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Strings Attached

There’s this strange cycle I’ve noticed in my life as a guitarist: I seem to sell every acoustic guitar I ever buy.

Last weekend was supposed to be the one. A glorious return to the home studio, a full-on jam session where three guys

There are moments in life that carve themselves so deeply into memory they never leave. For Jeff and his at the time

The Night I First Heard Adam Evil and the Outside Royalty Some nights stick with you, etched into memory, not because of

When I was twenty-two, success as a musician had a very specific picture: dudes crammed in a van, a tour, and hopefully

Some nights I open up Logic, stare at the empty track, and… nothing. Just that blinking cursor when the screen just blinks

I’ve always been a gearhead when it comes to guitars, amps, and pedals, just like some people are with cars. For a

I’m in my 40s, with a full-time job that sends me across the country once a month. My wife works just as

That Checkerboard Floor Back in the late ’90s and early 2000s, if you were in a Pittsburgh rock band with original songs

What is a Hiwatt Hi-Gain 50? Where’s the Info? Let’s start with the obvious: there’s not much on the internet about the Hiwatt