JamUp Video Contest
Positive Grid, the makers of the excellent JamUp software, are having a pretty nice contest. It requires a little bit of effort, as you have to make a video. But the good news is that everyone who enters wins something. Simply by submitting a video using JamUp, you instantly get $20 to upgrade for JamUp Pro and […]
Acoustic Addicts Episode #2
Seems like the AA guys caught a lot of flack from episode 1 by trying to compare tonewoods in guitars of wildly varying designs. This time they try to be more scientific comparing a bunch of Martins that are much more similar. They also throw in a cheap laminated Yahmaha to show the difference between […]
Recording Your Guitar – Pt. 2
In Recording Your Guitar Pt.1 we talked about the hardware needed to get your guitars signal into a computer or mobile device for recording. Here in part two I’ll talk about the software side of the equation. I also wanted to clarify the fact that these articles are not meant to be a comprehensive guide […]
Seymour Duncan ’59/Custom Hybrid Pickup
I just wanted to welcome our newest sponsor, Seymour Duncan. The pickup they are advertising, the ’59/Custom Hybrid, is pretty interesting. It was actually developed by member of the the Seymour Duncan forums, BachToRock. The pickup takes one coil from a Seymour Duncan ’59 pickup and one from a SD Custom. As you can hear […]
Recording Your Guitar-Pt.1
How many times have you clicked on a link, usually to YouTube, for someone demoing their new guitar, pedal or amp. But then it starts to play and you find they recorded it with their crappy cellphone, or with their laptops webcam. Or they may actually have a decent mic, but it sounds like it’s […]