Moving an amp offstage into an isolation booth can help reducing stage noise, increasing room on the stage, and improving the sound of the amp through the house speakers. Leave it to Radial to help electric guitarists work with isolation booths. I'll leave it to Radial to describe their SGI ... Read More
Guitar amps, on the stage, can be a burden for the sound tech. They can be too loud and even blast out the people who are in front of the guitar's amplifier. You can take control of these stage amps and still meet the needs of the musician. Getting a handle on stage amps isn't too hard as ... Read More
This last mystery wonderfully represents the trap in which all of us can fall. This time, the story comes from Brian Gowing who used his SUPER-HUMAN POWER OF OBSERVATION to discover the solution to the mysterious problem. Let's go to Brian to explain what happened... Details of the case "I’m ... Read More
Guitars can energize a mix or absolutely destroy it. I've watched rookies look dumb-struck at the mixing console because they didn't know how to handle mixing two guitars. Mixing two guitars is a simple process in which you do the same thing to each guitar channel EXCEPT with one added ... Read More
A DI unit, DI box, Direct Box or simply DI is an electronic device that connects a high impedance line level signal that has an unbalanced output (a.ka. a piece of equipment) to a low impedance mic level balanced input, usually via XLR connector. DIs are frequently used to connect an electric ... Read More
Karl Verkade is a music director for Life Church in Southern California. You can find him on his web site Guitar For Worship posting up great articles like "Chorus Pedal Shootout" and "Amp Tone: Styles of Power Tubes." I've hit him with some hard questions like ... Read More
Gerry Leslie runs [2013 update: ran] a great web site called Worship Guitar Guy: Random Thoughts From A Worship Guitar Perspective. He covered everything from effects to tone to his own thoughts on worship. He recently started a blog series called Worship Chords Exposed. I asked Gerry a few ... Read More
