Jas Obrecht: Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Texas Flood” Sessions
May 19, 2023 Artists, Education, Gear History, Gear Tutorials, Recording
The inside story of the making of the landmark blues album and the gear used by SRV as told by people who were there.
Tags: b.b. king, blues guitar, buddy guy, Double Trouble, Dumble amplifier, electric blues, Fender amplifier, Fender Stratocaster, jackson browne, John Lee Hooker, srv, steel string singer, Texas Flood
Peter Hook—Revisiting Joy Division and Factory Records
Apr 21, 2023 Artists, Education, Gear History, Line 6 Artists, Recording, Thought Leadership
Barry Cleveland interviews the legendary bassist in celebration of Record Store Day—plus Hooky shares his HX Effects touring preset for free!
Tags: 24 hour party people, bernard sumner, cabaret voltaire, Durutti Column, ian curtis, Line 6 Helix, Line 6 HX Effects, new order, phil spector, post punk, tamla motown, unknown pleasures, yamaha bb bass
Dave Hunter: Tone in a Box Part 2 – Tone Tweaking Via Speaker Swapping
Feb 4, 2023 Education, Gear History, Gear Tutorials, Helix Amp & Effects Processor, Thought Leadership
Take a deep dive into the history of guitar speakers and explore how speaker swapping—physically or virtually—can reveal a treasure trove of tones.
Tags: Alnico Blue, Altec Lansing, Celestion Greenback, Celestion speakers, Fender Bassman, guitar speakers, James B Lansing, Jensen speakers, Line 6 Helix, Marshall stack, vox ac30
Dave Hunter: Tone in a Box Part 1 – Tone Tweaking Via Cab Swapping
Dec 21, 2022 Education, Gear History, Gear Tutorials, Helix Amp & Effects Processor, Thought Leadership
Learn all about speaker cabs and how they affect your tone—then explore the new cabs and cab parameter options in Helix 3.50 “The Cab Update.”
Tags: Fender Bassman, fender deluxe, Fender Tweed, fender twin, guitar amplifiers, guitar speakers, guitar tone, Helix 3.50 Update, Hiwatt, Line 6 Helix, Marshall 4x12, Roland Jazz Chorus, Sunn, vox ac30
Jas Obrecht: Jeff Beck the Fusion Years, Part 2 – Keep Your Ears Wide Open or Music Will Pass You By
Nov 17, 2022 Artists, Education, Gear History, Recording, Thought Leadership
Beck’s Wired and There and Back albums further broadened the horizon for future instrumental guitarists such as Steve Vai and Joe Satriani.
Tags: Fender Stratocaster, fusion guitarists, fusion music, George Martin, Gibson Les Paul, Jan Hammer, led zeppelin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Marshall amp, Minimoog, progressive rock, rock guitar, rock guitarists, Sunn
Jeff Schroeder: Ambient Sounds Pt. 1 – “Frippertronics”
Aug 25, 2022 Artists, Education, Gear History, Gear Tutorials, Line 6 Artists, Thought Leadership
The Smashing Pumpkins guitarist offers insights into ambient guitar playing and shares his “Frippertronics” Helix presets. Free Download!
Tags: ambient guitar, Brian Eno, Chords of Orion, Effects Pedals, Guitar Effects, helix floor, king crimson, Line 6 Helix, Line 6 HX Stomp, live looping, robert fripp, smashing pumpkins, tape loops
Carol Hatzinger – From Recording Revolutionary to Senior Director
Mar 22, 2022 Education, Gear History, Thought Leadership
For Women’s History Month we spotlight our Senior Director of Project Management, who helped engineer the ADAT recorder—changing everything!
Tags: Alesis ADAT, Alesis BRC, audio engineering, digital recording, Fostex, home recording, line 6, Line 6 AxSys 212, Line 6 HX Stomp, Line 6 POD, Oberheim, women's history month
Dave Hunter: Unsung British Guitar Amps from the Golden Age of Rock
Dec 14, 2021 Education, Gear History, Thought Leadership, Uncategorized
There were more than a few British companies making great guitar amplifiers during the ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s. We spotlight four of the most important ones.
Tags: British guitar amplifiers, Cream, Fleetwood Mac, Hiwatt amplifiers, Jeff Beck, jimi hendrix, Laney amplifiers, Selmer, Sound City, The Beatles, the who, vintage guitar amps, Watkins amplifiers, WEM amplifiers
Barry Cleveland: How Joe Meek Turned the Recording World Upside Down
Nov 2, 2021 Education, Gear History, Recording, Thought Leadership, Uncategorized
Is the mad genius behind the global hit “Telstar” and responsible for many recording “firsts” the most influential record producer and engineer ever?
Tags: audio engineering, audio production, home recording, home studio, Jimmy Page, record producer, recording engineer, Ritchie Blackmore, spring reverb, tape echo, tape recorder
Dave Hunter: Output Tube Types – Setting the Foundation of Your Tone
Oct 14, 2021 Education, Gear History, Gear Tutorials, Thought Leadership, Uncategorized
Learn why output tubes are an essential factor when it comes to tone, even when you’re choosing and dialing in amplifier models.
Tags: 6550, 6L6GC, 6V6GT, EL34, EL84, electric guitar, Fender amplifiers, guitar tone, jtm45, Marshall amplifiers, power tubes, tube amplifiers, Tube amps, tube tone
Barry Cleveland: How Les Paul Created His Extraordinary New Sound
Jan 20, 2021 Artists, Education, Gear History, Gear Tutorials, Recording, Thought Leadership
Barry Cleveland details the singular techniques behind the visionary guitarist and inventor’s revolutionary recordings.
Tags: guitar, home recording, les paul, mary ford, multi-track recording, music production, recording guitar, recording studio, recording techniques, sound-on-sound
Allan Holdsworth’s Baby – The Story of the Yamaha UD-Stomp Delay Pedal
Dec 16, 2020 Artists, Education, Gear History, Thought Leadership
The legendary Allan Holdsworth (1946-2017) explains how he replaced vast arrays of rack delays with the Yamaha pedal he codesigned.
Tags: Allan Holdsworth, Dan Epstein, Delay Pedals, Digital Delays, Eilon Paz, James Rotodi, Stompbox Book, stompboxes, Yamaha Magic Stomp, Yamaha UD-Stomp
Chris Gill: Nashville’s Dirty Secret – Country Music’s Founding Forefathers of Fuzz
Apr 8, 2020 Artists, Education, Gear History
Chris Gill recounts that years before and after the Stones recorded “Satisfaction,” fuzz guitar was featured on dozens of country singles.
Tags: blues guitar, country music, distortion, distortion pedal, fuzz, guitar, guitar effect, guitar effects pedal, guitarist, rock guitar, square wave distortion
