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It can be difficult, confusing as hell to the untrained ear and possibly expensive, depending on your budget. How can you tell (in advance) what pickup will be right for the sound you want? If you don't already know, then you simply can't answer this question without help or a lot of work. You will have to rely on someone...

If you keep your amp long enough, one day it will slowly start sounding a little off. It may develop a buzzy hum or an off-tune “ghost note,” or it may start oscillating. Twiddling the controls, changing speakers, and replacing tubes won’t help the sound. Your tech will give you the bad news: it needs a cap job, or a...

When it comes to acoustic guitars, there are quite different virtues to both small and large bodies. Click The Chart Above To View Larger Image. Small vs. Large After picking up and playing literally several thousand acoustic guitars of different sizes, shapes and tonewoods, we can start to make some generalizations about small versus large guitars. Of course, smaller guitars...

The name Eddie Van Halen stands for a lot more than just otherworldly guitar playing. It’s also synonymous with technical innovation and intuition, and for good reason. Eddie’s keen sense for the building blocks of tone not only helped revolutionize the way that people played guitar, but how they built them. Eddie’s name has graced a few excellent signature products...

Review By Jordan Wagner Jeorge Tripps' take on the classic green overdrive is back with two additional controls—100Hz level and Curve—to give vintage-style overdrives a run for their money. In its original incarnation, the famed Green Rhino Overdrive II is nearly as rare as its animal namesake. Originally introduced in 1994, the Green Rhino helped set the standard for what...