If you’re visiting a store to upgrade the pickups on your guitar, make sure they provide you with a quote first. With so many types and wirings of guitars to consider, getting an estimate before starting is critical. Before disassembling an electric guitar, always take photos of your work before disconnecting anything. Without pictures to […]
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HAA and THX have joined forces to offer high-level home theater training courses designed to help custom integrators maximize the performance of their clients’ cinema systems. Gerry Lemay, HAA founder and president, notes that this program focuses on excellence; audio calibration is no longer just an unpredictable art and science practice, it must become part
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Major chords are joyful and cheerful, featuring all natural notes – without sharps or flats – for their structure. Beginner guitarists may experience difficulty when trying to play this chord, especially if their third finger does not stretch far enough to reach the open B string. Be sure to only strum five strings while playing
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Bass amplifiers require much higher powers (up to 500 watts) to reproduce low frequencies accurately and the size of speakers used can have an impactful impact. Standard controls typically include gain, volume and at least three-band equalization; extra controls may also be included depending on a player’s style (such as drive to avoid using external
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The EMG P6 six string bass pickup offers a broad spectrum of classic and modern styles. Equipped with ceramic magnets and short coils for exceptional articulation, warmth, and low end punch – this pickup stands out. Soapbar humbucking pickups come in various sizes to meet the needs of both bass players and vocalists alike. Their
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If you’re feeling sad or in need of some breakup therapy, these soothing tunes should do the trick – just be sure to have plenty of tissues at hand! Saint Etienne did create a livelier version of Young’s folky ballad in 1991, but that shouldn’t overshadow its original author – Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young himself,
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Sweet Home Alabama is a well-known rock song that can easily be learned on an acoustic guitar. The main riff relies on chords for easy learning; just start from the intro riff and practice single note picking until it sounds clear. Next, play the song’s signature opening riff several times until you become comfortable with
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Preamps are one of the main factors that distinguish amplifiers from one another. By altering and strengthening guitar’s input signal before sending it to power amp, preamps add depth and texture to sound of amplifiers. Some people like to include a valve (‘tube’) in the preamp stage for aesthetic reasons, yet this adds nothing that
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EDM music encompasses various genres including beatless ambient, 200 BPM hardcore and house. Genres within EDM include drum and bass, psytrance and jungle dubstep – so its reach spans across many musical subgenres. After drinking several bottles of Lucozade, you would head onto the dancefloor and be mesmerised by pumping Chicago house music or trippy
An audio interface is indispensable to home studio recording unless your computer already contains all of the inputs that are necessary. An audio interface converts analog signals from microphones and other sources into digital data (a stream of ones and zeroes), which then gets sent to music software for processing. As well as inputs, quality
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