This is a hot topic. Maybe there`s no right or wrong? Maybe some applications are more suited to one medium than the other. Here are the facts and make of them what you will. An analog recording is one where the original sound signal is modulated onto another physical medium or substrate such as the […]
As a user of a bucketload of effects at the start of the nineties (zoom 9050 + 8050 controller) I`d be hard pushed to describe myself as a hardcore traditionalist – certainly not a Luddite although certain aspects of my approach to the guitar are traditional. I like great sounding amps, stratocasters and using my […]
Kia Ora Jake here. I just wanted to write a quick post in response to a few questions about guitar effects pedals. A boutique guitar effects pedal is most usually a hand built or a limited edition pedal built by electronic enthusiasts, or a modded (modified) pedal. Many people mod their Boss units for example. […]
In around 162o Galileo Galilei postulated that the uiverse was entirely composed in the language of maths. Music is mathematics. Yes, it sounds scary but it`s true. If you are looking to mess with time and space simply try playing a few octave sequences. Consider your open A string, the halfway point is at the […]
Following on from the last post about the future of guitar Jon and I were talking about bike riding this morning and we think there are great parallels between bicycle design and development and that of guitar. I think the Sunday Times ran a think tank amongst a series of leading experts, gurus and scientists who felt […]