing Speaker Directivity   It was one of those days. You know. You dial in a tone and it sounds great until you take a step to the left and suddenly your ear drums are about to explode. Unfortunately, a great many guitar amps, especially single speaker combos, suffe... [More]

So here we are a day away from the release of much hyped Windows 7 and the early word is it is a vast improvement in stability over Vista rivaling the stability of Windows XP but with some major tweaks to enhance multi threading performance and memory usage. Will it offer the average DAW enough of a... [More]

Acoustic Model 134 - Pat Metheny (1974 – 1994) Model 260 Robbie Krieger (the Doors) Albert King Chuck Berry Model 270 Frank Marino (Mahogany Rush) Frank Zappa Ernie Isley (Clean Sounds) Award-Session Sessionette:75 Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) Mike Rutherford (Genesis in the 80’s)... [More]

While many guitarists fully embrace solid state clipping when it comes to fuzzes, overdrives, and distortion pedals, solid state amps carry a stigma about them often being described as harsh, cold, and sterile. So how did these seemingly contradictory notions become predominant in the guitar communi... [More]