- Waves OneKnob:You probably know how to
shape your guitar sound with a couple of
twists of the knobs on your stompboxes
and the tone controls on your guitar and
amp, but when confronted with a nest of
other parameters in a multitrack mix,
- Electronic Guitar: Sweeter Amp Sim Tone with Multi-Miking:If you were recording a guitar amp in the studio, you wouldn’t just plop
the amp down, pick a random mic, then
point it in the amp’s general direction—
you’d try different mic types, more than
one mic, move the mics around,
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- Class A vs. Class AB:Everyone knows that that an “A”
on your report card means you kicked ass
in class, but is a “class A” guitar amplifier
also mean it’s the best? To answer that
question we first have to understand what
classes mean in terms
- 5 Things About Slides:1 ANYTHING GOES
Slide is a rootsy form developed
by artists who simply
used whatever they could
get their hands on to create
haunting glissandos and singing sustain.
If you want to experiment with slide
playing, but don’t
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- Keith McMillen Instruments SoftStep MIDI Controller:Whether for operations like choosing patches on early rackmounted multieffects such as the Boss GP-8, or handling
synth-guitar presets, guitarists have been using MIDI foot controllers
almost as long as MIDI has been around.
- Avid Pro Tools 9.0.2 and Mbox:The big recording news at the end of 2010 was the introduction
of Pro Tools 9 ($599 retail)—Avid’s response to requests
by native Pro Tools users for software that is compatible with
non-Avid hardware and includes
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- Fuzz Face Off:The GP Staff Tests 25 Fuzzboxes
Though fuzz is just distortion with a nastier attitude, fuzzes are different creatures than
their distortion pedal relatives, which are designed to cop the “sweeter” sounds of overdriven
tubes.
- Analog.Man Peppermint Fuzz:$195 direct
KNOBS Volume, Fuzz, Buzz, internal
trimpot
SOUNDS Inspired by the Strawberry Alarm
Clock’s seminal psychedelic fuzz-soaked
classic, “Incense and Peppermints.” The key
to the Peppermint Fuzz’s mojo lies in
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- Waves OneKnob:You probably know how to
shape your guitar sound with a couple of
twists of the knobs on your stompboxes
and the tone controls on your guitar and
amp, but when confronted with a nest of
other parameters in a multitrack mix,
- Roland GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer:Manufacturers have a tendency
to pile on the features with each major
update of a product, often making an
otherwise simple device increasingly
difficult to use. Remarkably, the negative
aspects of such feature-creep is not
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- Cool Debut! Fender Select Series:It was quite a before-holiday treat. On December 1, 2011, Bass Player Editor Brian Fox and I were invited to Fender’s Corona, California factory for a preview of the Fender Select series guitars and basses. The Select series is a
- Taylor Solidbody Construction:Here are some photos and video taken at the Taylor factory of Solidbody model guitars under construction.
Video below. If you can't see the player, CLICK HERE.
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