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Electric guitars & amps · 96 stories, +50 vs last week

Electric guitars & amps: 96 stories in seven days, +50 on the week before.

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Ultimate GuitarGuitars'The Bass Is Never Too Loud': Stanley Clarke Asked For Less Bass On 'School Days.' His Producer Refused [News] Features : "Okay, the bass is now well planted on planet earth."

October 8

DJ MagLive & DJListen to Hamdi and D Double E’s new collaborative single, ‘Heart & Soul’ The grime veteran and Oxford producer team up on a new track — out now on RCA

October 8

Premier GuitarGuitarsJackson’s Jon Romanowski: The Halo Effect The superstrat was not born in a design studio. It was not shaped by a focus group, nor was it conceived as part of a grand plan to reinvent the electric guitar.

October 8

Premier GuitarGuitarsState of the Stomp: Picking the Right Buffer for Your Rig In Helmet front man Page Hamilton’s 2014 Rig Rundown , he highlighted the 12AX7-driven Fryette Valvulator Tube Buffer, stating, “That is a key piece of gear in my sound, always on my pedalboard.” For…

October 8

StereogumIndustryJohn Glacier – “Lights” The seamlessly cool producer/artist John Glacier, who released one of our favorite albums last year, is back with her second single of the year.

October 8

MatrixSynthSynthsARP Foundation Fall Fundraiser - Less Than One Week To Go! This is just a reminder, The ARP Foundation Fall Fundraiser is ending on October 13th. They are seeking funding to acquire and preserve rare pieces of synthesizer history and to grow the Foundation's…

October 8

MatrixSynthSynthsNew Firmware Turns the FM-1 Into an Omnichord video upload by substatica drones "FoMni turns the M-VAVE FM-1 into an Omnchord. FoMni is free chord harp firmware for the M-VAVE FM-1, inspired by the Suzuki Omnichord.

October 8

StereogumIndustryWeathering The Storm With Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds entered the stage to the sound of a heavy descending guitar riff like something out of a doom metal track.

October 8

Music ConnectionIndustryLatina Songwriters Get Creative at BMI 'Las Compositoras+' Music Camp Events like “Las Compositoras+” —a four-day songwriting camp fostering community and creating space for women in music—are important year-round, but as Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close next…

October 8

Guitar PlayerGuitars“Instead of just thinking it was a mistake, we grabbed hold of the idea” — Paul McCartney on the happy accident behind the Beatles’ Rubber Soul cover Just shy of 60 years after its original release, the Beatles’ sixth album, Rubber Soul , is heading back to the top of the U.K. charts.

October 8

Music ConnectionIndustry"James Domestic is an Acquired Taste" by James Domestic (paperback) $13.99 The glorious thing about James Domestic ’s book is that it’s never really clear what it actually is . Is it a memoir ? Not really. Autobiography? Not at all.

October 8

RekkerdDAW & pluginsLow End Candy releases Slingshot reverse delay plugin Following the recent release of the Preverb real-time reverse reverb effect, Low End Candy has launched a new plugin that enables echoes to arrive before a sound instead of after; the so-called…

October 8