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Coarse Picks Review
I have always paid a good deal of attention to every aspect of my tone, from the strings on my guitar to the tubes in my amp. The one thing I never really paid much attention to was the picks I was using. YES they make a big deal and besides your fingers themselves, this…
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Bad Cat Cougar 15 Amplifier Review
It has been a while since Bad Cat and Hanser Music jointly release the Cougar Series. In fact the series has been discontinued. Over the past two years the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive and now that they are discontinued are popping up everywhere for prices as low as $500 so we decided to give…
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EarthQuaker Devices Levitation Reverb Pedal Review
Released this past year at winter NAMM the Levitation Reverb pedal from EarthQuaker Devices is a fresh take on ambient, atmospheric reverb. Like most other EarthQuaker pedals the Levitation is like nothing else out there. Here is our impressions after our first brush with this pedal. First off like all EarthQuaker pedals the Levitation is…
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Sears Silvertone Twin Twelve Review & Demo
You'll see a lot of vintage amp collectors looking for the american classics. A Fender Twin Reverb Silverface, The Preston, a Bassman, among other American legends. Till recently you would be looking at paying over $1500 to even thinking of getting your hands on a working model, lets not even get into the price of one…
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Bad Cat Direct to Church Program Update…
Many of you probably have noticed that the article we posted earlier today about Bad Cat's direct to church program has been removed. This is hopefully temporary and was removed by request of Bad Cat. Even though we had full approval and permission to publish the article it turns out that Bad Cat was not…
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3 Must Have Eventide ModFactor Presets for Worship
Modulation has seem to passed us by in terms of "use" in our houses of worship, but recently a lot of the 80's vibe and glorious modulated tones have been coming back. I'd like to share with you 3 presets for your Eventide ModFactor that will cover the basic stuff you need. These presets will…
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True Bypass vs Buffered Effects Pedals
Being a guitar player, I know that sometimes we can be a funny and complicated bunch. While you will rarely hear a singer complain about his/her mic and the microphone's tone, we electric guitarists on the other hand are always making a big deal about everything. From the cables, to the amp, all the way…
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3 Must Have Eventide Timefactor Presets
Hey guys, I wanted to start this series of articles not only to inform you, but also to equip you with some tools you can use. In this 1st article I want to start off with 3 helpful Timefactor presets that I know will come in handy. Some people are not in to tweaking and that is ok…
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Motion Pads Review
Lots of us play in churches where we use ambient tones to fill in quiet times of prayer and reflection. Keyboard players have primarily have filled in these spaces with pads and other ambient synth sounds. Guitar players are now emerging in the ambient game making awesome tones filled with reverb, delay, modulation, and even using loops…
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L.R. Baggs Anthem Acoustic Guitar Pickup Review w/ Sound Samples
I love playing my acoustic guitar. The sensation that it brings to play and feel the strings resonate off the body is something that connects me with it in a way that electric guitar doesn't. For those of you that know what I am talking about also know the frustration of plugging in and having that…
