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Getting ready for a gig

I won't go into practice or warmup methods... but more so... preparing for comfort. Even though I am not a prepared person... like... I don't plan ahead much and I'm not an OCD type either, but preparing your bag and... Continue Reading →

Plexi? But… not Marshall plexi… plexi screens :)

You probably have seen Bonamassa do this... and probably many others. The idea is to use them to control volume and the speaker beam. So... I am extremely conscious of the audience sound experience, I also hate tilting amps.. it... Continue Reading →

Pushing 2 Amps with one guitar

So… when you see AC/DC live… you see tons of guitar cabs, and you have to wonder… how are these people pushing all these cabs?? Well… That I don’t know… however… you can do this at home pretty easily, given... Continue Reading →

Monty’s Guitars Montypresso

I’m not one that buys into hype when it comes to guitar care products, after over 20 years of playing I sort of know what my instrument needs. But a friend of mine had sent me a cup of this... Continue Reading →

Being in a successful band

Success is whatever makes you and the people that surround you happy. Most of us want to play in a band, most of us started playing because the band was there first, some of us are no longer in that... Continue Reading →

Taming a big boy’s Marshall Amp

Marshall 8080Marshall vs100Marshall JCM 900 comboMarshall JCM 900 head 5881 tube versionMarshall JCM 900 EL34 versionMarshall JTM 30Marshall JCM 2000 TSL601Marshall Class 5Marshall 8040Marshall VS102RMarshall JMP 2200Marshall JCM 800Marshall ministackMarshall 1987xMarshall 5005 (lead 12 no reverb)Marshall 5005 (bass)Marshall JTM45Marshall DSL15HMarshall... Continue Reading →

Guitar volume pots are important!

This next experience is related to a few gibson SGs and humbucker pickups. Do you know what's inside your guitar? It's safe to say that we all know more than before... you can find anything on the internet about your... Continue Reading →

Playing with tone

Don’t be a knob snob, that is my advice and second advice is... follow suggestions to prove them wrong or right. I don’t have much patience when it comes to trying things out, usually I just try to plug in... Continue Reading →

Recording guitars at home

I've read so many forums about recording at home... there is loads of info out there.. but as always... I can't find someone normal with a normal budget who is not a purist and is just trying to get some... Continue Reading →

Instant Angus

This is the reputation the SD Storm earned, a pedal that you plug in and Angus Young sound comes out of the speakers... so, is it true? Yes!, definitely the pedal gives you that extra bite that Angus achieves with... Continue Reading →

MXR Dyna Comp

Review of a classic... this pedal has been around for ages, more precisely it was released in the 70s and according to Wikipedia it instantly became a "Nashville Standard" I've only had this pedal for 6 months or so, so... Continue Reading →

Ohhhh the pick!

I'm not trying to be "picky"  but... plectrums are important. They are the ones responsible of translating our amazing right hand ability to our strings, and we can never have enough of them. I've decided a few weeks ago to... Continue Reading →

My guitar bleeds?? [treble]

Modding... I don't like that word, mainly because it's been associated with atrocious modifications to anything... from cars to guitars you name it, however we are always thinking that our guitar can sound a bit (or a lot) better with... Continue Reading →

Emulated what?

This may be irrelevant to loads of people, but it is something I have recently "discovered" on one of my amps. It's called "Emulated Output", I've seen this for ages in loads of amps, but it's a little different on... Continue Reading →

Strings, the soul of our guitar

The title of this post is not an understatement... Strings are very important just as important as tyres are for cars, surely you can drive with worn tyres, but you'll probably slip at some point! Every time I change my strings... Continue Reading →

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