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Question and Obsession: Main Stage
November 15, 2018
Anderson East and PG editors discuss the coolest places to see live music.
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Tone Tips: The Powerhouse Pedalboard
November 13, 2018
Our resident tone guru offers sound hardware solutions for your pedalboard, with versatility and ease front of mind.
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Last Call: The Appeal of Dweedly-Dweedly
November 12, 2018
Repetitive patterns are part of a guitarist’s vocabulary, but they don’t tell the full story.
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Jol Dantzig's Esoterica Electrica: Fretboard Fanaticism
October 30, 2018
How much importance should be placed on the type of wood in your next guitar’s fretboard? Lots.
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On Bass: Mail-Order Low End
October 24, 2018
Traditional recording studios continue to close, but music is still getting written and parts are still being tracked. It’s the same, yet different.
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Acoustic Soundboard: The Name Game
October 19, 2018
Which component has the greatest impact on an instrument’s sound? Consider the soundboard first.
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Last Call: Trust Me or Fire Me
October 16, 2018
In music, movies, and maybe even life, a little faith in skill and talent makes for a better result.
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Signal to Noise: Mastering Reactive-Load Technology
October 15, 2018
With analog cab and mic simulation, you can capture the raw tone—and feel—of a raging tube amp at any volume in the studio or onstage.
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Bass Bench: The World of Finishes
October 12, 2018
Wood requires protection—especially from moisture—and there are many ways to get the job done.
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Jol Dantzig's Esoterica Electrica: Identity and Authenticity
October 8, 2018
Does that beautiful battle-worn axe in the window have tales to tell from stage work, or from bench work? And does it matter?
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Tuning Up: Get out of Your Tone Lab, Poindexter
October 3, 2018
Sometimes the Information Age + the Golden Age of Gear simply adds up to … bluuuuuuuuuuurgh.
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On Bass: Metronome Manipulations
October 1, 2018
Diving deeper into metronome work to develop a low-end groove you can be proud of.
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Tuning Up: Pedal Issues
September 18, 2018
PG’s head honcho gets all teary-eyed about the stomps whose tones have lodged in his head from years of gear reviews.
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Last Call: Maybe This Gig Is Not for You
September 13, 2018
A takeaway from the saga of Stevie Ray Vaughan and David Bowie.
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On Bass: Improve Your Groove
August 20, 2018
If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime of ignoring your metronome.
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State of the Stomp: Virtually Real, or Really Virtual?
August 19, 2018
Why stompboxes survive in a world of modeling and emulators.
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Signal to Noise: Slave to the Sound
August 15, 2018
Explore the reactive load box and the role it plays in reamplification.
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The 411 on Acoustic Guitar DIs
August 14, 2018
Crawl under the hood of the magic boxes that make you sound awesome through club PAs, venue mixing boards, and studio consoles.
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Last Call: It’s Not Who You Know; It’s Who Knows You
August 14, 2018
To get around in the music biz, ya gotta get around.
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Acoustic Soundboard: To Cleat, or Not to Cleat
August 9, 2018
It’s a good thing to fix a crack on your guitar, but don’t let your tone suffer in the process by going overboard with the repair.
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