Index
- '64 Vibroverb Custom
- '64 Vibroverb Custom review
- A.R.T.
- Bits and pieces
- A.R.T. Tube PAC
- AER
- AER Amp One
- AER Compact 60, Rev. 2
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Weight reduction
- Acoustic Image
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Almost Milwaukie
- About Almost Milwaukie
- Behringer
- Behringer FCB-1010
- Boss
- Bits and pieces
- Boss RE-20
- Digitech RP350
- Boss RT-20
- Boss RT-20 rotary simulator reviewed
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Boss VF-1
- Vibro-King distortion
- Bret Holtz
- Anatomy of a listening test
- Burning Man
- Hippie Music
- Countryman
- Countryman Type 85
- Digitech
- Digitech DigiVerb
- Digitech RP350
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Edirol
- Edirol PCR-50 Keyboard
- Electro-Harmonix
- Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai
- Electro-Harmonix SMMH vs. Eventide TimeFactor
- Epiphone
- Epiphone EB-0
- Eventide
- Electro-Harmonix SMMH vs. Eventide TimeFactor
- Fender
- Changing tastes
- Losing my Boogie "religion"
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Too much gain!
- Fender Trans-Impedance Power Attenuator
- '64 Vibroverb Custom review
- Vibro-King Sound & Settings
- Vibro-King setup
- How does the Vibro-King compare to a tweed or blackface Fender amp?
- Fractal Audio
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Gibson
- On Gibson's MAGIC and guitars
- Vibro-King Sound & Settings
- Grateful Dead
- Grateful Dead
- Phil Lesh: "Searching for the Sound"
- Hot Plate
- The Vibro-King and the Hot Plate
- Ibanez
- Ibanez SR530
- Joe Williams
- What's new? (09-2008)
- Koll
- Koll Custom DL
- Koll Custom DL #2
- Koll Custom DL Gallery
- Koll Custom DL Specs
- Koll Custom DL #2 specs
- Korg
- Korg LCA-120 Chromatic Tuner
- Kritz
- Kritz DH-111t
- Lectrosonics
- Lectrosonics IS-400 Wireless System Review
- Les Paul
- On artist signature guitars
- Leslie
- Leslie 147
- Line6
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- MAGIC
- On Gibson's MAGIC and guitars
- Mary-Suzanne
- About Almost Milwaukie
- May 2007 Rosedrop Media Circus podcast
- Mesa/Boogie
- On "the best" Mesa/Boogie amplifier
- Troubleshooting the Blue Angel
- Changing tastes
- Mesa-Boogie Lone Star Review
- Losing my Boogie "religion"
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Too much gain!
- Mike Birchet
- May 2007 Rosedrop Media Circus podcast
- Paul Kantner
- Are DJs ruining the live-music scene?
- Peavey
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Peterson
- Bits and pieces
- Peterson VS-F StroboFlip Virtual Strobe Tuner
- Phil Lesh
- Phil Lesh: "Searching for the Sound"
- Radial
- Bits and pieces
- Radio Shack
- Bits and pieces
- Robert Madrid
- May 2007 Rosedrop Media Circus podcast
- Rocktron
- Rocktron Deep Blue Chorus
- Roland
- Bits and pieces
- Roland CM-30 CUBE Monitor
- Roland SH-32 Synthesizer
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Rosedrop Media Circus
- May 2007 Rosedrop Media Circus podcast
- Spencer
- Spencer
- Stephen Caird
- What's new? (09-2008)
- TASCAM
- TASCAM 2488mkII Portastudio
- THD
- Too much gain!
- Tapco
- Tapco MIX100
- Tone King
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Tweed
- Too much gain!
- Vibro-King
- Biasing the Vibro-King "by ear"
- My favorite amp
- Reverb first?
- '64 Vibroverb Custom review
- Vibro-King headroom
- The Vibro-King and the Hot Plate
- Vibro-King distortion
- Vibro-King Sound & Settings
- Vibro-King setup
- Vibro-King "Ticking Tremolo" Fix
- Even better Vibro-King "Ticking Tremolo" fix
- How does the Vibro-King compare to a tweed or blackface Fender amp?
- Visual Sound
- Bits and pieces
- Pedal Board 2.0
- Vox
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Yamaha
- Yamaha QY700 Sequencer/Synthesizer
- Yamaha STAGEPAS 300
- Zoom
- Zoom H2 field recorder
- accessories
- Bits and pieces
- Countryman Type 85
- Behringer FCB-1010
- A.R.T. Tube PAC
- amplifiers
- Is a 50-watt amp too loud?
- My Choices
- A/B switchers
- Adjusting Amps
- Advances in Technology, Revisited
- Advice for first-time amp buyers
- AER Amp One
- AER Compact 60, Rev. 2
- On amp construction
- Amp Acquisition - An Education?
- Amplifier Evolution
- Help, my amp hisses!
- Amp Loudness
- On amplifier power
- Amp troubleshooting tips
- On amplifiers and effects
- Are tube amps right for small venues?
- Are tubes good enough for the future of guitar music?
- On power attenuators
- Biasing the Vibro-King "by ear"
- Blackface vs. Tweed
- On the Mesa/Boogie Blue Angel's headroom
- Troubleshooting the Blue Angel
- Bonding with my Gear
- Boutique Amps
- Are boutique amps just another amp in the end?
- BTPDX April 2004 Notes
- On buying a used amp
- Changing tastes
- On channels... to switch or not?
- Amplifier "class" distinctions are useless
- The "Class-A" illusion
- Roland CM-30 CUBE Monitor
- Complexity and tone
- The future of digital guitar amplifiers
- Digital rig pros and cons
- Effect loop pitfalls
- The end of innocence
- My favorite amp
- Feedback vs. volume
- "Fender Clean"
- Flat EQ for guitar
- Gain, volume and dynamics
- Ground switches and "death caps"
- Playing guitar through a full-range amp
- I have to use a modeling rig!
- The importance of guitars vs. amps
- Traynor K4 vs. Yamaha STAGEPAS 300
- Mesa-Boogie Lone Star Review
- Losing my Boogie "religion"
- Tube amp attack sensitivity at home
- Maybe it's not a phase, after all...
- Modelers vs. Tube Amps (1)
- Modelers vs. Tube Amps (2)
- Modelers vs. Tube Amps (3)
- More power!
- Multi-Amp Pitfalls
- On multi-amp setups
- On multi- vs. single-channel amps
- Tube amps for quiet play
- On "real" guitar amplifiers
- Simpler, ever simpler
- Simplicity
- Solo guitar sound
- Speaker Cables vs. Guitar Cords
- Yamaha STAGEPAS 300
- How to use a standby switch
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- On the 3dB rule
- Too much gain!
- Touch dynamics
- On touch-sensitive amps
- What is "touch-sensitive"?
- Amp terminology: Touch Sensitivity
- Tubes vs. transistors
- Turn that amp down!
- Used amps
- The Vibro-King and the Hot Plate
- Vibro-King Sound & Settings
- Vibro-King setup
- Vibro-King "Ticking Tremolo" Fix
- Even better Vibro-King "Ticking Tremolo" fix
- How does the Vibro-King compare to a tweed or blackface Fender amp?
- Weight reduction
- Which FRFR system should I buy?
- attenuators
- On amplifier power
- On power attenuators
- Gain, volume and dynamics
- Fender Trans-Impedance Power Attenuator
- The Vibro-King and the Hot Plate
- Vibro-King distortion
- attitude
- Are you happy?
- Assembling a band
- Balancing music vs. gear aquisition
- Combatting GAS
- Digital rig pros and cons
- Dignity and respect
- Dinosaur guitarists
- Are DJs ruining the live-music scene?
- Electric guitar as a folk instrument
- On guitar store etiquette
- GAS-less
- Gear vs. talent
- Sounding good with the gear you have
- Geezers
- Hearing with your eyes
- Hippie Music
- I have to use a modeling rig!
- The importance of guitars vs. amps
- Improving as a player
- Life after bands
- Musicianship vs. Sound Reinforcement
- Next steps
- Old Dogs, New Tricks
- Portland's music scene
- Sequenced Live Music
- Solo performance
- Technological Obsessions
- Technology vs. passion
- Tips for guitarists
- Does the "tone chase" ever end?
- Tone Secrets
- Are guitar players stuck in the past?
- The voice is not the message
- background
- Electric guitar as a folk instrument
- Evolution and Contradiction
- Solo Improv Guitar
- My technical background
- Why play?
- basses
- Epiphone EB-0
- Ibanez SR530
- books
- "The Cult of the Amateur" & Music
- Phil Lesh: "Searching for the Sound"
- business
- Advances in technology
- On artist signature guitars
- Beware of placing form over content
- Boutique Amps
- "The Cult of the Amateur" & Music
- Dignity and respect
- Do you really get what you pay for?
- Golden Age, or beginning of the end?
- Will you pay to self-distribute your music on the internet?
- Big Music can no longer afford talent
- Lies, damn lies and specs
- Guitar-magazine reviews
- The Music Industry is not Broken
- Portland's music scene
- Will the recording industry become obsolete?
- Are guitar players stuck in the past?
- cables
- My Choices
- Anatomy of a listening test
- Anectdotes, Theories and Facts
- Bonding with my Gear
- Cable comparison, part 1
- Cable comparison, part 2
- Cable Nuances Revisited
- Guitar cords - what's important?
- High-end Cables
- How many true-bypass pedals is too many?
- On magic cables
- Making your own cables
- Multi-Amp Pitfalls
- True bypass, cables and buffers
- cat
- Spencer
- collaboration
- What's new? (09-2008)
- comparison
- Anatomy of a listening test
- On "the best" Mesa/Boogie amplifier
- Blackface vs. Tweed
- Boutique gear?
- Boutique vs. commodity pedals
- Are boutique amps just another amp in the end?
- BTPDX April 2004 Notes
- Cable comparison, part 1
- Cable comparison, part 2
- Cable Nuances Revisited
- On channels... to switch or not?
- Delay effect comparison
- Digital rig pros and cons
- Electronic tuners
- The end of innocence
- Traynor K4 vs. Yamaha STAGEPAS 300
- Leslie Emulators
- Losing my Boogie "religion"
- Maybe it's not a phase, after all...
- Modelers vs. Tube Amps (1)
- Modelers vs. Tube Amps (2)
- Modelers vs. Tube Amps (3)
- Multieffects vs. pedals
- The Internet and the Quest for Perfection
- Digitech RP350
- Electro-Harmonix SMMH vs. Eventide TimeFactor
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Too much gain!
- Tubes vs. transistors
- '64 Vibroverb Custom review
- How does the Vibro-King compare to a tweed or blackface Fender amp?
- construction
- On amp construction
- Boutique Amps
- Boutique gear?
- Guitar cords - what's important?
- So you want a custom guitar?
- Longevity of digital gear
- Making your own cables
- Ordering a Custom Guitar
- custom
- Koll Custom DL
- Koll Custom DL #2
- Koll Custom DL Gallery
- Koll Custom DL Specs
- Koll Custom DL #2 specs
- digital
- On Gibson's MAGIC and guitars
- Advances in Technology, Revisited
- Advice for first-time amp buyers
- Are tube amps right for small venues?
- Are tubes good enough for the future of guitar music?
- Box of 1,000 sounds
- The future of digital guitar amplifiers
- Longevity of digital gear
- Digital guitars
- Digital rig pros and cons
- Benefits of a digital guitar rig
- Effect loop pitfalls
- I have to use a modeling rig!
- Lectrosonics IS-400 Wireless System Review
- Maybe it's not a phase, after all...
- Modelers vs. Tube Amps (1)
- Modelers vs. Tube Amps (2)
- Modelers vs. Tube Amps (3)
- Multieffects vs. pedals
- Obsolescence
- distortion
- Advice for first-time amp buyers
- On amplifier power
- On power attenuators
- Blackface vs. Tweed
- On the Mesa/Boogie Blue Angel's headroom
- Effect loop pitfalls
- The end of innocence
- "Fender Clean"
- Gain, volume and dynamics
- Losing my Boogie "religion"
- Simpler, ever simpler
- On the 3dB rule
- Too much gain!
- What is "touch-sensitive"?
- The Vibro-King and the Hot Plate
- Vibro-King distortion
- distribution
- "The Cult of the Amateur" & Music
- Golden Age, or beginning of the end?
- Will you pay to self-distribute your music on the internet?
- Big Music can no longer afford talent
- The Music Industry is not Broken
- echo
- Echo Roundup
- Electro-Harmonix SMMH vs. Eventide TimeFactor
- effects
- My Choices
- On amplifiers and effects
- Bonding with my Gear
- Clean boosts and compressors
- Boutique vs. commodity pedals
- Bypass
- Delay effect comparison
- Digital rig pros and cons
- Digitech DigiVerb
- Echo Roundup
- Effect loop pitfalls
- Effects devolution continues
- On effects
- Effects?
- On guitar synths
- How many true-bypass pedals is too many?
- Korg LCA-120 Chromatic Tuner
- Leslie 147
- Leslie Emulators
- Multieffects vs. pedals
- Pedal Board 2.0
- Pedal hangover
- Peterson VS-F StroboFlip Virtual Strobe Tuner
- My pedal pops!
- Boss RE-20
- Reverb first?
- On reverb
- Rocktron Deep Blue Chorus
- Digitech RP350
- Boss RT-20
- Boss RT-20 rotary simulator reviewed
- Simple Gear, Complex Music
- A minimalist pedalboard
- Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai
- Electro-Harmonix SMMH vs. Eventide TimeFactor
- Solo guitar sound
- Solo performance
- True bypass, cables and buffers
- "True-Bypass" revisited
- Boss VF-1
- Vibro-King distortion
- Weight reduction
- endorsement
- On artist signature guitars
- entitlement
- Are DJs ruining the live-music scene?
- Hippie Music
- evaluation
- 2007 in review
- Amp Acquisition - An Education?
- Help, my amp hisses!
- Anatomy of a listening test
- Anectdotes, Theories and Facts
- Are you happy?
- Balancing music vs. gear aquisition
- Boutique gear?
- Boutique vs. commodity pedals
- On buying a used amp
- Cable comparison, part 1
- Cable comparison, part 2
- Cable Nuances Revisited
- Changing tastes
- Benefits of a digital guitar rig
- "Fender Clean"
- GAS-less
- Is it the gear, or not?
- Playing guitar through a full-range amp
- High-end Cables
- Import guitars
- Keep Searching
- Losing my Boogie "religion"
- The Internet and the Quest for Perfection
- Suggestions for guitarists
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- Does the "tone chase" ever end?
- Used amps
- Vibro-King setup
- How does the Vibro-King compare to a tweed or blackface Fender amp?
- fetishism
- On amp construction
- Anectdotes, Theories and Facts
- Balancing music vs. gear aquisition
- Beware of placing form over content
- Combatting GAS
- Geezers
- Hearing with your eyes
- Online guitar forums
- Technological Obsessions
- "Tone" is not the goal
- Can you have too many guitars?
- Are guitar players stuck in the past?
- fix
- Vibro-King "Ticking Tremolo" Fix
- Even better Vibro-King "Ticking Tremolo" fix
- gatherings
- Musical journeys: Reflections on a gathering
- Online guitar forums
- goals
- 2006 Musical Goals
- 2006 in review
- 2007 Musical Goals
- 2007 in review
- 2008 Musical Goals
- Are you happy?
- Assembling a band
- Balancing music vs. gear aquisition
- Musical Clichés
- Combatting GAS
- Developing creativity
- Dignity and respect
- Does gear define the player?
- The Downside of Cliches
- Electric guitar as a folk instrument
- GAS-less
- Do you want good tone?
- Improving as a player
- Life after bands
- Musical Evolution
- Musical Goals
- Next steps
- Old Dogs, New Tricks
- Reconsidering the "palette" analogy
- The Internet and the Quest for Perfection
- Shop, or play?
- Solo Improv Guitar
- Solo performance
- Suggestions for guitarists
- Tips for guitarists
- "Tone" is not the goal
- Can you have too many guitars?
- The voice is not the message
- What's new? (09-2008)
- Why play?
- guitar shops
- On guitar store etiquette
- guitars
- My Choices
- Bonding with my Gear
- Comfort above all else
- So you want a custom guitar?
- Digital guitars
- Feedback vs. volume
- Flat EQ for guitar
- On multiple guitars
- Import guitars
- The importance of guitars vs. amps
- Koll Custom DL
- Koll Custom DL #2
- Koll Custom DL Gallery
- Koll Custom DL Specs
- Kritz DH-111t
- More Tone Secrets
- Ordering a Custom Guitar
- Simplicity
- Solo guitar sound
- Can you have too many guitars?
- Touch dynamics
- On guitars... a block of wood?
- hippies
- Hippie Music
- history
- Advances in technology
- Amplifier Evolution
- "The Cult of the Amateur" & Music
- Are DJs ruining the live-music scene?
- The Downside of Cliches
- Geezers
- Grateful Dead
- Ground switches and "death caps"
- The Music Industry is not Broken
- Musical Evolution
- My musical influences
- Obsolescence
- Technological Obsessions
- Technology vs. passion
- human nature
- Anectdotes, Theories and Facts
- Are you happy?
- Art vs. artifice
- Assembling a band
- Aural fatigue and dialing in your rig
- Balancing music vs. gear aquisition
- Beware of placing form over content
- Combatting GAS
- Does gear define the player?
- The Downside of Cliches
- Earplugs and band volume
- Electric guitar as a folk instrument
- On guitar store etiquette
- Gear advice
- Gear vs. talent
- Sounding good with the gear you have
- Geezers
- Do you really get what you pay for?
- Hippie Music
- So, how good are you?
- Improving as a player
- On magic cables
- Old Dogs, New Tricks
- Online guitar forums
- Ordering a Custom Guitar
- Will the recording industry become obsolete?
- Shop, or play?
- Solo performance
- Technological Obsessions
- Tips for guitarists
- Does the "tone chase" ever end?
- Can you have too many guitars?
- The voice is not the message
- A moment of Zen
- influences
- Musical Clichés
- Developing creativity
- Does gear define the player?
- The Downside of Cliches
- Musical Evolution
- My musical influences
- Musical journeys: Reflections on a gathering
- Solo Improv Guitar
- Strings and finesse
- Tips for guitarists
- Why play?
- instruction
- Electric guitar as a folk instrument
- loudness
- Is a 50-watt amp too loud?
- Advances in Technology, Revisited
- Advice for first-time amp buyers
- Amp Loudness
- On amplifier power
- Are tube amps right for small venues?
- On power attenuators
- On the Mesa/Boogie Blue Angel's headroom
- Digital rig pros and cons
- Earplugs and band volume
- Feedback vs. volume
- Playing guitar through a full-range amp
- Tube amp attack sensitivity at home
- More power!
- On increased sound level with multiple speakers
- Musicianship vs. Sound Reinforcement
- How loud is too loud?
- Tube amps for quiet play
- Small-club live sound
- Small-club live sound, revisited
- On the 3dB rule
- Turn that amp down!
- The Vibro-King and the Hot Plate
- Small amps and big PAs?
- marketing hype
- Advances in technology
- The "Real" Rules for Buying an Amp
- Anectdotes, Theories and Facts
- Balancing music vs. gear aquisition
- Beware of placing form over content
- Boutique Amps
- Boutique gear?
- Bypass
- Digital guitars
- Geezers
- Do you really get what you pay for?
- Keep Searching
- Lies, damn lies and specs
- On magic cables
- Online guitar forums
- Technological Obsessions
- Tone Secrets
- "True-Bypass" revisited
- mod
- Vibro-King "Ticking Tremolo" Fix
- Even better Vibro-King "Ticking Tremolo" fix
- motivation
- 2006 Musical Goals
- 2006 in review
- 2007 Musical Goals
- 2007 in review
- 2008 Musical Goals
- Assembling a band
- Balancing music vs. gear aquisition
- Combatting GAS
- Comfort above all else
- Dignity and respect
- The Downside of Cliches
- Electric guitar as a folk instrument
- GAS-less
- Gear advice
- Sounding good with the gear you have
- Improving as a player
- Life after bands
- On motivation and GAS
- Musical Evolution
- Musical Goals
- Musical journeys: Reflections on a gathering
- Next steps
- Old Dogs, New Tricks
- Playing in "the zone"
- Portland's music scene
- Sequenced Live Music
- Shop, or play?
- Solo Improv Guitar
- Technological Obsessions
- Why play?
- music theory
- 2006 Musical Goals
- 2006 in review
- 2007 in review
- Improving as a player
- Musical Evolution
- Musical Goals
- Old Dogs, New Tricks
- Why play?
- opinion
- Are tubes good enough for the future of guitar music?
- Best (and worst) musical performances
- Blackface vs. Tweed
- Complexity and tone
- Digital guitars
- Benefits of a digital guitar rig
- Geezers
- Golden Age, or beginning of the end?
- Guitarist or musician?
- So, how good are you?
- Import guitars
- The importance of guitars vs. amps
- Big Music can no longer afford talent
- Guitar-magazine reviews
- The Music Industry is not Broken
- Online guitar forums
- Reconsidering the "palette" analogy
- On "real" guitar amplifiers
- Will the recording industry become obsolete?
- Sequenced Live Music
- Simple Gear, Complex Music
- Small-club live sound
- Small-club live sound, revisited
- Sound Reinforcement in Small Rooms
- My, what a strange rig you have
- Suggestions for guitarists
- Technical perfection vs. the element of surprise
- Things I need to be reminded of...
- On "tone"...
- Does the "tone chase" ever end?
- "Tone" is not the goal
- On the quest for tone
- Tone Secrets
- "Tone", amps and players
- Small amps and big PAs?
- performance
- 2007 in review
- About Almost Milwaukie
- Adjusting Amps
- Amp Acquisition - An Education?
- Art vs. artifice
- Best (and worst) musical performances
- Clean boosts and compressors
- Boutique gear?
- Musical Clichés
- Complexity and tone
- Dinosaur guitarists
- Direct-to-PA
- Are DJs ruining the live-music scene?
- Earplugs and band volume
- Effects devolution continues
- Effects?
- The end of innocence
- Feedback vs. volume
- "Fender Clean"
- Solo Improv Performance
- On gear and performance
- Gear vs. talent
- Geezers
- Gig kit
- On guitar synths
- I have to use a modeling rig!
- Losing my Boogie "religion"
- May 2007 Rosedrop Media Circus podcast
- On multi-amp setups
- Musical Evolution
- Musical Goals
- Musicianship vs. Sound Reinforcement
- How loud is too loud?
- Old Dogs, New Tricks
- Reconsidering the "palette" analogy
- Playing in "the zone"
- Sequenced Live Music
- Simple Gear, Complex Music
- Simplicity
- Small-club live sound
- Small-club live sound, revisited
- Solo guitar sound
- Solo Improv Guitar
- Solo performance
- Sound Reinforcement in Small Rooms
- On string gauges
- Strings and finesse
- First time in a studio?
- Technical perfection vs. the element of surprise
- On the 3dB rule
- Tips for guitarists
- On "tone"...
- Does the "tone chase" ever end?
- On the quest for tone
- Tone Secrets
- Too much gain!
- On touch-sensitive amps
- What is "touch-sensitive"?
- Vibro-King Sound & Settings
- "Tone", amps and players
- Which FRFR system should I buy?
- Small amps and big PAs?
- philosophy
- Art vs. artifice
- Balancing music vs. gear aquisition
- Beware of placing form over content
- Developing creativity
- Digital rig pros and cons
- Direct-to-PA
- Are DJs ruining the live-music scene?
- Electric guitar as a folk instrument
- Evolution and Contradiction
- Gear advice
- Is it the gear, or not?
- Hearing with your eyes
- I have to use a modeling rig!
- Improving as a player
- Musical journeys: Reflections on a gathering
- Old Dogs, New Tricks
- Online guitar forums
- Reconsidering the "palette" analogy
- Playing in "the zone"
- Simpler, ever simpler
- Solo Improv Guitar
- Things I need to be reminded of...
- Tips for guitarists
- Can you have too many guitars?
- The voice is not the message
- Weight reduction
- Why play?
- photos
- TASCAM 2488mkII Portastudio
- AER Amp One
- AER Compact 60, Rev. 2
- Bits and pieces
- Roland CM-30 CUBE Monitor
- Countryman Type 85
- Digitech DigiVerb
- Epiphone EB-0
- Behringer FCB-1010
- Zoom H2 field recorder
- Ibanez SR530
- Koll Custom DL
- Koll Custom DL #2
- Koll Custom DL Gallery
- Korg LCA-120 Chromatic Tuner
- Kritz DH-111t
- Leslie 147
- Edirol PCR-50 Keyboard
- Peterson VS-F StroboFlip Virtual Strobe Tuner
- Yamaha QY700 Sequencer/Synthesizer
- Boss RE-20
- Rocktron Deep Blue Chorus
- Digitech RP350
- Boss RT-20
- Roland SH-32 Synthesizer
- Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai
- Yamaha STAGEPAS 300
- Tapco MIX100
- A.R.T. Tube PAC
- Boss VF-1
- physics
- Anatomy of a listening test
- Anectdotes, Theories and Facts
- Cable comparison, part 1
- Cable comparison, part 2
- Cable Nuances Revisited
- Guitar cords - what's important?
- Playing guitar through a full-range amp
- High-end Cables
- How many true-bypass pedals is too many?
- On magic cables
- More power!
- Multi-Amp Pitfalls
- On increased sound level with multiple speakers
- Speaker Cables vs. Guitar Cords
- How to use a standby switch
- On string gauges
- Strings and finesse
- True bypass, cables and buffers
- Turn that amp down!
- On guitars... a block of wood?
- power
- Is a 50-watt amp too loud?
- Advice for first-time amp buyers
- Amp Loudness
- On amplifier power
- Are tube amps right for small venues?
- On power attenuators
- On the Mesa/Boogie Blue Angel's headroom
- Playing guitar through a full-range amp
- Tube amp attack sensitivity at home
- More power!
- Tube amps for quiet play
- Which FRFR system should I buy?
- preferences
- My Choices
- Amp Acquisition - An Education?
- Aural fatigue and dialing in your rig
- Blackface vs. Tweed
- Bonding with my Gear
- Changing tastes
- On channels... to switch or not?
- Complexity and tone
- So you want a custom guitar?
- Does gear define the player?
- Effects devolution continues
- On effects
- Effects?
- The end of innocence
- My favorite amp
- On gear and performance
- Gear vs. talent
- Do you want good tone?
- On multiple guitars
- The importance of guitars vs. amps
- Keep Searching
- Losing my Boogie "religion"
- Maybe it's not a phase, after all...
- On multi-amp setups
- On multi- vs. single-channel amps
- Musical Evolution
- Reconsidering the "palette" analogy
- Pedal hangover
- On reverb
- Simple Gear, Complex Music
- Simplicity
- Solo Improv Guitar
- My, what a strange rig you have
- Things I need to be reminded of...
- Does the "tone chase" ever end?
- On the quest for tone
- Too much gain!
- Why play?
- preparation
- Gig kit
- Making your own cables
- Playing in "the zone"
- First time in a studio?
- recording
- 2006 Musical Goals
- 2006 in review
- 2008 Musical Goals
- TASCAM 2488mkII Portastudio
- Computer-based recording
- "The Cult of the Amateur" & Music
- Zoom H2 field recorder
- May 2007 Rosedrop Media Circus podcast
- The Music Industry is not Broken
- Playing in "the zone"
- Solo Improv Guitar
- First time in a studio?
- What's new? (09-2008)
- respect
- Dignity and respect
- Are DJs ruining the live-music scene?
- On guitar store etiquette
- Geezers
- Musical Goals
- Online guitar forums
- Ordering a Custom Guitar
- Portland's music scene
- Technical perfection vs. the element of surprise
- Tips for guitarists
- reverb
- My favorite amp
- Reverb first?
- On reverb
- Simpler, ever simpler
- review
- TASCAM 2488mkII Portastudio
- AER Amp One
- AER Compact 60, Rev. 2
- On "the best" Mesa/Boogie amplifier
- On the Mesa/Boogie Blue Angel's headroom
- Clean boosts and compressors
- BTPDX April 2004 Notes
- Roland CM-30 CUBE Monitor
- Countryman Type 85
- Digitech DigiVerb
- Echo Roundup
- Electronic tuners
- Epiphone EB-0
- Behringer FCB-1010
- Zoom H2 field recorder
- Ibanez SR530
- Traynor K4 vs. Yamaha STAGEPAS 300
- Koll Custom DL
- Koll Custom DL #2
- Korg LCA-120 Chromatic Tuner
- Kritz DH-111t
- Lectrosonics IS-400 Wireless System Review
- Phil Lesh: "Searching for the Sound"
- Leslie Emulators
- Mesa-Boogie Lone Star Review
- Peterson VS-F StroboFlip Virtual Strobe Tuner
- Boss RE-20
- Rocktron Deep Blue Chorus
- Digitech RP350
- Boss RT-20
- Boss RT-20 rotary simulator reviewed
- Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai
- Yamaha STAGEPAS 300
- A survey of lightweight rigs
- A.R.T. Tube PAC
- Boss VF-1
- '64 Vibroverb Custom review
- safety
- Ground switches and "death caps"
- service
- Biasing the Vibro-King "by ear"
- set-up
- A/B switchers
- Aural fatigue and dialing in your rig
- Comfort above all else
- Direct-to-PA
- Effect loop pitfalls
- How many true-bypass pedals is too many?
- More Tone Secrets
- Multi-Amp Pitfalls
- Multieffects vs. pedals
- Reconsidering the "palette" analogy
- Strings and finesse
- True bypass, cables and buffers
- Vibro-King Sound & Settings
- Vibro-King setup
- Weight reduction
- settings
- Flat EQ for guitar
- Solo guitar sound
- Vibro-King headroom
- Vibro-King setup
- sound engineering
- Are tube amps right for small venues?
- DIs, Speaker Simulators and Amp Modelers
- Direct-to-PA
- Feedback vs. volume
- On gear and performance
- Grateful Dead
- More power!
- Musicianship vs. Sound Reinforcement
- How loud is too loud?
- Simpler, ever simpler
- Small-club live sound
- Small-club live sound, revisited
- Sound Reinforcement in Small Rooms
- On the 3dB rule
- Turn that amp down!
- Which FRFR system should I buy?
- Small amps and big PAs?
- speakers
- Is a 50-watt amp too loud?
- Advances in Technology, Revisited
- Advice for first-time amp buyers
- Amp Loudness
- Playing guitar through a full-range amp
- More power!
- On increased sound level with multiple speakers
- Turn that amp down!
- The Vibro-King and the Hot Plate
- Vibro-King setup
- How does the Vibro-King compare to a tweed or blackface Fender amp?
- Which FRFR system should I buy?
- strings
- Comfort above all else
- More Tone Secrets
- On string gauges
- Strings and finesse
- Tips for guitarists
- Vibro-King setup
- studio
- Computer-based recording
- Edirol PCR-50 Keyboard
- Yamaha QY700 Sequencer/Synthesizer
- Roland SH-32 Synthesizer
- First time in a studio?
- Tapco MIX100
- style
- 2007 Musical Goals
- 2007 in review
- Box of 1,000 sounds
- Musical Clichés
- The Downside of Cliches
- Electric guitar as a folk instrument
- Old Dogs, New Tricks
- Simpler, ever simpler
- Solo Improv Guitar
- Strings and finesse
- Why play?
- technique
- 2006 Musical Goals
- 2006 in review
- 2007 Musical Goals
- 2007 in review
- Art vs. artifice
- Beware of placing form over content
- Developing creativity
- Does gear define the player?
- The Downside of Cliches
- Electric guitar as a folk instrument
- Gain, volume and dynamics
- Is it the gear, or not?
- Do you want good tone?
- Hearing with your eyes
- Improving as a player
- Losing my Boogie "religion"
- Musical Goals
- Old Dogs, New Tricks
- Reconsidering the "palette" analogy
- Pedal hangover
- Simple Gear, Complex Music
- Solo Improv Guitar
- Solo performance
- Strings and finesse
- Suggestions for guitarists
- Technical perfection vs. the element of surprise
- Tips for guitarists
- "Tone" is not the goal
- Touch dynamics
- Why play?
- technology
- On Gibson's MAGIC and guitars
- A/B switchers
- Advances in technology
- Advances in Technology, Revisited
- Amplifier Evolution
- Anatomy of a listening test
- Anectdotes, Theories and Facts
- Are tubes good enough for the future of guitar music?
- Beware of placing form over content
- Boutique gear?
- Box of 1,000 sounds
- Bypass
- On channels... to switch or not?
- Amplifier "class" distinctions are useless
- The "Class-A" illusion
- Complexity and tone
- DIs, Speaker Simulators and Amp Modelers
- The future of digital guitar amplifiers
- Longevity of digital gear
- Digital rig pros and cons
- Benefits of a digital guitar rig
- The Downside of Cliches
- Effect loop pitfalls
- Evolution and Contradiction
- Flat EQ for guitar
- Do you really get what you pay for?
- Golden Age, or beginning of the end?
- Grateful Dead
- Playing guitar through a full-range amp
- High-end Cables
- How many true-bypass pedals is too many?
- Big Music can no longer afford talent
- Lectrosonics IS-400 Wireless System Review
- Modelers vs. Tube Amps (1)
- Modelers vs. Tube Amps (2)
- Modelers vs. Tube Amps (3)
- Multieffects vs. pedals
- The Music Industry is not Broken
- Obsolescence
- Reconsidering the "palette" analogy
- My pedal pops!
- Will the recording industry become obsolete?
- Simple Gear, Complex Music
- Simplicity
- How to use a standby switch
- Technology vs. passion
- "Tone" is not the goal
- Touch dynamics
- What is "touch-sensitive"?
- Are guitar players stuck in the past?
- Fender Trans-Impedance Power Attenuator
- True bypass, cables and buffers
- "True-Bypass" revisited
- Tubes vs. transistors
- The voice is not the message
- terminology
- Amplifier "class" distinctions are useless
- The "Class-A" illusion
- Lies, damn lies and specs
- Online guitar forums
- Tone Terms
- Amp terminology: Touch Sensitivity
- troubleshooting
- Amp troubleshooting tips
- Troubleshooting the Blue Angel
- Effect loop pitfalls
- Multi-Amp Pitfalls
- tubes
- Advances in Technology, Revisited
- Advice for first-time amp buyers
- Amp troubleshooting tips
- Are tube amps right for small venues?
- Are tubes good enough for the future of guitar music?
- Troubleshooting the Blue Angel
- On buying a used amp
- The future of digital guitar amplifiers
- Maybe it's not a phase, after all...
- Obsolescence
- Preamp Tube Substitutions
- How to use a standby switch
- What is "touch-sensitive"?
- Vibro-King setup
- tuning
- Electronic tuners
- Tips for guitarists
- tweed
- How does the Vibro-King compare to a tweed or blackface Fender amp?
September 19 2008 22:48:45 GMT