Requirements:
Apple devices
IOS7 or later (First generation iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch are not supported)
Enough free space to download issues (300-500 MB per issue)
Broadband internet is recommended.
Android Devices
Android devices operating 3.0 or later (Honeycomb)
Enough free space to download issues (300-500 MB per issue)
Broadband internet is recommended.
Navigating the Premier Guitar app
The Premier Guitar app is available for free download in the app store. Once installed, you will be able to see all issues that are available for purchase. The app is included for free if you’re already a print subscriber (see below).
To purchase, simply tap the issue cover and follow any instructions to purchase. If you have already purchased or are a print subscriber, you can begin reading right away.
The beginning of each issue will include a handy user guide for navigating the app. Please consult this guide to better understand how to get the best experience while browsing the app.
iTunes Subscribers
To purchase issues within the Premier Guitar app, you must be signed in with your Apple ID. If you do not have an Apple ID click here to set one up.
Once you purchase an issue or subscription within the app, it will forever be tied to your Apple ID. Be sure to maintain your Apple ID in case you get a new device in the future.
If you re-install the app or get a new device, you may need to restore your purchased issues. To do this, tap the gear on the right side, center of the app home screen and then tap Missing Issues. This will restore your previously purchased issues. NOTE: You must be logged in with the same Apple ID associated with your initial purchase for this option to work.
Google Play Subscribers
To purchase issues within the Premier Guitar app, you must be signed in with your Google account.
Once you purchase an issue or subscription within the app, it will forever be tied to your Google account. Be sure to maintain your account in case you get a new device in the future.
Print Subscribers(IOS)
Access to the iOS Tablet edition is included with your print subscription. Just download the free app from the App Store and follow these steps:
• Tap My Account at the bottom center of the screen.
• Log in with the same email address that you provided to Premier Guitar when you purchased your print subscription and the password ”premier”.
• You should now have access to all issues that align with your print subscription in the Premier Guitar app.
Print Subscribers(Google Play)
Access to the Google Play Tablet edition is included with your print subscription. Just download the free app from the App Store and follow these steps:
• Tap My Account at the side Navigation bar.
• Log in with the same email address that you provided to Premier Guitar when you purchased your print subscription and the password ”premier”.
• You should now have access to all issues that align with your print subscription in the Premier Guitar app.
Technical Support(IOS)
How to delete an issue:
• Select the gear on the right side, center of the app home screen.
• Tap Remove Issues and select which issues you wish to remove from your device
• Tap Remove after you’ve selected the issues
If the app keeps crashing:
• Restart the device
• If no change, be sure that you have enough storage available. If the device has no storage available many apps will cease to function. Follow the instructions above to delete unused issues.
Technical Support(Google Play)
How to delete an issue:
• Tap Remove Issues (located in middle left of Issues screen) and select which issues you wish to remove from your device
• Tap the trash can after you’ve selected the issues
If the app keeps crashing:
• Restart the device
• If no change, be sure that you have enough storage available. If the device has no storage available many apps will cease to function. Follow the instructions above to delete unused issues.
The Boss GE-7 graphic equalizer.
Ever think of adding EQ to your signal chain? Here’s a brief but definitive guide on how to get started.
Equalization is a powerful sonic-sculpting tool. Almost immediately after we figured out how to convert the music we hear into electronic waveforms, electronic engineers devised circuits to manipulate those signals by attenuating and accentuating different frequency bands. In recording studios, equalization can subtract bass from a boomy kick drum or add sibilance to a breathy vocal. In sound reinforcement, we can equalize the response of a PA in a room with less than ideal resonances.
These resonances add or subtract energy from the PA output and present an uneven response to the audience. Equalization adjusts the PA’s frequency response to account for those room dynamics and makes the response even, or equal, across all bands.
Human hearing is usually understood to extend from 20 Hz to 20 kHz. The frequency range of the guitar is much more limited, typically ranging from around 80 Hz to 6 kHz. Interestingly, the human voice shares a great deal of the same bandwidth, meaning the same ears and audio-processing centers that are fine-tuned for distinguishing the differences in voices can readily adapt to distinguish the differences in guitar tones. Accordingly, small adjustments in frequency equalization can have big effects in the ears of the listener, making a world of difference in a guitar’s fundamental sound. No amount of EQ will turn a red-knob Fender Twin into a Marshall plexi, but a little EQ might be all that stands between the sound in your head and the gear that you already own.
There are a host of EQ guitar pedal options on the market, from the venerable Boss GE-7 graphic equalizer (which contains preset frequency centers and bandwidths) to the new-fangled Empress ParaEq (which contains fully adjustable frequency centers and bandwidths). If you’re an EQ neophyte, stick with a graphic EQ. The sliders will be spaced evenly, and you can train your ear to hear the difference between frequencies before graduating to the laissez-faire frequency selection of a parametric EQ. As you’re learning what each frequency does for your sound, pull the fader all the way down and listen carefully, then push it all the way up and do the same. Listening to the EQ at these extremes may help you key in on the change at a more tasteful setting. Make a habit of turning the effect on and off to sample what it is doing relative to your unaffected signal.
It may be helpful to think of EQ as a flavoring agent. Like a little salt enhances a dish’s existing flavors, EQ can make for some tasty tones. If you have an overdrive that you’d like to make a little more “screamer,” add a bit of 800 Hz. If your sound has got a little too much of that green pedal honk, cut 800 Hz just a hair. If your chunky rhythm sound lacks clarity, cut from 200–250 Hz. This is where the low-midrange mud lives.
“If the unobtanium overdrive du jour is a Ferrari, then an EQ is like a Honda Accord.”
Almost every move has a practical reciprocal. You can add clarity by cutting low mids or boosting high mids by a commensurate amount. I normally recommend cutting first as a rule of thumb, as excessive boost can make things squirrelly, due to increased overall gain. That said, boosting around 500 Hz can add midrange body; around 2 kHz can help a neck pickup cut through the mix; and around 5 kHz can add airy click to your sound.
As you tweak, remember the upper-frequency bands will have more of an effect when placed after overdrive and distortion in your signal chain, as those processes generate harmonics that add energy to higher frequencies. But, there are no hard and fast rules. Adjust with listening ears! Your sound is like a ball of clay, and EQ can help you shape it just how you’d like.
Experiment with EQ placement as well. Apply EQ after dirt in order to carve your signal like the channel strip on a mixing console. Apply EQ before overdrives to cause them to saturate sooner at specific frequencies. This can greatly affect a pedal’s feel as well as sound.
If the unobtanium overdrive du jour is a Ferrari, then an EQ is like a Honda Accord. It’s practical, modest, and functional, but most people don’t dream about owning one. However, with the ability to subtly sculpt and cut or boost in the extreme, EQ can get you where you want to go.
John Bohlinger and the PG video crew head west to explore the two brands that helped spark hot-rodding instruments and tricking out "super strat" shredsters. Talented master builders Pasquale “Pat” Campolattano, "Metal" Joe Williams, and Dave Nichols (aka “Red Dave”) unlock the door to their twisted sanctuary and let the sawdust fly showing us their hands-on approach to building drag-racing guitars.
Ernie Ball Music Man's Custom Design Experience is an online custom instrument configurator that allows customers to design and build their dream StingRay bass guitar.
Customers can choose from 4-string and 5-string models, right and left-handed orientations, single and double humbucking pickups, a multitude of finish options, many neck, pickguard, hardware, string gauges, tuning, case options, and more. All Custom Design Experience instruments are built in the Ernie Ball Music Man San Luis Obispo, CA, facility and are shipped directly to the consumer.
Ernie Ball Music Man: Custom Design Experience
Options include
- Right or Left hand
- 4-string or 5-string
- Single H or double HH pickups
- 30 unique finishes
- 3 hardware finishes
- 5 pickguard options
- 12 fretted neck options
- 2 fretless neck options
- Regular or SLO Special neck profiles
- 4 tuning setups
- 3 string gauges
- 2 cases
