Peter Frampton, whether he was playing with Humble Pie, the Herd, or through his critically acclaimed solo career has long been a staple of British rock and roll for decades. His early work was critical in the development of hard rock, and his songwriting prowess and rich tenor voice gave classic rock radio such household …
If you are a guitar player, there is a very high probability that you have heard of Ibanez guitars at some point. Ibanez has such a huge range of acoustic, electric, and bass guitars you can choose from, and they cover a wide range of price points as well. As a company, they have built …
By its very nature, the ideal bass tone will be deep and vibrant, filling the room, serving as something of a foundation for your band’s mix. This makes choosing a bass practice amp a tricky task, as you’ll be looking to invest in something with crisp and full sound, but also is volume friendly to …
Considered to be the standard size of the instrument, soprano ukuleles produce the characteristic sound that ukulele lovers enjoy hearing and playing. With its rich history, many players seek to find the best soprano ukulele. Every ukulele manufacturer that has ever existed makes at least one if not several lines of soprano ukuleles. Being that …
Imagine you’ve had a long day and just got home, sat on your favorite chair and started staring at the horizon onto the sunset, what genre are you listening to? If your answer wasn’t R&B, you need this article more than it needs you. The beauty of R&B is that it leaves space to combine …
There’s an overwhelming number of solid state amps on today’s market with just about every big manufacturer having an impressive product line-up, jam-packed with features that you essentially couldn’t find in a tube amp because the technology is, by its very nature, limited. Think about modeling amps that can quite convincingly model hundreds of classic …
The electric guitar was originally used to produce bright and clean tones by jazz musicians. Distortion was seen as something to be avoided in those formative years, but the advent of rock and blues in the 1950s marked a change in attitude towards distortion as an effect. Fast forward to the present day, and distortion, …
As musicians, we take our hard-earned money to buy our instruments to continue our craft. While this is something we love doing it is quite an investment for our guitars with some Telecasters cost thousands of dollars. So how do you protect that investment? You get a case! As traveling musicians having a durable, lightweight …
The Gibson Les Paul has built a legendary reputation since it was first introduced to the masses in the 1950s. Despite the advancements in production techniques and guitar components, the pickups used in this iconic solid body guitar have remained relatively consistent. Just as the single-coil pickups used in Fender’s Telecaster and Stratocaster defined the …
Since it was first introduced to the masses in the autumn of 1950, the Fender Telecaster has built a legacy that other electric guitars can only dream of. Responsible for some of the most iconic guitar tones in music history, the Telecaster’s popularity continues over 70 years after its original inception. One constant topic of …