Tag: guitar tone
In Search of the Perfect Guitar Tone
This is very much a Holy Grail-type quest. By this we mean it will never be fully accomplished but neither would any guitar player want it to be. Part of the joy of learning how to develop your guitar tone is the endless experimentation with your technique and equipment. This is not to say that…
5 Effortless Tips for a Tremendous Live Guitar Tone
Boost Mids MIds are the home frequency of electric guitars, so if you can’t hear them, you’ll sit way back in a band mix. Gibson Les Pauls are inherently mid-focussed, which is one of the reasons why many prefer them in a live context to something like a Fender Stratocaster, but boosting the mids past…
Zoom G6 Review: They RUINED it!
Review of the Zoom G6 Guitar Multi-Effects processor….. … or rather a demonstration of how bad the UI experience is. Enough for me to send it back. I’ve always loved Zoom products, from way back to the 505 through to the G3. The OD/Distortion and amp modeling beat anything by Line 6 in my book,…
The Guitar Tone Bug.
The Guitar tone bug. Why guitar tone has once again become my number one priority instead of reliability, cost, and convenience. Not so long ago, the vast majority of my guitar-playing time was spent either gigging or rehearsing for gigs, and my priorities were reliability, cost, and convenience, definitely NOT guitar tone. Reliability? Because I’d…
Tips for Beginning Blues Guitarists
The blues genre is the precursor to jazz, rock, funk, hip-hop, and many other styles. Those genres just increased the speed, added a strong backbeat, and simply gave it a new name. Like folk music, the blues are relatively easy to play if you know the basics of the genre. Here are some tips for…
Acoustic Guitar Action: Lowering the saddle.
Lowering the saddle of your acoustic guitar may be the most painless guitar mod you’ll ever make, and also the most effective! Once you’ve discounted the nut and neck-relief, the only component blocking your path to a slick-playing instrument is the Acoustic guitar saddle, and the fix is simple: Sand it down! Don’t Panic! Now,…
Guitar Fretboard: Maple vs Rosewood
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Exploring the differences between the two most common guitar fretboard (or fingerboard) materials. Maple and Rosewood. Looks It depends on the Guitar. I’ve seen some gorgeous maple guitar fretboards with a little flaming, but a lot of them, particularly at the cheaper end of the spectrum, are just too anemic/plain looking. Up close, the darker…
