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“Far Behind” CandleBox Guitar Tab
This is an older song that has a great opening guitar riff and just about everyone has heard it before. It was on the radio a few times this weekend and I just had to put the first part up here. Kick on some chorus and a slight delay and you have a nice little…
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Guitar Scales Cheat Sheet
I wanted to post this just to have a quick guide up for a reference when needing a different scale pattern to use on the fly. This info came from a variety of sources that I found while browsing around the other day. So, Let’s start with the basic patterns for the main scales everyone…
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Danelectro “Mini” Guitar Effects
Danelectro is a company that used to make amplifiers for electric guitars back in the 40’s-50’s before going into manufacturing their own line of guitars, basses and effects. The effects that they make are well known for having a great clean crisp tone, here’s a snippet from their wikipedia page: Danelectro Mini Effects Pedals “Today,…
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Dod Death Metal Distortion Pedal
DOD released the FX86 Death Metal by early 1994, probably at the same time as the FX33 Buzz Box. Designed for use with guitar or bass, the FX86 was painted solid black with a blood-red splatter finish befitting its name. The FX86 was unique among DOD’s distortion pedals in that it featured three bands of…
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Bass V-Amp Pro Setup Tips
The Bass V-Amp Pro is a rack mounted effects and amp modeler that gives out some great clean tones that can be used for Bass, Guitar, Keyboard or even Vocals. I’ve recently started playing with mine more and after looking around online I found two guides from a guy named Charlie that have some awesome…
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Adjusting Pickup Height for your Guitar or Bass
Here’s a quick tip I found for adjusting the pickups on your electric guitar to help maximize output. The distance between pickup and string is a very important factor for output and sound. So for setting the Bridge Pickup: Put a nickel on top of the pickup under the high E string and play the…
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Mixing Your Sound; Working with EQ
Equalizing is the most important part of mastering the audio tracks that you have recorded. Without it, everything would sound muddy, garbled and lifeless. Each instrument has a range from roughly 20Hz to 20kHz, with the majority of the sound in the 400Hz-16kHz frequencies. When you are recording one instrument, it sounds fine because it…
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Creating Your Own Hit Songs
There’s no “set-in-stone” method to writing a song. Each type of music is a little bit different than the rest, which is what gives them their “oomph”. The beauty of music is it can be anything, Phil Collins made songs using just drum beats and a melody, Skrillex and Dead Mau5 layer noise on top…
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Recording Guitar with the iPad
It’s really amazing what you can do with an iPad. I just bought a Griffin Guitar Connect to plug my guitar into my iPad so that I can use it for a amp simulator / effects unit, same thing as the iRig. This literally changes everything about recording an playing guitar. Guitar Connect for iPad…
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Dimebag Darrell Tone
Although his setup was as simple as can be, the cutthroat tone that launched forth from his axe is seldom achieved by amateurs and professionals alike. It’s probably the most sought after sound in the metal community, and has been ever since he emerged on the scene with Pantera in the early 90’s. The Legend Himself;…