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GOING INTO THE SURROUND

We have all encountered surround sound by now. Most of us have systems set up in our living rooms with the TV as the centrepiece...

3 May

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GEAR RUNDOWN: ZAKK WYLDE

Whether for the ground breaking work that he did as a sideman for Ozzy Osbourne from the late 80s onwards or for fronting Black...

28 Apr

IMPROVISING

Even though solos on bass aren’t as common as other instruments (guitar, piano, saxophone etc.), it’s not something to be afraid...

27 Apr

SOUND ADVICE: TRUE BYPASS PEDALS EXPLAINED

These days, most modern guitar pedals offer true bypass. This means that the signal bypasses the effect circuit when the pedal is...

26 Apr

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Gear Rundown: LCD Soundsystem

As the world’s foremost example of indie-dance-punk-disco-electro-rock, LCD Soundsystem’s sound has evolved over three acclaimed...

21 Apr

Dealing with writer's block

The past few months I’ve been in a bit of a musical slump. It happens, I sit down, make the same beat and use the same techniques...

20 Apr

MORE NOTES PER STRING

We’ve been working on building some technique and speed over the last few issues, and we’ve also talked about alternate picking...

18 Apr

MORE THAN JUST MIXING

I can still remember warehouse parties in the 90s when getting to a big, almost empty venue early in the night not only meant you...

12 Apr

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GEAR RUNDOWN: TOM ARAYA

Slayer have helped define, popularise and elevate the genre of thrash metal since their formation in 1981. At the heart of that...

31 Mar

SOUND ADVICE: DYNAMIC VS CONDENSER MICROPHONES

It’s an old conversation, but how many people really understand the difference between dynamic and condenser microphones?...

30 Mar

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GEAR RUNDOWN: PAT SMEAR

Though it began as a solo recording project for Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters have evolved to become one of the biggest bands on...

24 Mar

HEAVY GROOVIN

This month we look at more riff based ideas utilising displacement, rhythms, open strings and syncopation. Remember that a good...

23 Mar

FREE STUFF (THAT'S ACTUALLY GOOD)

The colossal amount of free VST plugins on the web is both awesome and frustrating. There’s some really good stuff out there, but...

22 Mar

SOUND ADVICE: CHOOSING ACOUSTIC PICKUPS

We have spoken before about electric guitar pickups but acoustic pickups are a different prospect entirely, so it makes sense to...

21 Mar

BIG GUITAR IN A SMALL ROOM

You would have to have been living under a rock for the past ten years to not have realised that the small valve amp movement has...

21 Mar

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