To many guitarists the guitar cable is a book with seven seals and most of them never even think about the quality of their cables. Continue reading “Tips & Tricks: Guitar cables”
Category: Tipps &
Tips & Tricks: DIY Mini Tap Tempo Controller
I guess almost anyone who uses one or more pedals with tap tempo on his pedalboard have thought about a device that is able to tap several pedals at the same time. Continue reading “Tips & Tricks: DIY Mini Tap Tempo Controller”
Tipps & Tricks: How to plan your pedalboard
After you have chosen your very own pedal stock it makes sense to plan your pedalboard so you won’t have to rearrange your pedals for every rehearsal or every gig.
When you only use two or three pedals running on batteries they will be connected quite easily and you will not necessarily need a pedalboard. But in the long run no guitarist I know has been satisfied with two or three pedals. Continue reading “Tipps & Tricks: How to plan your pedalboard”
Tips & Tricks: How to set up a guitar
For good music the guitarist need the right attitude and his guitar needs the right adjustment. Continue reading “Tips & Tricks: How to set up a guitar”
Tips & Tricks: Power for pedals – 9V or more?
To almost all producers of guitar effect pedals 9V still is the one and only standard. But who has set this norm? And is 9V really the best option for effect pedals? Continue reading “Tips & Tricks: Power for pedals – 9V or more?”
Tips & Tricks: How to mic an amp (part 2) positioning
Besides choosing the right microphone, the positioning in front of the amplifier is decisive for the sound of a record.
Continue reading “Tips & Tricks: How to mic an amp (part 2) positioning”
Tips & Tricks: How to mic an amplifier (part 1) – Different types of mics
Microphones
For a nice guitar sound on stage or for recording in the studio the quality of the microphones is decisive. Here are some classics that are used quite often: Continue reading “Tips & Tricks: How to mic an amplifier (part 1) – Different types of mics”
Tips & Tricks : Picks
When a guitarist buys his first guitar he always gets also a pick and mostly this will be the brand he uses for the rest of his life while pedals, guitars, amps and speaker will be modified or changed frequently. Continue reading “Tips & Tricks : Picks”
Tips & Tricks: How to improve your guitar sound
I guess almost every guitarist has got his very own place in the rehearsal room. Next to him his amplifier. For a long time you have been adjusting the setting of your amp to get the sound you have longed for Continue reading “Tips & Tricks: How to improve your guitar sound”
Tips & Tricks: How to get seamless loops
The problem that the tempo of the loops created by loopers like the Digitech JamMan Stereo or the Boss RC-2 after a while vary in a certain way, in other words the looper gets out of sync and does not produce seamless loops anymore, has been discussed in many forums. Continue reading “Tips & Tricks: How to get seamless loops”
Ask the Dude
You…
…are looking for a certain sound, but you don’t know how to create it? Continue reading “Ask the Dude”
Tips & Tricks: Booster as a tone enhancer
Nowadays many guitarists swear by true bypass. As I already told you in the article “Buffer vs True Bypass”, a good buffer or booster has many advantages (especially for large pedalboards). Continue reading “Tips & Tricks: Booster as a tone enhancer”
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