Recent content by RobQ

I really like John Pearse acoustic strings. Have used EB electrics for about 25 years.

I am not a fan, because of the lack of clean headroom, even for a 5-watter, and the rattiness of the distortion. At that price point I'd look at a Blues Junior or even a Fender Mustang 3. But if you dig it, buy it!

Just for recording? I'd get a cheapie large diaphragm condenser like an mxr. And a tube preamp, behringer or ART.

Awwww shucks. Thanks Brian!

On Thursday April 12 the Sound Academy in Toronto is hosting a great concert with a lineup of fabulous guitarists and performers for an excellent cause. I'm one of the organizers and am spreading the word about this event. It's called Rock for Jeff Healey Park. Performers include: Randy...

Some guitars and pickups seem to pick them up better than others, but in my experience you can do it on any guitar. Main thing is to experiment with picking location to find the sweet spot. Also different pickup settings pick them up better than others. For example, they are every tough to...

If it's a part of who you are, don't give it up because you think you should. Or even moreso because someone else thinks you should...

Yeah I just checked out the Camp song on YouTube. What I said above is correct.

Don't know the song. But 5 chords are chords voiced with no 3rd. A5 is played as 6th string 5th fret and 5th string 7th fret. C5 is 5th string 3rd fret and 4th string 5th fret. G5 is just like A5 only down 2 frets.

Personally I dig the Rebel 30. Spectacular amp for the dough.

Two things. First, practice the guitar part until you can play it without thinking about it at all, then add the vocals so you can focus on that. It is ALWAYS more important to sing a song well than it is to play it well so your attention really needs to be on the voice. Second, simplify...

Just googled; apparently there's a mod to the fx loop to drop the noise floor. Get in touch with Bruce Egnater and he'll send you instructions

Is the fx loop on that amp tube driven? Could be a bad tube, or even simply not seated properly.

Street music nailed it. Put a kink in the string just above the ball end. that will solve most of your problems.

I have two pretty high-dollar acoustics, a Santa Cruz (with Fischman rare earth magnetic pickup) and a Larrivee (with LR Baggs M1A active sound hold pickup). Both these guitars sound gorgeous acoustically, but plugged in, merely adequate; not suprisingly, neither pickup really captures the...