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Tuesday November 13, 2018. 05:15 PM
The first time I heard anything about Fender applying finish to their guitars was in a lesson with my first guitar teacher. Upon showing him my first Midnight Blue Telecaster, he responded with stories of men in hazmat suits, who might as well have stepped off the set of...
The first time I heard anything about Fender applying finish to their guitars was in a lesson with my first guitar teacher. Upon showing him my first Midnight Blue Telecaster, he responded with stories of men in hazmat suits, who might as well have stepped off the set of...
Monday November 12, 2018. 09:42 PM
You may know Les Paul, but this is THE Paul! Gibson recently announced this 40th Anniversary limited edition “The Paul” model, and if you weren’t around in 1978, here’s a little history. Gibson developed The Paul to be a lower-priced option that provided the same Les Paul...
Audio production has come a long way since the advent of the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Whether you’re just starting to mix and master your own tracks in your DAW at home, or you’re a more experienced producer, check out this collection of zZounds Blog posts and pick...
Wednesday November 7, 2018. 08:00 AM
We all have our own obsessions. Some musicians drool over the newest boutique guitar pedals. Another musician that works at zZounds may dream about a tweed couch that matches all of his vintage Fender tweed amps. I, on the other hand, obsess over my new favorite plug-ins. I...
Monday November 5, 2018. 08:00 AM
Week On Walking The Floor Texas-bred, LA-based singer/songwriter Sam Morrow stops by WTF to discuss screamo, hip-hop, how Jesus called him to music, and the joys of early Robert Palmer. About The Guest With his career-defining third record, Morrow should cement his place as...
Friday November 2, 2018. 02:57 PM
So far, we’ve discussed attributes that affect your cymbals’ overall tone, namely its hammering and lathing. Here we’ll discuss one of the most important features that affects a cymbal’s aural envelope: thickness. The thickness of your cymbal shapes everything from strike...
Thursday November 1, 2018. 04:24 PM
Welcome to Beat Connection, a series dedicated to promoting modern and vintage dance styles the only way we know how…by providing you a musical starting point to help you create that beat. In the majority of our recent posts, we’ve been taking you on a journey to what I’d...
Wednesday October 31, 2018. 04:21 PM
The weather is growing colder, the leaves are turning and falling off the trees, you’re noticing your old t-shirts from college don’t fit, probably because you ordered too many buffalo wings while watching the game. its autumn and that means Halloween is upon us. Sure, you co...
Yesterday, Fender teased on social media that they will be releasing four versions of a Jimmy Page signature Telecaster model in January 2019, two will be Custom Shop models and two will be production models.The “mirror” and “dragon” finishes will be recreated for both the...
Monday October 29, 2018. 07:00 AM
Whether you’ve just unboxed a brand-new axe or you’re looking to dust off an old favorite, chances are going through a few simple setup procedures will bring out the best in your playing and make it easier to form a bond with your instrument. In this collection, we’ve put...
Saturday October 27, 2018. 08:00 AM
In this Perfect Pairings video, we’re matching up a pair of Guild acoustic guitars, the D-55 and the F-512E 12-string, to create a robust (and very autumnal) sonic statement. The Guild D-55 acoustic takes the classic style of large dreadnought guitars, and spices it up in a w...
Wednesday October 24, 2018. 04:20 PM
The SubKick has been around for a long time, or at least the idea of it has. Using a reverse-polarity speaker as a dynamic microphone has been around since at least the ’60s as a recording technique, but didn’t popularize until the early 2000s when Yamaha released the...
Tuesday October 23, 2018. 11:05 PM
Gibson announced today that James “JC” Curleigh will serve as the Nashville company’s president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), replacing ousted former CEO Henry Juszkiewicz. Curleigh previously served as president of the Levi’s brand for Levi Strauss and Co. Other new...
Monday October 22, 2018. 09:36 PM
My Fender Champ was built in 1962 in Fullerton, California. There were a few different variations of this amp, but this version started in 1957 with the 5F1 circuit giving it more gain when you crank the volume, and it was the cheapest amp Fender had made at the time since...
Week On Walking The Floor Amanda Shires stops by “Walking The Floor” world headquarters to discuss her closet-turned-writing-room and to drop pearls of John Prine wisdom. Oh, and she also FaceTimes her husband Jason Isbell for a little gear talk. About The Guest Amanda...
Saturday October 20, 2018. 08:00 AM
If you’ve been playing music long enough, you’ve probably experienced the hardship of losing gear you love. Whether sold to pay bills, swapped in an ill-advised gear trade, or stolen, lost gear leaves a painful memory for many musicians. Today, zZounds staffers are looking...
Friday October 19, 2018. 04:19 PM
Yamaha made a splash in the drum miking game when their SKRM-100 SubKick collaboration with session drummer Russ Miller was released in 2004. The practice of wiring a speaker in reverse to act as a transducer has been around for a long time in production, but was made widely ...
Tuesday October 16, 2018. 10:21 PM
What do a Fender Stratocaster, a Fender Jazzmaster, and a Gretsch 5420T have in common? If you said “each one has a vibrato system,” you’re correct. And, if you added an asterisk to your answer because each of their vibrato systems are different, then go ahead and give...
Monday October 15, 2018. 05:31 PM
Why do you need an analog mono synth? Surely any sound that you can make with an affordable, tabletop analog model like the IK Multimedia UNO can be recreated digitally, right? Wrong. Serious synth players know that analog has its own inimitable vibe and sound. As interest...
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