• Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

    Pickups 101: A Primer on Passive Electric Guitar Pickups

    Perhaps one of the most misunderstood components of the electric guitar is its pickups. Ironically, pickups are one of the most untapped resources for custom ...
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  • Bass Tutorials, Guitar Tutorials, Tutorials

    Racks 201: MIDI Foot Controllers

    For many serious guitar players, stomp boxes running into the front end of an amplifier do not provide the audio quality or effects-programming flexibility that ...
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  • Keyboard Tutorials, Tutorials

    From the Studio to the Stage: Creative Use of Live Tweaking

    In my previous column (Ten Ways to Break out of the Preset Rut) we looked at various ways to add a personal touch to sound ...
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  • Bass Tutorials, Guitar Tutorials, Recording/Live Sound Tutorials, Tutorials

    Studio Miking for Electric Guitar: A Comprehensive Study in Capturing the Magic – Part ...

    Hi all, and welcome to the first installment of a multi-part series on miking for electric guitars. Throughout this series, we’ll take a look at ...
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  • Keyboard Tutorials, Tutorials

    Ten Ways to Break out of the Preset Rut

    There’s an age-old dilemma in the world of synthesis: preset or program? An entire industry exists to create new presets for synths, companies sell preset ...
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