Tutorials

In a world that seems to be dominated by discussion of overdrive pedals, the clean boost gets overlooked. Most people see it as a pointless volume boost for blues and jazz enthusiasts, hardly applicable to a...

Amp wattage ratings are a quick and easy way to understand roughly how loud an amplifier is, but there’s a lot of misunderstanding as well. Is 50 watts half the volume of 100? Is 40 watts enough to play...

Do you ever stare at your amp wondering why you bought a 120-watt amplifier that’s never been past 3 on the knob? Power is important, but tube amps LOVE to be driven hard, they really bloom and shine when...

Here’s a fun party trick for you... We live in a very cool time for gaming. Even for those of us who are too young to have nostalgia for the original 8-bit consoles like the Famicom, Nintendo...

EQ’s come in many different variations: they can be plugins, pedals, racks, parametric, graphic, you name it. But there’s one tool that far fewer people are aware of that can be a secret weapon when used...

If you didn’t know this already, an EQ pedal can take your entire guitar tone to the next level. With the added flexibility you can take an incredible sounding setup and add some extra polish to it. Take out...

Nothing is more painful than going to perform, having a great first 30 seconds, then hitting that B string only to find it’s nearly a half-step out of tune. I get flashbacks just thinking about...

In today’s world, recording your guitar final guitar tone is no longer a given, but simply an option. Now we can explore options by recording just the direct track from your guitar (using a DI box) so you...

Most of us tend to feel confident in our guitar abilities… until there are other people in the room. Turn into a complete wuss who can’t play a G chord as soon as you get on stage? You’re not alone....

We’ve all had the experience of feeling like a guitar god while practicing in our bedrooms, but when you get up on stage it’s an entirely different ball game. Why did you butcher that solo that you’ve...