La Bella Strings
I just wanted to do a post about an experience I had with La Bella strings. I recently bought an Eastwood Club Bass, a copy of the classic Hofner design. It’s basically the same thing as the famous “Beatle Bass”, The violin shaped bass used by Paul McCartney, except it has a more classic guitar […]
New SNARK Pedal Tuner
I love my SNARK clip on tuner. It’s fast, accurate, easy to read and cheap. I know a lot of people who said they rarely use a pedal tuner now that they have a SNARK. They have very quickly come to dominate the clip-on tuner market, and now they are setting their sites on the […]
16 Fuzz Pedals Compared
Andy for stompboxsonic.com gives a quick “taste” of 16 different fuzz pedals. Rather then an extensive look at each pedals range, the goal was to give an idea of how each pedals signature sound compares with the others. Which was made much more apparent by demoing them all in rapid succession through the same rig. I […]
Devi Ever Console Kickstarter
I wrote about the Devi Ever Console last year. But after a short while there stopped being updates on it, and I assumed the project dead. I’m guessing the popularity of Kickstarter had a big part to play in this project coming back to life. The idea of the console ‘pedal’, is similar to an […]
Behind the Notes with Roger Sadowsky
Interesting interview with Luthier Roger Sadowsky. It’s always fascinating to hear thoughts and ideas about guitars from someone regarded as a master craftsman. A large portion of the video, starting around the 20 minute mark deals with properly setting up a guitar. Roger goes through every part of the guitar explaining it’s effect on tone and playability. […]