A guitarist's 2026 guide to recording video at home: the signal chain (DI plus modeler, miking a cab, the hybrid rig), why you always print a clean DI safety track for reamping, camera settings, and...

1. Grasping the Basics of Scales Understanding scales is the first step towards mastering music. Scales are the building blocks of music, and they are essentially a set of musical notes arranged in a...

A 2026 guide to mixing metal guitars: the four-job chain (gate, EQ, saturation, amp/cab), which paid plugins still earn their keep, a free chain built on Neural Amp Modeler, and the Waves/Slate...

Alternate picking gives you control, economy picking gives you efficiency, but the real speed ceiling is a mechanical bounce hiding under both. Here is what the two techniques actually are and how to...

The Samick Greg Bennett Corsair is a sub-$200 bass that punches well above its price tag, delivering a punchy, defined low end and a comfortable neck that makes Squier and Epiphone rethink their...

The Fender Blue Flower Telecaster has been made in at least four very different versions since Fender stuck Cling Foil on a Tele body in 1968. Here is how the Fullerton original, the Japanese TL69-75...