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Motograter

The return of Motograter from 2003 to 2017 has been quite the journey coming from the hands and feet of the only remaining original member Matthew “Nuke” Nunes since the last Motograter studio release. From then and now, everything Motograter

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Mesa Boogie Triple Crown

2017 January NAMM show was drawing closer as I anticipated the arrival of the new Mesa Boogie Triple Crown amplifier that we were going to be using as a booth demo amp for my b3 line of guitars.

This new …

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Memoirs of a Fender Master Builder

1993 was a pivotal year in my life. I was about to get married, and I had been working as an apprentice to Senior Master Builder Roger Giffin at the Gibson West Custom Shop. Gibson was going through some restructuring

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Extended Range Guitars

ERG is a term I hadn’t heard until about a year ago, which is an acronym for a fast-growing underground network of guitars with a wider sonic range than your typical six-string guitar as we know it.

The ERG requires …

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TonePros Founder Dwight Devereaux

Sound maximizer for guitars

Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Dwight Devereaux, “founder emeritus” of TonePros, who is up on what makes guitars sound great and privy to the new and important innovations at TonePros. I also spoke with …

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Reviews

FRFR Speaker Cabs

Trailblazing Atomic Amplification technology
by Gene Baker

Flat response, full frequency aka FRFR isn’t necessarily new technology for speaker cabs, as recording reference speakers and PA speakers have always focused on delivering flat response, full frequency sound from 20 hertz …

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ToonTrack/EZ Drummer 2

NEWS FLASH! EZD2 makes drummers scared and recording gurus CHEER!

EZdrummer is gaining a lot of attention with their recent release of EZdrummer 2. Many of today’s more popular drum machines to software utilize more actual sampled phrases and beats …

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The Fractal Axe FX II XL

Unlocking Sonic Boundaries AND MORE

The past year has been all about reducing size. I’ve been eliminating larger amplifiers and 4×12 cabs from weekly gigs while also striving to improve on tone delivery and flexibility in a smaller package.  The …

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