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New Vs. Re-Issue

All guitarists are in search of that “tone” whether it’s a rock legend that they want to copy or just the quest for the perfect tone that raises the hair on their back. “Tone” is something that can’t really even be described. It’s a combination of so many minutely, user-dependant, changes in sound that it can never really be achieved. Even fi you use Stevie Ray Vaughn’s guitar, his amps and pedals, the “tone” will still be different because of how you pick the strings, how heavy your fingers press down, what type of strings you’re using, the weather, the roomtype, the mic…. and on and on.

JH1D Jimi Hendrix Wah Wah
JH1D Jimi Hendrix Wah Wah

A big thing with companies now, is to offer re-issues. Saying that it uses the exact same technology from 1970Read More »New Vs. Re-Issue

Big Muff Fuzz D.I.Y. Info

Electro Harmonix’s Big Muff Fuzz Pedal is such a legendary effect. All the sustain and distortion you can want for metal or roll back the levels and get a nice dirty blueshouse sound. Looking around I found a site that has a ton of info about fuzz boxes, including the Big Muff and a ton of other pedals. He even goes as far as mappng out the PCB, schematics and component layout, which is genius and is so helpful to make your own pedal clones, or just to have the info for modifying your current pedal. Read more to see pictures and then check it out for sure over at FuzzCentralRead More »Big Muff Fuzz D.I.Y. Info

How to Relic a Guitar

Guitar Relicing is the practice of making a new guitar look like it has been on the road gigging for years. It’s basically taking the guitar and beating it up, scratching it, nicking, scratching and dinging it up, and forcing 20 years of traveling and shows into a weekend.

How to Relic Your GuitarRead More »How to Relic a Guitar

Herman Li Guitar Tricks

Here’s a youtube vid I found of Dragonforce’s guitarist Herman Li explaining how he makes all those wacked out noises using just his guitar, a Floyd Rose and some distortion.

The guy really does have some chops for having such a computerized sound, they use a ton of overdubbing tho so at times there’s 8 or 10 tracks filling out all kinds of crazy sounds and textures.Read More »Herman Li Guitar Tricks