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The world of musical electronics has been graced with giants, and we have benefited from their contributions. For many of them, simply seeing the results of their inspiration has been [...]

THE ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN Editors' Choice Awards have become an institution. And there's a saying that 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it.' But our slogan is, 'If it ain't broke-then [...]

THERE ARE a lot of compact audio interfaces on the market geared for project and live recording environments. Most of these consist of up to eight analog inputs and provide [...]

HOW MANY TECHNIQUES CAN YOU THINK OF THAT ARE NAMED AFTER actual guitar players? And no. I'm not talking about descriptions such as 'Van Halen-style tapping' or 'Wes Montgomery Octaves.' [...]

IF YOU WANT TO START A LONG, controversial, and irresolvable argument, assemble a group of guitarists and lob this one into their midst: 'What is the quintessential rock guitar?' Then [...]

IN THE LATE 1960s, ROCK BEGAN TO EVOLVE FROM SHORT POP SONGS BEST SUITED to the lo-fi bandwidth of AM radio and cheesy sounding 45's to higher-fidelity, stereo-ready FM, long-playing [...]

YOU CAN KEEP YOUR FLASHY TELE pickers, with all their hybrid pick-and-fingers workarounds (cheaters!), their feather-light strings (wimps!), and their glass -bright pickups (glitterati!). If you want to hear real [...]

LOTS OF AMERICAN GUITARISTS WHO take a patriotic view of their music like to trace the lineage of rock and roll from blues to country to rockabilly and finally to [...]

DESPITE WHAT LEGEND AND LORE MAY tell you, the blues did not originate in the Delta. It grew out of the African American experience in the early 20th Century, wherever [...]

ONE OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED, all-inclusive, and truly mesmerizing guitar styles is chord melody. A hybrid of rhythmic accompaniment and lead playing, this approach finds the guitarist providing the melody, [...]

TEXAS JUST HAS ITS OWN WAY OF DOING things, from politics co barbecue to music. So when big band swing jazz swept through the country in the '30s and '40s, [...]

IF YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY PLAYING the blues, well, it's gonna be tough--your best bet may be to get yourself an electric guitar, land a steady gig with a [...]

Zakk Wylde never set out to be a metal god--despite the fact that with his flowing blond hair, full beard, and impressive physique he looks like Thor with a Les [...]

Why should electric guitarists have all the fun when it comes to digitally modeled sound? Isn't there just as much quest for variety, experimentation, and a spirit of technological adventurousness [...]

Byline: Jon Chappell Computer prices keep plunging, but you can save even more - while optimizing your computer for music in the process - by building your own. However, unlike [...]

EVERY YEAR, Electronic Musician's esteemed panel of judges climbs into the corporate jet, arrives at our executive villa on Kona, and breaks out the no-limit credit cards for a month [...]

SUMMARY STRENGTHS: Great core sounds, useful orchestral combinations, striking effects; integrates well with ARIA Player, making good use of the EQ, ADSR, and filter controls. LIMITATIONS: None, especially considering the [...]

Fishman is a manufacturer whose reputation is built on the specialized task of amplifying acoustic instruments, from pickups to effects to amps to P.A. systems. The Loudbox family of amps [...]