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Why Are Custom Guitars Expensive? We see this question pop up all the time, and it’s a great question! Raw materials aren’t that expensive right? A slab of swamp ash, some maple for the neck,...

Check out our lesson on sweep picking! Born of Osiris quickly set the standard for modern technical death metal with their release of The Discovery in 2011, and followed up on that success with two albums...

How do you get clearer metal tones? How do you get tight 7 string tones? How do you get punchier crunch tones? How do you get the best neck humbucker tones? How do you make your amp sound better? How do you do...

My interest in a Kemper Profiling Amp (or any digital profiler/modeler) began when I was practicing at home one night and started to trace down, for the 4th time that week, a bad cable in my signal chain. I...

Fretboard radius is an often overlooked and sometimes misunderstood part of the guitar selection process. There are more important factors in overall feel, like body shape and neck profile, but (depending on...

Cool Gear Alert: Schecter Wes Hauch PT-7 FR One super cool upcoming model that’s new for this year from Schecter is Wes Hauch’s signature 7 string! While Wes has a lot of experience getting brutal,...

Schecter Banshee Elite 7 Review The Banshee series by Schecter was introduced a couple of years ago as their modern take on a classic hot-rodded superstrat guitar. Originally their flagship bolt on model,...

We’re proud to announce that Ibanez will be making us an exclusive limited model.  This isn’t something they normally do, and it took a lot of work on our end to make it happen, but the end result was...

Splitting and tapping are not the same. We’re going to repeat this a lot: splitting and tapping are not the same. Electronics mods are a great way to expand your tonal palette and get more out of your...

Guitar Spotlight: Paul Reed Smith Private Stock DGT Birds of a Feather PRS have been doing some really cool things with their Private Stock guitars lately, and we thought it would be cool to share one of...