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I have read different accounts of "better." I'm not concerned with "better." I'm about to buy my first tube amp (a blues junior from a board member here.) I'm curious about acheiving power amp distortion. Would you simply back off the preamp and crank the "master?" Or is there something I'm...

I just thought I'd throw out an option to those of you looking for quality inexpensive acoustics. Cort. They get almost no love here in the states. I bought mine when I was in Korea (they are a korean brand.) Mine has a solid spruce top, came with a set of fishman pickups (that don't work...

Saturday night I went to my little brothers guitar recital. Meh. The skills ranged from the very beginners (aka my brother) to the quite good. The last student to play sat down, turned his guitar upwards (so as to hold it like a cello or bass) and put both hands on the fret board. Now, I'm not...

I know they aren't the highest end gibsons. But I've heard some nice demos of the LG-0. I can't find a demo of the B15. So I'm curious which one you all would chose. Here comes the background. I play americana type stuff. Folk, blues, country, rock. I lean more toward folk and country (old...

I'm curious how much affect the looks of a guitar have on your purchase. New or used/vintage . . . I don't care. Thanks for discussing/voting.

I know this is a few months old (and I don't really care to hear about the politics of "enviromentalism") but have you all heard about this?

So I'm trying to do my homework before I go out and field test. (I don't have any decent shops around so I want get as much info as I can before I go on my vacation (which will include shopping around.) From all of the demos I've seen/heard I think I want to get a Gretsch 5122 (a double cutaway...

Has anyone read the book "The Frustrated Songwriters Handbook"? It advocates what they call "the 20 song game." Where you push yourself to write and record 20 NEW songs in 12 hours. They advocate getting together with a group of songwriters and sharing the output of these games. With my job...

I'm in the middle of watching "It Might Get Loud" which, if you don't know, is about Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White. It's kind of a cool film. They should have dumped Page and The Edge and just focused on Jack White. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it. Just to see and hear Whites views...

I have come to the conclusion that I have developed as a guitarist as far as I can on my own. I would like to find a teacher but I'm about to move to Turkey for my job. Has anyone taken any of the guitar courses on berkleemusic.com? I know it's not truly Berklee. But from what I can tell the...

I don't have anything from PAiA (yet) but this seems like it would be worth a shot. Not sure how the prices compare now, but (when it was written) about $50 extra in parts and you can (apparantly) get some killer results out of a PAiA unit...

I just found this quiz over at Tape Op. It's kind of cool to see where you stand. They are all True/False answers but they give in depth responses at the end. It reminded me of how much I don't know. I'm sure it's all really basic stuff, but I missed a few that I thought I should get right. So...

I just found this article and it seems like a killer idea. I don't know about "poor man's" since you'll be eating up a lot of tape, but, I thought you all might get a kick out of it.

I don't have tons of outboard gear . . . but someday I will. It seems though, that always getting back behind your racks to repatch would be a major PITA. I'm assuming that a patchbay was made for this reason . . . but I don't know. Am I close?

I've never really been able to find a detailed description of all the parts of a deck. Please check me to see if my understanding is corect. In lower end decks, one motor drives all moving parts, but in higher end decks, each spool or moving part has it's own motor. Right or Wrong? The...

I am not the seller, I do not know the seller, I have no vested interest in this sale at all . . . . but If you live in/around Nasheville I saw this on Craigslist, and it seems to be a good deal, assuming you can get in and check everything out...

I'm really interested in getting a semi hollow electric. I know that a solid top is important to an acoustic, but even Gretch's higher end guitars have laminate tops. Is this important? What other things should I be looking for? Thanks guys.

So, we talk a lot about gear, and technical issues in here (which is good.) But I've been thinking a lot about how other people work as far as the workflow of recording goes. I guess, mostly I'm interested in the solo type projects where you're pretty much doing it all. But that doesn't mean...

Selling a small practice/gig guitar rig. Fender Players strat (2004 I believe.) Great condition. Peavey Studio Chorus 70 amp. And a digitech RP500. $550 takes it all or ask about individual prices. I've got a hardcase for the strat, but it's not in very good shaping (I shipped it to myself once...

Since I want desperately to learn and understand the tools of this trade I was snooping aroud the SOS website. They had this article (which isn't fully available) about compression. They were kind enough to post audio clips for comparisons. I am at work and not listening through anything...