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What the Heck Are Modulation Effects Anyway?

By Ben BlakesleyGeorges MusicAs guitar players, were all familiar with the distortion effect, but what about this enigmatic term Modulation Effect? What does it mean, and more importantly, what does it mean for your tone?Modulation in the general sen...

How To Play Jazz Guitar

by Gyorgy Huba There are many ways of starting to investigate how to play jazz guitar. Some guitar players see jazz as a way to learn improvisation. Others see jazz guitar as an instrument that accompanies a certain repertoire of songs. But once you ...

Learn How to Play Blues Guitar

10th November 2008Author: Rich_Matthews Many individuals who want to learn the guitar do so because of a guitar virtuoso they admire. Guitar enthusiasts who want to learn to play the blues often think of stars such as B.B. King. These guitar players,...

Guitar Effects Pedals -- Distortion

Author: Joey Robichaux A Distortion pedal functions by ... well, by "distorting" the original sound wave. Some characteristics of a sound wave are a certain shape, a certain amplitude, and a certain frequency. A distortion pedal will distort some or ...

Guitar Effects Pedals -- Chorus

20th November 2008Author: Joey Robichaux This is one you probably already intuitively know! You're likely familiar with the vocal term "chorus" -- as in "many voices singing at once". A guitar "chorus" pedal does the same thing -- it makes your guita...

The Care and Feeding of Your Axe

Simple Things You Can Do to Clean and Preserve Your Guitar By Jon Chappell To keep your guitar healthy and happy, you dont have to do much more than give it a comfortable place to live and perform routine maintenance, which requires little more than ...

Fake Slide Guitar

By Ben Blakesley Everyone loves the sound of a well played slide guitar, but not everyone has the time or patience necessary to master this artform. For those of you who fall into that category, here is a quick and easy 'cheat' that can get you playi...