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January 2020, 25 : a new free guitar cabinet impulse responses collection is available. IRs were created with a Zilla® Fatboy (2*12) loaded with an 8 ohms Celestion® G12K100. This speaker is rarely proposed by cabinet and amp-makers but Diezel… Continue Reading →
Introduction Many preamp and distortion pedals are available on the market nowadays : from very affordable pedals to the most expensive ones. They have become very popular : some guitar players use them to compliment their existing gear and amps… Continue Reading →
January 2020, 19 : a new free guitar cabinet impulse response collection is available from overdriven.fr, based on a 8 ohms Celestion® G12T75. This classical speaker from the 80’s has been used by many cab vendors (including Marshall) and many… Continue Reading →
January 2020, 12 : a new free guitar cabinet impulse response collection is available from overdriven.fr, based on US WGS® Veteran 30 (Warehouse Guitar Speakers®). This speaker is often considered as an alternative to the classical Celestion® Vintage 30. On… Continue Reading →
Introduction A new blog entry for beginners : what are overdrive pedals used for ? Should you absolutely use one ? Are they mandatory for metal guitar ? How do you use them ? This is a small beginner’s guide… Continue Reading →
Introduction In this third post on impulse responses, we will take a look at the main recording technique used for (metal) guitar and we will introduce a basic equalization technique based on two filters : the high-pass and the low-pass… Continue Reading →
Schecter Guitars has added a new Silver Mountain lineup : check the new Silver Mountain models on their web site Schecter Guitars. You can check as well the 2020 page for the new models… : the 2020 models page. Check… Continue Reading →
ESP Guitars have unveiled a second serie of new guitars and basses for 2020. You can check them on ESP Guitars web site. If you missed “Phase I”, you can access it here : ESP Guitars 2020 models Phase I…. Continue Reading →
Introduction In this second post, we discuss the signal chain for using CAB impulse responses, as well as an introduction to software IR loaders. Signal chain : introduction It is the path that your guitar pickup signal will follow in… Continue Reading →
Introduction Impulse Response technology (IR) has become extremely popular among the guitar players community, from beginners to accomplished professional players.This technology allows the creation of sound footprints for a given hardware (a guitar CAB and a recording mic) and to… Continue Reading →