Rock Island Bar is the longest-running live music venue in Corralejo, Fuerteventura, featuring the best live acoustic music you’ll ever hear. It also changed my life. I first read about Rock Island Bar on my first (and only) holiday to the popular canary island. It must’ve been around 2005. A flyer left by the travel […]
Rock Island Bar: My Story Read Post »
Line 6’s flagship beast, the Helix Floor/Rack, is undoubtedly their most powerful guitar effects processor to date. Helix has two powerful processing chips allowing for effects chains 4x that of its predecessor, the Pod HD500x. In its heyday, the HD500x was a powerhouse with the ability to put together great effects chains. Then came Helix,
Line 6 Helix: Beyond Guitar Read Post »
Neck relief on an acoustic guitar is crucial for not just great tone, but for great playability too, much more so than on an electric guitar. Here’s all you need to know. I’ve already covered the mechanics of truss rod adjustment for electric guitar, and why extra neck relief can help you achieve a lower
Neck relief on Acoustic Guitars is crucial Read Post »
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,
Acoustic Guitar Action: Lowering the saddle. Read Post »
Review of the TC Helicon GO Guitar Interface. What is the TC Helicon GO Guitar? The TC Helicon GO Guitar is a portable interface for connecting your electric, electro-acoustic, or bass guitar to mobile devices. Or, in other words, it’s an Ik Multimedia iRig 2 clone for half the price! Why do you need the
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The Line 6 Spider series has evolved quite a lot over the years. The latest generation, Spider V, comes in V and V MkII models. I own the Spider V 120. Anything smaller than the 120 sounds great and functions primarily as a great practice amp. The Spider V 20 is perfect for students and
Expanding Line 6 Spider V 120 Read Post »
Amp modeling today is better than ever! Players are enjoying Line 6 Helix, Fractal, Kemper, HeadRush, and other great effects processors while often on the hunt for a great FRFR companion. If you aren’t familiar with FRFR (full range, flat response) this simply means the speaker is presenting your molded tone in its natural stage
HeadRush 112 FRFR Powered Speaker Review Read Post »
Welcome to The Blogging Musician Community Forum. I thought now was a good time to re-launch our forum, which will make it much easier to connect, share, and discuss. I’ve added the obvious categories mapped to our main themes of Guitar, Music, and Travel, but feel free to suggest others. Take a look, say hello,
Our Forum is back! Read Post »
When the Line 6 Variax was first introduced years ago they were compared to MIDI devices. What Line 6 did differently than all other MIDI predecessors was to focus primarily on guitar while excluding the need for MIDI cables. The result? A guitar that models only guitars (or cousins thereof) and the option to use
Line 6 Variax: Still thinking about buying one? Read Post »
