Articles by Joe Gore
Joe Gore's The Subversive Guitarist: The Devil’s in the Dynamics
June 22, 2019
How close can you get to silence? What happens when you play so hard that you worry about damaging your guitar?
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Martin Modern Deluxe OM-28 Review
June 14, 2019
It’s new school. It’s old school. Medium school, maybe?
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Taylor Grand Pacific Builder’s Edition 717 Review
May 30, 2019
A Taylor for guitarists who don’t dig Taylors?
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Joe Gore's The Subversive Guitarist: How to Practice Without a Guitar
May 25, 2019
You don’t need a fretboard to expand your fingerings.
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Joe Gore’s The Subversive Guitarist: Don’t Think Scales—Think Sequences!
April 27, 2019
Try this technically challenging workout that liberates you from muscle-memory habits.
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Orange TremLord 30 Review
April 5, 2019
Transatlantic tones and tremolo mark a deviation from Orange tradition.
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HeadRush Gigboard Review
April 3, 2019
A compact yet powerful amp/effect modeler with a keep-it-simple attitude.
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Strymon Volante Review
April 2, 2019
The Milanese monster of magnetic echo returns in DSP form.
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Joe Gore’s The Subversive Guitarist: The Bruise Scale
March 23, 2019
If you whip out these licks at the ol’ Tuesday night blues jam, they’ll probably move it to Wednesday and not tell you.
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3 Leaf Chromatron Review
March 19, 2019
A sinfully fun filter effect with extraordinary range.
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IK Multimedia iRig Stomp I/O Review
March 6, 2019
This audio interface/MIDI controller is perfect for iOS devices—and lots of other things.
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Electro-Harmonix Grand Canyon Review
February 27, 2019
The Grand Canyon’s core sound quality is excellent. Echoes are smooth and detailed, devoid of graininess or harsh resonance.
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Joe Gore’s The Subversive Guitarist: Shred Like Shakespeare
February 23, 2019
This 400-year-old lute technique can solve contemporary fingerpicking problems.
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Damnation Audio Ugly Twin Review
February 11, 2019
Three cascaded distortion effects in a single box.
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