A 57 is not a good mic for live acoustic guitar. You can not get it close enough to sound good without it getting in your way. You need a pickup or ...

Just don't sell all your gear! I know a guy whose band broke up, and he got frustrated and sold his Les Paul and all his gear.Now he's in another ban...

You should try a Snarling Dogs Wah. It's got a true bypass switch, a longer sweep, and 3 different wah modes. Mine's about 7 years old, but it looks...

Noteboat can probably tell you for sure, but without hearing the melody, I would say the original is in the key of F (or dm actually) and the A is jus...

Everything's a half step down. So the actual chords would beG#/c#m/E/BIt's probably in E, with the G# being used as a secondary dominant.

I haven't heard of the Jazz Elite, but Shecter (Diamond Series) guitars are usually well built for the money. They are made at the Samick factory in ...

If you are recording music on a computer - Mac or PC - I would recommend that you keep it disconnected from the internet. Network traffic eats up a s...

Greybeard, you are misinformed on a number of issues. There were 2 original UNIXes - AT&T's SysV and Berkely's BSD. POSIX is a standard (not eve...

Wishus, you call me zealot, but read your own reasoning for Mac users - different, rebellious, individual, non-conformist. The original question, as I...

Steve Jobs started from scratch. He built an OS that didn't suffer the inherent problems that Bill Gates had created for himself (e.g. compatibility t...

It's also impossible to have a rational discussion with a zealot.

why is the MAC so much more popular in music and art? Because Mac has less marketshare and musicians and artists like to think that they are different...

I've got a Seagull s6 honeyburst cutaway that I've played almost every day sine I got it in 1996. There are some dings and scratches, and the satin f...

When you're done playing, pull the cord out of the pedal on the guitar (input) side. Leaving it plugged in on the amp side is fine.