I get a lot of emails from guitar players asking about how to get a certain guitar players sound. You know… a personal hero, a particular tone from a record and so forth. While there are ways to get close to the sound my question is “Why”? Why put all that effort (not too mention… Read More »
Did you ever get to a point where your pedalboard has grown so crowded that you look like your doing the Mexican hat dance all night trying to execute pedal moves? Sometimes we get caught up with G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome) and try so many flavor of the month pedals, gizmos and gadgets we end… Read More »
Here is a particularly psychedelic video of the title track of the soon to be released Jimi Henrrix album “Valleys of Neptune”. The new Jimi release due out on March 9th will have 12 previoulsy unreleased tracks including “Sunshine of Your Love” by Cream. Most of the tracks were recorded between February and May of… Read More »
I received an email from a parent asking me about her left handed son that wants to start playing guitar. Here is what he asked me and my thoughts on this. Thanks for the question Paul! Question: My son is left handed and in doing my research online I seem to be finding that there… Read More »
The first guitar that rock legend Jimi Hendrix burned on stage fetched 280,000 pounds (345,000 euros, 495,000 dollars) at an auction in London. Hendrix set the 1965 Fender Stratocaster alight following a landmark performance at London’s Finsbury Astoria in March 1967, and had to be taken to hospital to be treated for minor hand injuries… Read More »
Dick Dale the “King of the Surf Guitar” turns 71 today. Dale himself was an amateur surfer and wanted his music to reflect the sounds he heard in his mind while surfing. While he is primarily known for introducing the use of guitar reverb that would give the guitar a “wet” sound, which has since… Read More »
One of the simplest, effective mods you can do to your guitar “on the cheap” is to experiment with tone caps. First before we get started lets get answers to a few questions about these little buggers. What is a tone cap and how does it work? Read more...
One very simple maintenence procedure can help keep your guitars’ signal at its best and prevent the loss of ground connection. Clean your jacks! We are talking about the 1/4″ jacks on your amplifier as well as your guitar. Read more..
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