Getting started with the guitar can be quite daunting. There are thousands of different options out there to choose: guitars, amps and effects. Today we’re taking a look at the Roland Micro Cube amp, a small practice amp aimed at beginners and for home practice.
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Saturday 2nd May 2009
Staying in tune is probably the most fundamental thing to playing a guitar. Boss offeres a number of different tuners, from rack mount, to stomp boxes to hand held tuners for your gig bag. Today we’re taking a look at the Boss TU-80.
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Friday 20th March 2009
Headphones are a vital part of a recording studio - either a professional setup, or the home studio. Their main role is for performance monitoring, but they are useful as a second point of reference when checking mixes and edits as any noise or distortion is more easily detected. The AKG K271 are a closed headphone ideal for performance monitoring as they isolate the sound leakage, both into and out of the headphone.
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Sunday 20th August 2006
The Marshall MG100 DFX is one of two 100W models in the MG range the MG100DFX 1×12 combo and the MG100HDFX Head.
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Sunday 13th August 2006
"When this baby was born and the doctor gave it its first spank, it cried out even more! Nothing gives the guitar a more expressive vocal quality effect than a wah pedal. The Jim Dunlop model here is an original model replete with instrument and amplifier jacks along the left and right edges plus a 3rd input for an a/c plug."
Continue reading »Written by Alex on Monday 18th April 2005
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