With most stomp boxes you have the ability to power them in two ways: a power supply, or a 9v battery. Broadly, they perform the same function: powering your pedal. But they do this in different ways. We can pretty easily look at the differences, both in application and function. But when it comes to …
Are Batteries Or Power Supplies Better For Guitar Pedals? Read More »
Instrument cables are like motor oil in your car; most people don’t think much about them and use a cheap option. But just like a quality motor oil will give you better engine performance, quality cables will give you better audio performance. This is what those $300 pickups and $2k worth of pedals run through …
How To Build A Complete Pedalboard for $150 Guitar pedals are expensive. Some of the top tier effect pedals go for upwards of $500. Even pedals in the general sweet spot of $150-200 quickly add up. Let’s be clear though: these pedals are absolutely worth their sticker price. When you find a pedal that sounds …
Yes it’s that time of year already. Can you believe it? It feels like 2020 has flown by. But it also feels like it’s been going on for a decade. I mean let’s face it: most people are ready for 2020 to be over. It kind of sucked in a lot of ways. When’s the …
Guitarists and bassists have been sharing gear for decades. Back in the 1960s, Ampeg bass amps became so popular that even guitarists started to use them. Bands like The Rolling Stones started to plug their guitars in to these bass amps and use them over guitar amps. The opposite is true too. Guys like Lemmy …
If you ask 10 guitarists about preferred pedal order on a pedalboard, you’ll get 30 answers. Hey, guitarists are an opinionated bunch. You might have heard people talk about hard and fast rules, and others that say it doesn’t matter at all just play the solo right for once. #projecting I would love to go …
If there’s a bigger debate in the fuzz world, I’m not aware of it. Germanium enthusiasts swear that only germanium should be used in fuzz pedals. Some people prefer silicon, and others enjoy both for what they do. But the bigger question is this: What’s the big deal? When people talk about silicon or germanium, …
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I love boost pedals. I recently downsized my pedalboard for at home playing, and even though it only has room for 5 pedals, one of those is a boost. The others are an overdrive and then three delays, because who doesn’t need more delays on their pedalboard? Pro tip: Set an analog delay to a …
How many different picks did you go through before settling on your current pick preference? I personally used everything from Clayton 1.0 mm picks to Dunlop Stubby Jazz picks (before I got tired of my sweaty fingers losing grip). Rubber picks (cool novelty), nylon, super grippy picks (with embossed/raised textures), extremely slick picks. Super thin, …
Musicians are funny. Have you ever had a conversation where you’ve used terms that usually describe food to describe a guitar tone? Like, “the lead tone is really smooth and creamy”, or “the highs were very crisp”. You could really throw in any food descriptor and at least two other guitarists will agree. Try this, …
Guitar Tone Buzzwords (and what they mean) – Part 1 Read More »
