Tagged tone

If you’ve shopped for a guitar amp, headphone amp, or power amp you may have seen the specs list include an amplifier’s class. Class A, Class B, but what do these terms really mean? Do they impact...

Do you wonder what's so special about the picks we include with our String Drop orders? Well, wonder no longer! String Drop customers are eligible for free Winspear picks with all subscriptions and any...

It’s becoming more common these days for guitars to be wired without a tone knob. Not only are there tonal benefits to this approach, but for guitarists who run their tone knob on 10 all the time,...

It’s no secret that a key component of getting a tight, aggressive guitar tone is to use an overdrive pedal in front of your amp. For those of us on a budget, this is something we typically do in the...

All it takes is a single web search for “Klon Centaur” to show how hyped up and ridiculously expensive boutique pedals can be. Boutique pedals are sought after for a reason - their attention to detail,...

We've looked at some pretty brutal pickups in the past, such as the Black Winter, but today we take a look at something for only the most extreme players… the Seymour Duncan Invader pickup...

Overdrive pedals have been famously used across all genres of guitar-based music, from blues to country to metal. With their popularity, there are a lot of options on the market. Sometimes it can be...

Incredible. Guitar. Tone. Now let me guess, the first thing that came to mind was probably a $5,000 guitar, and $3,000 amp, about $7,000 in microphones and another $20,000 in preamps and analog gear, right?...

Let's face it.. Most of us are gear nerds. There's nothing like a NGD (New Gear Day). I have friends and colleagues who are always upgrading their pickups, buying new pedals, buying new guitars, or even...

It doesn’t get better than a thick, heavy, aggressive, articulate, and bone-crushing guitar tone! But how do we get there? Let us show you. Treble, middle, bass. That’s it, right? I mean, when...