Tim Pierce’s Studio Guitar: Layering Guitar Parts, 2
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Keith Richards inspires Joe Gore to experiment with using a lavalier microphone to record a guitar. With audio samples.
The weird, wonderful world of simultaneously using two tremolo units. With sound files.
With this early-1940s Martin OOO-28 repair challenge, the story is really about how the original must have been produced and how to replicate that.
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Print and audio: Our 12,000-word conversation covers songwriting, spirituality, heroes, and the anatomy of the EJ Signature Stratocaster.
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Video lesson: Expert jazz guitarist Wayne Goins shows how to play one of the sweetest guitar styles ever.






















