November 2020
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Recording Dojo: What's a High-Pass Filter & How Should You Use It?
November 20, 2020
Here's how to clean up low-end mud and add definition to mixes.
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How Do You Make a Cheetah Purr?
November 19, 2020
With a decidedly unique design, this cool and quirky short-scale bass appears to have the answer. The PG Nordstrand Acinonyx review.
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10 Mini-Humbuckers to Try
November 17, 2020
Why? Yeah, they're smaller, but they can also offer brighter, clearer, more focused tones than their full-sized cousins.
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Meet Murph, My Surf-Rock Friend
November 16, 2020
SoCal in the ’60s was a hotbed of guitar building, but it wasn’t just the big guys equipping aspiring rock stars.
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The Saga of the Linda Ronstadt Deluxe
November 15, 2020
How a not-so-special silver-panel amp was transformed into solid gold.
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JHS Supreme: The Premier Guitar Review
November 13, 2020
Classic fuzz-pedal chaos meets modern tone shaping.
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Kurt Rosenwinkel and the Power of 3
November 12, 2020
The jazz guitarist flexes his muscles with Angels Around, a return to his beloved trio format that draws on inspirations from Monk to Bowie, while exploring digital tone shaping and prepping his debut rock album.
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Last Call: Evolution
November 12, 2020
Much like birds, we are constantly developing our own musical voices.
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Mind Your Ps and Js
November 10, 2020
This well-constructed 4-string takes cues from yesteryear’s sounds, looks, and price tags. The PG Aria Pro II Detroit review.
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Logo Advice from a Living Legend
November 8, 2020
For starters, says Hamer Guitars cofounder Jol Dantzig, avoid stock typeface at all costs.
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I’m Just Glad I’ve Got My Damn Guitars
November 6, 2020
Eight months/a decade into COVID-19, are we self-aware enough for our own good?
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Restoring Balance to the Blazing Tube-Amp/Digital Galaxy
November 5, 2020
If you’re a diehard devotee of tube-amp filth but want in on IR action, this innovative architecture may be just what you’ve been waiting for. The PG Revv G20 review.
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Reader Guitar of the Month: A Strat Comes Full Circle
November 5, 2020
A Hendrix fan details the journey of his first real guitar, a 1972 Fender Strat that he modded, returned to spec, and is now enjoying again in quarantine.
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Steve Swallow in Flight
November 3, 2020
At 79, the father of electric jazz bass is busy inventing and innovating as a composer, player, and instrument designer—and continuing his 40-year collaboration with John Scofield via the new Swallow Tales.
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For the Love of Demos, Pt. 1
November 2, 2020
Bassist Hondo Felder looks for the versatility factor.
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Carbon + Wood Looks and Sounds Good
November 1, 2020
A spruce-and-carbon-fusion top yields a tough, sweetly ringing dread with a more traditional look. The Premier Guitar RainSong V-DR1100N2 review.
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Does Fret Material Really Matter for a Bass?
October 30, 2020
Conventional wisdom says that, as a string anchor point, the metal alloy must play a tonal factor. But it's more complicated than that....
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"Sometimes I Feel Pedals Are More the Instrument Than the Guitar Is"
October 29, 2020
When she’s not rocking out with Iggy Pop, Sarah Lipstate calls upon a staggering collection of stompboxes to orchestrate sophisticated soundscape arrangements under her nom de plectrum, Noveller.
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Now's the Time to Pick Up a Banjo
October 29, 2020
Pandemic got you in a rut? Making the easy jump to the guitar's cousin is guaranteed to jumpstart your creativity.
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Bush’s The Kingdom Is Airtight & Anthemic
October 26, 2020
The grunge vets may not be in their prime—but they’re not frozen in time, either.
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