8 High-End Mics for Home Recording
There are a million places where you can find the first handful of mics you need when you start to record. But what about when you have the basics down and need to get to the next level? I’ve gathered...
View ArticleEd Sheeran Launches Pedals Under New Brand: Sheeran Loopers
Ed Sheeran launches his own line of looper pedals. These stomps feature hold functionality designed to undo/redo and clear your loops with ease.Ed Sheeran launches the “Looper +” and “Looper X”. Both...
View ArticleEngineer Steve Albini: Always Listening, Always in Session
“All day every day, we’re grinding it out,” says engineer Steve Albini of his team at Electrical Audio, the Chicago studio he built and has run since 1997. “We’re constantly in session, constantly...
View ArticleGrant Green's Bebop Blues
Grant Green was a luminary in the realm of jazz guitar and crafted a distinctive style that seamlessly blended bebop, blues, and soul. His approach to the instrument was characterized by an...
View ArticleElectro-Harmonix Spruce Goose Review
I was very late to discover the Marshall Bluesbreaker. There’s no reason, really. We just didn’t cross paths often, and unlike, say, a Boss SD-1 or something, there wasn’t one lurking around every...
View ArticleIs There a Cure for Our Online Shopping Addiction?
Without a doubt, America’s greatest contribution to civilization is consumerism. It’s not only the “engine” of our economy, but I’ve read it’s the force behind everything good worldwide. (I know you...
View ArticleElectro-Harmonix Pico Pedals Review
Mini pedals are immensely practical. I fantasize about traveling with a little board populated exclusively by them. And were it not for my attachment to a few old favorites, I might have already...
View ArticleBuilding the StewMac Lightcycle Phasor II | PG DIY
The StewMac Lightcycle is an optical-phaser pedal kit based on the Mu-Tron Phasor II. This stomp features deep functionality with depth, rate, and feedback controls, plus a pair of internal controls...
View ArticleInsider Look: Tool, Pantera Rig Rundowns & Worst Bandmate Confessions |...
The PG Video crew of John Bohlinger, Perry Bean and Chris Kies comment on recent monster Rig Rundowns with Justin Chancellor, Rex Brown, and Zakk Wylde. Then the trio focus on new gear pieces from Ed...
View ArticleDave Grohl and Epiphone Unveil the Dave Grohl DG-335
The Dave Grohl DG-335 pays tribute to the longtime six-string mainstay of Dave’s world-spanning tours with the Foo Fighters.The Dave Grohl DG-335 features the combination of ES-335 and the Trini Lopez...
View ArticleHow To Be a Work-at-Home Session Guitarist
Do-it-yourself recording is a great musical tradition. Machines for capturing sound were available for home use as early as the 1930s. Famously, in the late ’30s and early ’40s, ethnomusicologist Alan...
View ArticleDanelectro Introduces the Fifty Niner Series
This semi-hollow from Danelectro is available in Goldtop, Jade Top, and Red Top finishes. Danelectro has introduced the newest addition to its line of guitars: the Fifty Niner. The Fifty Niner guitar...
View ArticleBlu DeTiger Drops New Single "Kiss"
Blu DeTiger debuts second single and music video for "Kiss" from her upcoming debut album All I Ever Want Is Everything, out March 29.“Kiss” is matched with an accompanying music video showcasing Blu...
View ArticleMojotone Launches the Lerxst Chi Combo
Alex’s signature combo amplifier (also available as a head) the Lerxst Chi is an all-tube 30-watt amp designed to produce pristine cleans and rich, overdriven tones. "This perfect little monster is...
View ArticleErin Coburn Rig Rundown
Raised on blues rock and Strats, this spunky shredder is now aiming to attract headbangers and mosh pits with headless Strandbergs and brand-new signature Lace Sensor pickups.Erin Coburn grew up on...
View Article5 Field Recorders Under $500
They’re small, but create WAV-file, studio-quality sounds. I’m talking about portable field recorders—a valuable and affordable tool for location recordings, live music, podcasts, and videographers...
View ArticleVola Guitars Announces the OZ RV TNC, Now Available Left-Handed
The OZ RV TNC LH features a lightweight chambered mahogany body, a roasted maple neck, and fingerboard, and Vola's Modern C neck profile. Vola added a push/pull volume control for the neck pickup, a...
View ArticleLine 6 Launches the POD Express and POD Express Bass
The new portable POD Express Guitar and POD Express Bass amp and effects processors.The POD Express offerings are the latest members of the POD family of products that also includes POD Go and POD Go...
View ArticleSupergroup Black Country Communion Announces New Album
Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian come together to release new music for the first time in 7 years. Black Country Communion announces the upcoming release of their highly...
View ArticleJudas Priest: Defenders of the Faith
When people talk about Judas Priest, the band’s biggest hits easily spring to mind, and rightfully so. “Breaking the Law,” “Living After Midnight,” “Heading Out to the Highway,” and “You’ve Got...
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