Updates soon; been catching up with other things and went back and revisited the chapters thus far (through six.) Happy to say it's like riding a bik...

I see Fender changed the headstock shape on acoustics. finally. I never liked the elctric guitar style headstock. They still have some models like t...

I owned a handful of wah pedals before I went with a multi-fx board: a Vox, a couple Crybabies, and something else I don't remember the brand. By fa...

Man, after the Advent and Christmas season I am burned out! We did 11 songs Christmas Eve, and continuing this week I had two solos (me on guitar acc...

Re: cleanest amp - that's possibly true on the input gain side, but I'd say pretty full on the master side. Either way, he also uses OD pedals (Boss ...

The Edge sound is nearly everywhere in modern praise & worship music, so I am a big 'user' of that sound and playing style at church (now that I'm...

Oooh, yeah, I didn't even think about the wound G string on the heavier gauge sets. One more issue to consider!

If it's an SE with the wrap-around bridge, I know from correspondence with the PRS company that it can only take 9 or 10 gauge strings. I don't know ...

Many bass amps have a built-in compressor, but they tend to serve more of a "limiter" function based on where the threshold is set and the "knee" type...

If you don't need one with a built-in microphone, the Korg Pitchblack is leaps and bounds better than the one you've got, in both sensitivity and accu...

I never used the EH-2 so ... Was this wise? Yes, assuming you'll use the PH3.

Peterson strobe tuners are probably the standard; prices range from a couple hundred US$s to several thousand.I highly recommend the Korg Pitchblack a...

Mini-barres (just the two strings) worked for me. In measures 5 and 6 you might consider holding a full barre on the 5th fret while you move between ...

FINALLY got around to posting my Chapter 4 summary:A little update to the look of the blog, too!