The iconic song 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin became so overplayed and badly attempted by beginner guitar players that guitar stores started referring to it as the FORBIDDEN RIFF! Guitar store employees also jokingly threaten to ban people from their stores if they play the riff. Stairway to Heaven is ...
Envelope filter pedals are a great type of guitar pedal that brings in a wah effect that reacts to your playing style. An envelope filter pedal filters out specific frequency ranges of the sound to add or remove high and low frequencies. This reacts to your playing dynamics and therefore should be placed towards ...
An Octave Fuzz pedal combines the aggressive fuzz distortion with an octave effect that can greatly thicken the sound. It gives you the most aggressive type of distortion you can get. It has been around for decades and it is still the #1 choice for all players who need lots of screaming notes. The trick with ...
It is often said that a guitar is an easy instrument to learn but a hard instrument to master. As it is with all instruments, the more you practice the better you will get. In the beginning, it can be challenging, but you can become quickly competent with dedicated practice. Guitar students can start with simple ...
No pedalboard is complete without a good delay pedal and while today’s guitar world is mostly about digital units, there are also many great analog delay pedals with a classic design. Those units are designed especially for sound enthusiasts, those who appreciate the warmth of the analog sound. That’s why I ...
We all know Guitar Hero and a few other popular guitar games but if you're looking for something newer and different, then there are also other games and websites that you can check out to peak your guitar interest. Some of these can be played in your internet browser without needing to download anything, while ...
If you’re a guitarist, options on amps are pretty much indefinite, and a 1x12 cabinet is often all you need. You can pick up amp heads, amps with built-in speakers, with sizes ranging from a couple of inches to a couple of feet and sound differences from whispers to volumes that fill a large room. In this article, ...
Practice amps are the ultimate training necessity, they are small yet powerful enough for successful practice sessions and usually have a headphone jack. They are compact yet versatile amps that take practice to a whole new level. If you want a small, portable guitar amplifier that will sound good at low volumes, ...
A guitar preamp is one of the essential parts of every guitar chain, which has a drastic impact on tone shaping. This article explains what they are and which are the best ones to use. A preamp pedal is something you will find in any signal chain of every guitarist in the world. In most cases, it comes as a part ...
Power amps give power to passive speakers. They are near the end of a signal chain and come in two forms: either as solid-state units or with tubes. The former is superior in terms of reliability, though the latter sounds better. Later on in the article, we're gonna discuss the differences between a power amp and a ...
When we are talking about the most iconic guitar amps of all time, the Twin Reverb is definitely one of the first names that come to mind. Beloved by so many guitarists around the world, this unit is still a wet dream of so many guitar players, almost 60 years after the initial launch. That’s the reason why the ...
Ed Sheeran is known for his compelling live performances – even as a solo performer, he can create powerful backdrops of sound that seem impossible without the help of a live band. He is a very prominent looper pedal user. How do Looper Pedals work? Looper pedals operate on a simple idea – you record what ...
