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Silver and Black: Simple Tube Tricks for Beginners
Silver & Black

Silver and Black: Simple Tube Tricks for Beginners

Need more headroom or gain? Spin the bottles.

Should You Add a Laptop to Your Live Rig!?
Gigging Advice

Should You Add a Laptop to Your Live Rig!?

Modern stomps offer more sounds than ever before, but a laptop can help you delve into an even deeper world of live sonic manipulation. Here’s what you need to know to get started.

How to Install and Maintain Your Guitar's Pots
Mod Garage

How to Install and Maintain Your Guitar's Pots

When it comes to cosmic tone, it’s critical to have functional potentiometers. Here’s how to install them correctly and keep them ship-shape afterward.

Got Noise Issues? It Could Be Your Pedalboard's Power Supply
State of the Stomp

Got Noise Issues? It Could Be Your Pedalboard's Power Supply

All 9V blocks are not created equal. Here's what to look for to avoid hiss, hum, and crackle.

How to Build Your Own DCR Measuring Tool
Mod Garage

How to Build Your Own DCR Measuring Tool

Let’s build one of my favorite DIY guitar tools that I use daily in my shop. I’ll show you two versions and then explain how to put them into action.

DIY: Seven Ways to Soup Up Your New Guitar
Guitar & Bass Mods

DIY: Seven Ways to Soup Up Your New Guitar

Luthier Dave Helmer shows you how to cure buzzy strings, bad intonation, gnarly frets, high action, and other common troubles with off-the-shelf axes.

Recording Dojo: The Case for Miking Your Electric Guitar
Recording Dojo

Recording Dojo: The Case for Miking Your Electric Guitar

Why you should consider tracking the acoustic sound of your solid-, semi-, or hollowbody axe in addition to the amp it's plugged into.