Essential Guides

Essential Guides

All About… Modulation

A number of classic effects come under the umbrella of modulation. We explain how to tell your vibrato from your chorus and your phaser from your rotary speaker.
Essential Guides

All about… Telecaster Bridge Pickups

More than perhaps any other iconic guitar, Fender’s Telecaster has two very distinct pickups with different sounds.
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All About… Boosts

Since British players began trying to replicate US amp sounds in the 60s, boosting volume or frequency without unduly colouring tone has been an ongoing quest.
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All About… Wah

Wah pedals helped shape the sound of psychedelia, defined the cop show soundtrack and formed the foundation of funk.
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All About… Tremolo

Tremolo is the daddy of guitar effects and we’ve used it since the 1940s. But there has always been confusion about what it really is. 
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How to… Record Bass

Following on from our last tutorial on recording electric guitars, this time John Pickford turns his attention to the bass…
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All About… Echo

Whether it’s rockabilly slapback, psychedelic feedback or crystalline delays, echo effects are fundamental to the sound of electric guitar.
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The story of early British solidbody electric guitars, part two

In part two of the British-built solidbody electric story, Paul Day documents the golden era enjoyed by UK companies during the early 1960s.
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How To… Record Acoustics

Capturing the essence of the humble acoustic guitar can be a tricky task, but our bluffer’s guide will make a record producer out of you in no time…
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All About… Fuzz

Fuzz wasn’t the first type of effect, but it’s probably shaped the sound and evolution of guitar music more than any other.
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