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Eventide ModFactor
July 2008 Eventide Stompboxes’ TimeFactor (reviewed in the December ’07 issue of GP) made many of the delay effects found in Eventide’s studio processors available in a relatively inexpensive pedal—and now ModFactor does the same for ... |
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Bench TestSeymour Duncan Blackouts
July 2008 Active pickups have certain advantages over passive designs in that they can deliver more output over an extended frequency range, they’re quieter and less susceptible to RF interference, and they have a less compressed dynamic response. ...
Field TestKustom ’72 Coupe Hardtop Head and 412 Speaker Cabs
The Kustom ’72 Coupe Hardtop head ($1,199 retail/$999 street) followed in the footsteps of the ’72 Coupe and ’36 Coupe combo amps—the latter of which received a very favorable review in the October 2005 issue of GP. Like those combos, ... Fight ClubReissue vs. Vintage Power Tubes
Even if you know zip about tubes, simply tossing around the names Mullard, Genalex, and Tung-Sol will have most filament heads thinking you’re one of their clan. Reason? Those companies were responsible for some of the most hallowed ... Vintage ValutEcco-Fonic Tape Echo
It didn’t take long after the advent of commercial reel-to-reel tape recorders in the 1940s before Les Paul and other studio engineers figured out a way to make “echo,” or tape delay, which sounded magical on the electric guitar. |
GearAll About Classic Tube Amp Circuits
This issue’s “All About” may seem like a mountain of a challenge to cover. You might expect the task of covering all the classic amp circuits requires a trawl through an A to Z compendium of every great amp ever made, but the fact is ... Shop Talk: Bored of the Rings?
I own a Kitty Hawk amplifier that makes a ringing sound, which I think is being caused by the power tubes. I’ve seen some amps with spring retainers on the power tubes—would those help get rid of the ringing? SE Electronics GM10
The GM10 Acoustic Guitar Recording System ($599 retail/$499 street, carrying case included) is an ingenious miking solution for engineers who go bug nut whenever a player scoots away from their carefully positioned microphones.
Editors PickIK Multimedia StompIO
When IK Multimedia’s AmpliTube software first appeared in 2002, remote control of its amp models and effects wasn’t much of an issue. Typically, you would record one sound per track, and when you wanted another sound, it was simply ... VHT Sig:X
At the 2008 Winter NAMM show, my favorite piece of gear was hands down the Sig X amp from VHT. (The name means “your signature here.”) When I sat in front of it for a demo, I saw what appeared Vox Virage SC
The legacy of the original Vox company is one of innovation, imagination, and the desire to build the best-quality instruments that the technology of the era could produce. Anyone familiar with Vox history knows of its legendary amplifiers, ... |
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