5 Tips For Creating A Great Practice Routine
Here’s a great post from our friends over at www.thebassplace.com that we thought you might like. We all know that regular practice is the key to improvement on our axes, but I’ve noticed that very…
Get The Stink Out – Removing Odor From Your Instrument
Here’s a great post from our friends over at www.thebassplace.com that we thought you might like. So you’ve just picked up an amazing vintage instrument that sounds great and oozes all the vibe of forty…
Guitar Effects Pedals – Tips On Setting Up Your Signal Chain
Multi-effect processors have been around for decades, yet many guitarists, myself included, still prefer stompboxes when it comes to signal processing. I love the modular nature of effect pedals and I set up my pedalboard…
Used Vacuum Tubes: Issues To Consider
When shopping for tubes, there are a number of issues to consider such as price, longevity, testing, and tone. Some amps such as the Vox AC-30 can be tough on power tubes, and when power…
Vacuum Tubes: A Brief History
Vacuum tubes, amplifier tubes, or thermionic valves, are the heart of guitar amplification. Even solid state amps are usually designed to emulate the sound of tube amps. But the vacuum tube was actually critical for…
The Vinyl Resurgence: What It Means For Audiophiles
I remember when my dad got his first CD player in 1985. He was a bonafide music enthusiast with a record collection that covered one entire wall of our living room. Dad would build his…
That Show was Tight!
I just finished two weeks touring Switzerland, Germany, and Austria. I play with a singer named Kevin Meisel who is on a very small Swiss label called Brambus records. We played fifteen shows in fifteen…
Maintaining Life When Touring Abroad
As I am writing this I am halfway through a two week tour of Switzerland, Austria, and Germany. The shows are going great and the band is having a blast. We drive around the alps…
Rock Standards
I’ve been thinking lately about how we become fluent in a particular musical language. What are the things that we must understand in order to be convincing when we play rock, or jazz, or country,…
Preparing to Record
Recording is a very rewarding process. I love spending time in the studio creating music with my bandmates, who are also some of my closest friends. But the time is not cheap, and if we…
