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Review: Roland Cube 60 Amplifier
Roland Cube 60 Amplifier Summary: Built like a tank, great-sounding and versatile, the Roland Cube 60 is at home on the road and in the studio. Pros: Built-in Roland COSM modeling technology to mimic 9...
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Product Spotlight: Peavey Windsor Studio Amp
At-A-Glance: 15-20 Watt Class A tube amp, 12″ speaker, balanced XLR out with mic simulator. Price: $399.00 (street) Features: Class A Power Amp can use various octal power tubes including EL34 (stock),...
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Stumbling Upon Technique
I was reading several interesting threads about technique and improv the other day. I have to admit that I was quietly embarassed by the fact that I don’t have a large library of techniques that I can...
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New Song: Lookin’ for the Good Life
I love getting those intense spurts of creativity when I’m using awesome equipment. I just happened to have a couple of review pieces on hand: A Saint Guitars Benchmark and a Reason SM25 combo amp....
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Review: Reason SM25 Combo Amp
Reason SM25 25 Watt Combo Amp Summary: Incredibly expressive and versatile amp that can deliver a wide range of tones from glassy, sparkly cleans, to lewd, rude, and crude distortion, all in a single...
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Gear for the Home Studio
There are different schools of thought around this subject, but I thought I’d throw in some of my own thoughts, since I’ve been at it awhile. Note that I won’t be talking about techniques necessarily,...
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Compression: Too much of a good thing?
I’ve actually been thinking about writing this article for almost a year and a half. The back story behind it is that I was having a discussion with my eldest son about why I didn’t like the music he...
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Gear Review: IK Multimedia Amplitube Fender
IK Multimedia Amplitube Fender Edition Summary: Modeling 12 of the most famous Fender Amps, Amplitube Fender is pretty amazing. It’s scary how close to the real thing this software gets! Pros:...
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Gear Review and Announcement: IK Multimedia Releases the new StealthPedal!
IK Multimedia Stealth Pedal Summary: It’s official, IK Multimedia’s StealthPedal has just been released! The new StealthPedal is a lesson in packaging up familiar components to produce something...
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Gettin’ In the Vibe…
I was noodling around the other day, and came up with a riff. The riff turned into a jam track, then the jam track turned into a full song. I’m still working on the song, but thought I’d post it for...
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Moving Up in the World…
I’ve been an avid GarageBand user for quite some time, having shied away from moving to a more sophisticated recording solution because of how easy GarageBand makes it to record the demo songs and...
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Why the Fender Champ 600 is a GREAT recording amp!
Some people may scoff at the diminutive Fender Champ 600. After all, it’s only 5 Watts and has a tiny 6″ speaker. But those naysayers may be missing the point about the Champ or any super-low wattage...
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