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…
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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…