Inspiration is spontaneous, and the Line 6 BackTrackTM is your guitar’s instant replay button. Easy to use, BackTrack captures everything you play without ever hitting record. Always on, BackTrack begins recording as soon as it detects a signal. Just plug into the quiet 1/4-inch input and start playing. And use the 1/4-inch output for immediate playback. […]

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Carr Amplifiers introduces the new Raleigh. Three watts, three knobs, two personalities. The Raleigh is a versatile practice/studio amp designed to deliver both pristine clean and heavily overdriven tones at usable volumes. The Raleigh’s styling pays homage to the funky practice amps of the late 50s and early 60s. Some Raleigh features: 1-10 compact combo […]

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 The Black Strat Book tells the official chronological story of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour’s favorite legendary Black Stratocaster from 1970 to the present. Written by Phil Taylor – David’s personal guitar technician and the band’s chief backline tech since 1974 – the only person to know Pink Floyd’s equipment better than the band themselves. […]

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      Cowabunga, dudes-Fender crests a new wave of coolness with the fall 2008 introduction of two sweet new California Series acoustic guitars designed by legendary surf artist and Surfer magazine publisher John Severson. Both John Severson Sonoran SCE models are righteous from stem to stern-dreadnought-cutaway acoustic instruments bearing Severson’s own artistic take on Southern California’s […]

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 How many players have a two channel Fender blackface (or silverface) amp? How many players actually use the Normal channel? How many players would like to use the Normal channel for added versatility? If you are one of these players then this DIY article is for you. This easy modification to the Normal channel will give […]

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 You can fine tune your tube amplifier with one tube substitution. The tube that you want to change is V1 which is the first gain stage preamp tube. You can tailor the gain structure with different tubes making your amp run cleaner or dirtier and also change the dynamics. For example changing a 12AX7 for […]

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 There is a new article on the Articles page “Fender Amplifier Date Codes”. This article explains how to find your vintage Fender amplifier’s date of manufacture. Click here to read the article. […]

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 BK Butler the original Tube Driver pedal designer is producing a limited number of these classis tube overdrive pedals on a custom order basis. The current production pedal is exactly like the original but with some improved parts. Butler is building them one at a time to his high quality specs to insure great tone and reliability. […]

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 Juha Ruokangas has posted Part 5 of his Video Diary on the building of his new model the Unicorn. The entire desing and build process is being flimed and posted on YouTube for the entire world to see! You can check out Part 5 here. � […]

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 Two new Slash Signature model Les Pauls will bereleased in early October. One model made by Gibson USA and the other by Epiphone. The Gibson USA model is limited to 1,000 pieces total and features Seymour Duncan Alnico Pro II pickups, weight relieved body, proprietary wiring, caps, resistors and tone pots and is topped off […]

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