Reinhold Bogner: The Pursuit of Tone Perfection Growing up in the city of Ulm, Germany (home of the iconic EL84 Power Tube), Reinhold became obsessed at a young age by electronics and analog circuitry. His father had been a collector of ancient tube-powered devices including radios, amplifiers and other gadgetry that filled his heart with…
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Product Spotlight: EVH
EVH Guitars Offer Amazing Sound Through High-Quality Design In the world of rock and roll, certain individuals stand out. Elvis Presley is known for bringing the genre into the mainstream, Jimmi Hendrix is known for defining a cultural movement through his art, and countless other artists are known for their own contributions to the…
What Defines A Boutique Guitar?
What is a Boutique Guitar? Hello, and welcome back to our blog. Our last few posts have centered around product spotlights of the different boutique guitar brands that we carry, but today we decided to do something a little different. In writing our previous blogs, we suddenly realized that we had skipped over an important…
Product Spotlight: Charvel
Charvel is a Boutique Guitar Geared Towards Aggressive Play Here at BadAxe Boutique, we are obsessed with guitars. This single instrument has shaped the sound of music for decades and shows no signs of slowing down. In today’s post, we’re going to go over the history of Charvel guitars. While not as notable a brand…
Product Spotlight: Gretsch
Gretsch Guitars: Timeless Design, Timeless Sound While not as well known to the public as other famous guitar brands, ask any serious guitar player what they think about Gretsch guitars and you’ll get a slight smile. The Gretsch guitar, for many players, represents a better time in music; a time when mistakes weren’t covered up…
How Pickups Affect Your Sound
Any professional guitarist or serious collector knows the difference between good tone and bad tone when they hear it. However, that doesn’t always mean they know exactly how to get the best tone with any instrument. And while the perfect tone is a subject of endless discussion, every guitarist needs to understand the basic concepts…
Factors That Affect Your Tone
You’ve heard it all before, most of all from our own boutique guitar freaks: TONE MATTERS! Endless discussions of its cultivation may have left you feeling like the more you hear, the less you know. So here is BadAxe Boutique’s guide to controlling the most important aspect of your guitar playing: the sound. Power Amp…
Mastering Your Amp’s EQ
There’s nothing more painful than seeing and hearing a beautiful boutique guitar, plugged into a beautiful boutique amp, being played by someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing. Not somebody that can’t play, but somebody that has no idea how to use their amplifier to its full potential. Having the gear is only the first…
Product Spotlight: The MXR EVH Flanger Pedal
The MXR Flanger effect pedal is an iconic piece of equipment that’s revered by guitarists for its versatility and variety of unforgettable sonic landscapes. BadAxe Boutique is proud to add it to the collection of effects pedals we carry in our Greensboro music store. But what does this flanger actually do? Flanger Theory “Flanging” comes…
The Tube Combo: A Guitarist’s Best Friend
For guitarists of anything from rock to metal to funk, and everything in between, the only question you should have about tube amps is, “which one?” There are beautiful and terrible sounds on this planet, and some of them can only be made with electric guitars and tube amplification. When it comes to warm, natural…
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