Features

Special feature articles, including interviews and opinion pieces

Orange Amps Blog

Orange Amplification launches their own blog, featuring gig reports, artist news, gear information and more. Related Feature:Stolen Amp Retrieval Story Becomes a Social Media Hit This will serve as an outlet to showcase Orange Amps’ history, current technology and relevance to the music scene. The gig reports will showcase the talents of Orange endorsees. Featuring

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Microphone Mania

A New Prospective on Microphone Technology by Dean L. Farley. Over the 35 years since I took up playing the guitar, I have been continually intrigued and mystified by a microphone’s ability to dramatically and (sometimes) drastically affect your guitar’s sound in both recording and live performance applications. For this review, we decided to concentrate

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Line 6 Now Under Yamaha

Music gear giant Yamaha announces acquisition of popular amp and effects modeling manufacturer Line 6. Related Feature:Variax HD Upgrade This is big news for the guitar community because it expands Yamaha’s guitar processing products and pro-audio equipment and it lends Yamaha’s global presence and years of experience to Line 6. This is expected to result

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Guitar Pickups Explained

by Kurt Prange Passive (i.e. battery-free) electric guitar circuits are relatively simple and the possibilities for customization are endless. A basic understanding of pickups, potentiometers, capacitors and switches is all you need to get creative and take more control of your instrument’s voice on an electronic level. Where does the electric guitar signal come from?

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