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Dirt boxes probably comprise the majority of effects pedals sold and utilized by guitar players. Whether at home, in the studio, or on stage - guitarists love to have an endless variety of distortions, overdrives, and (my personal favorite) fuzzes to choose from as we desperately try to replicate the noises in our heads. However, these endless choices often...

The reach of Dream Theater’s axeman John Petrucci spans well beyond the prog-rock/metal scene.  Petrucci is in the elite class of a player’s player that frequently sends mere mortals back to the woodshed until strings break or fingers bleed. The Illuminator DP256 Neck and DP257 Bridge were unleashed in 2013 as Petrucci’s newest signature set of pickups. While testing and...

The climax of The Witch is a lot like that of The Crucible, in which rampant paranoia fatally tears apart a New England colonial community. But in this case, there unequivocally is an actual witch. And it is perhaps even more tragic because the community is just a single nuclear family. With parent turning against child, and sibling targeting...

I have a long time love affair with the 15-inch guitar speaker. My first real amp was an Oliver Powerflex 502. 35 watts of real tube power through a single 15-inch speaker. It all seemed so magical to me. I am not the only guitarist with a love for 15-inch speakers. Guitarist Dick Dale’s blasted through a Fender Dual Showman...

Shopping for speaker cabinets can be confusing.  The combinations of woods, sizes and finishes can be daunting. The people at Soundsrite Audio the makers of Rocket Cab have made the task a lot easier. Soundsrite Audio has an intelligent user-driven interface on their website. The user need only select the category they are interested in. Solid Pine Guitar Cabinets,...

Who likes having tonal variations?  I thought so!  You have a humbucker with all those wiring options and you have a special sound in mind best achieved by split or parallel or phase wiring options.  It can add the convenience of not having to swap guitars or amp settings.  Wouldn’t that be the cat’s pajamas?! Who likes to drill new...

With SXSW Interactive Festival as the backdrop, Best Damn Brewing Co. continues its mission to bring you the best damn thing you've had all day by launching Best Damn Beer Gear. In the following months, the brand will release a series of one-of-a-kind items designed to help people enjoy cold Best Damn brews in innovative ways and in different...

Advances in technology make our tools and gadgets increasingly smaller and more and more powerful. This is definitely apparent in the world of projectors. Gone are the mammoth bulb driven monsters we would drag across town to meetings. Pocket-sized HD cameras are now the rage. Serial connectors are also a thing of the past. These bulky connectors have been...

Video Game Roundtable Episode 250: One In, One Out. This week is a celebration of the 250th episode of the Videogame Roundtable, and Dan Quick is back for the special edition, joining fellow Polycaster Scott Dirk to play some bingo games for money and discuss some new topics. However, TJ Denzer was at the bowling alley, so he wasn't...

A skilled luthier is worth their weight in gold, especially when it comes to more advanced tech work. There are a lot of things the average Joe can do for themselves, however. What’s even better, many of them don’t require don’t require fancy tools. Here are a few of my favorite “MacGyver-style” tech tricks that use things you probably...