The Marauder Project: Part 2-The Plan
Incase you missed it – part 1 My original plan for refinishing the Marauder was to bring it back to something similar to it’s original color – A deep wine colored stain. But as I looked over images of Marauders with different finishes, most of them being stained rather then painted, something just didn’t seem […]
David Byrne’s Pedal-Line?
I randomly came across this mysterious picture of David Byrne of Talking Heads fame. It’s by a photographer by the name of Antony Crook. There is no caption or any info other then – SoHo 3/19 so one can only wonder what’s going on here. Like, is David Byrne the biggest Boss fanboy ever?
Debunking more magic mojo myths: Op-Amps
Bob Weil of VisualSound debunks the myths surrounding “vintage” Op-Amp chips. Why are guitarists so susceptible to this kind of hype. It seems to riddle every facet of the guitar hardware industry.
Nice Online Metronome
simple metronome Using a metronome when practicing guitar is essential. Besides the obvious benefit of helping to develop your sense of timing and rhythm, a skill that many beginning guitarists overlook, it has many other benefits as well. By making you more conscious of when you are hitting the note you will have a tendency […]
How Guitar Tone Capacitors Work
This is a subject I was planning on writing an article on till I found this excellent video by John Cooper from PlanetZ. I think technical stuff like this is easier to digest this way, at least for some people. Anyway, if you have been trying to figure out what people are talking about when […]