I have noticed coloured strings are becoming a bit of a point of interest with guitar players online lately. I was put onto Strings by Aurora on a guitar forum I frequent, and thought I would contact them to see if they would be interested in reviewing their products. They …
The pointy little Jazz III has been a popular guitar pick amongst many guitar players for years now. I remember reading several years back, an article about top level players that use the Jazz III published in the now-defunct Guitar Edge magazine. I really wanted to try them out after …
I’ve always loved the Smashing Pumpkins first few albums, and the great big dirty Big Muff tone that was on those albums. I’ve been reminiscing in particular about Siamese Dream, my favourite Pumpkins album. I decided that I had to build myself a Big Muff clone. I originally was planning …
I think most people are a little scared to open up and tinker around with their guitar pickups and effects pedals. It’s like there’s some sort of special voodoo magic inside the components that shape our tone. Truth be told most of the time there’s nothing too crazy to deal …
A lot of people will say that when it comes to electric guitars timber doesn’t really matter. Tone comes from the amplifiers, speakers, pedals and pickups. Some will say hardware makes a difference too, and I would agree with that, especially after testing things like the Floyd Upgrades brass blocks. …