4 Reasons Everyone Needs a Clean Boost Pedal WiredGuitarist December 20, 2018 Articles, Pedal Reviews, Tutorials, Uncategorized 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...
Guitar Amp Wattage: How Loud Is Loud Enough? WiredGuitarist December 18, 2018 Articles, Tutorials, Uncategorized 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...
Crank Your Amp Without Annoying Your Neighbours WiredGuitarist December 6, 2018 Articles, Tutorials, Uncategorized 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...
Emulating 8-bit Video Game Sounds on Guitar WiredGuitarist November 7, 2018 Articles, Tutorials, Uncategorized 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...
Mixing Secret Weapon: Dynamic EQ WiredGuitarist October 18, 2018 Articles, Tutorials, Uncategorized 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...
EQ 101: Graphic vs Parametric WiredGuitarist October 2, 2018 Articles, Tutorials 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...
Why Every Guitarist Needs A Headstock Tuner WiredGuitarist August 24, 2018 Articles, Tutorials, Uncategorized 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...
Recording an Amp vs. Recording a DI WiredGuitarist August 8, 2018 Articles, Recording Tips, Tutorials, Uncategorized 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...
Overcoming Stage Fright WiredGuitarist July 27, 2018 Articles, Tutorials, Uncategorized 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....
Why You Sound AMAZING At Home and AWFUL Live WiredGuitarist July 22, 2018 Articles, Tutorials, Uncategorized 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...