What Do You Prefer – Single Coil Pickups Or Humbuckers?

April 29, 2014 by

Here is an interesting article about the difference between single coil and humbucker pickups!   –

Do You Prefer Single Coil Pickups Or Humbuckers

"…series/parallel, etc. Do the rails sound like a singlecoil? Best Guitar Pickups; Compare Reviews and Ratings : The Humbucker is the one of the first pickups ever produced, and more than 50 For those of you that…"
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Guitar Effects Pedals Vs. Rack Mount Processors

November 15, 2010 by

Guitar Effects Pedals Vs. Rack Mount Processors

By: Richard Brodsky

If you play electric guitar or even if you’re just a fan, you’ve undoubtedly asked yourself how your favorite artist gets ‘that sound’ on one of your favorite tunes.

There is a dizzying array of guitar effects processors available these days and finding the right combination of guitar effects pedals and rackmount gear can be a daunting task that requires a certain amount of experimentation before finding the combination that works best for you.

Larger touring rock bands often have racks full of processors and a stage littered with pedals to switch between effects patches. Still, many musicians have found the old-style stompbox guitar pedals to offer the best bang for the buck. Although digital multi-effects processors offer some distinct convenient advantages, allowing guitar players to build combinations of effects -i.e. Chorus + Delay + Reverb + Distortion – into patches and banks for easy recall and switching later, there are some drawbacks to this approach as well. The combination of effects that’s written to a patch ad the associated parameters (amount of delay, reverb decay etc.), generally can not be changed on the fly. In addition, when switching between effects in a live gig situation, oftentimes there is a slight sound dropout which makes it impractical to use while sustaining a long chord for instance.

The stompbox guitar effects pedal set up, however provides much greater flexibility, allowing the guitar player to switch on and off individual effects at will. In addition, many guitar players prefer the ‘warmer’ tone provided by some of the older analog effects pedals. For convenience, you can purchase a pedalboard style case that will allow you to keep standard sized stompboxes connected together, so you don’t need to continuously reconnect everything each time you play. Many of these pedalboards also provide power supplies to connect all guitar effects pedals to, so that batteries don’t need to be constantly changed.

In the end, the best way to find what works for you is to experiment. Individual guitar effects pedals, multi-effects pedals and rackmount processors, along with various midi switching devices can be bought fairly inexpensively on sites like Ebay, if you take the time to look around and do your homework. If you find something that doesn’t work for you or your setup, you can always find someone who will be willing to buy it from you.

Richard Brodsky has been playing guitar since the 1970’s. He knows the best place to buy guitar effects pedals is http://www.myguitareffects.com

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Quick Tips For Buying A New Guitar

February 14, 2010 by

If you’re looking around to purchase your first guitar, upgrade your current guitar or just adding to your collection, it’s a good idea to do your research first to make sure you find a quality instrument that you’ll be happy to own.  It’s not a good idea to rush the process and wind up hating the guitar you buy because you won’t play it, be angry with yourself that you wasted the money and you may end up losing money in the end if you go to re-sell it.

Most will tell you to go down to your local music shop and try what they have and we will get to that point but there is some fun and easy legwork you need to do before you ever set foot in a music store especially if it’s one of the one’s crawling with commissioned sales people. So please check out these quick tips for buying a new guitar.

You’ll need to narrow down what type of guitar it is you’re looking for.  The two basics types of guitars are acoustic (hollow body) and electric (solid body).  After you’ve picked the basic type you also need to consider what you want the guitar to look like.  While this makes absolutely no difference in what the instrument will sound like, you’re going to have it for a long time and you want to be proud of it.  What the guitar looks like is an extension of your personality so don’t be ashamed to make the look of an instrument a priority.

Guitar magazines can be great sources of information as they usually have monthly reviews of guitars and equipment.  Be careful with these though.  While most guitar magazines will give honest and unbiased reviews of instruments if you flip through the magazine you will also notice that the magazine has full page ads for most of the top companies.  The companies pay the magazines big bucks to run those ads so obviously saying their instruments are junk in a review wouldnít be good for business would it? The relieving this is that most companies now make entry level guitars and many levels above so a magazine is not likely going to bother reviewing guitars that are likely to be terrible.

Next you’ll want to check out the web.  Go to www.google.com and type in forum:guitar and you will get a whole list of forums that are based on guitars.  Of course this will cover all aspects of guitar playing, guitar lessons, and even guitar players but it will give you a starting point to find forums that contain honest user reviews.

After you’ve checked out the forums and found some reviews you should be narrowing down the choices and reading up on a few models.  Before you head to the music shop to try them out, check out what your favorite guitarists are playing.  Many have signature models which generally cost more but they have customized them based on years of experience and trial and error.

Once you’ve completed your research, you should be able to make a very informed decision and be able to find a guitar that you’ll be proud to own and be happy with for years to come!


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