Epiphone 1958 Korina Explorer: Reach New Sonic Horizons
Epiphone captures the style and sound of the legendary Gibson ’58 Korina Explorer at a price anyone can enjoy! First released by Gibson in 1958, the original Korina Explorers proved far too futuristic for contemporary guitarists. As a result, less than 50 were ever built. With the Explorer eventually finding an audience in the ’70s […]
Gibson 80s Explorer Demo: Flashback to the 1980s
Dressed in black and loaded with attitude, the Gibson 80s Explorer doesn’t hold back. The Gibson 80s Explorer is based on an example from 1984, which will bring you back to the days of hairspray and guitar heroes. A slim taper neck profile makes riffing up the neck a breeze while you’re ripping solos in […]
Drum Workshop: The Beginnings of a Great American Brand
Drum Workshop has been an elite, American-made drum and hardware brand for over 50 years. Their artist roster reflects the high-quality approach they take to their kits, and their time in business is a testament to that fact. But before handcrafted DW drum kits began flying off the line, their sole focus was on drum […]
Walrus Audio Fundamental Pedals Make Boutique Quality Accessible
Walrus Audio has always crafted high-fidelity, intriguing pedals fit for studio or stage. To help musicians of all levels discover the Walrus magic, they’ve crafted the Fundamental series of pedals. Each Fundamental pedal includes three sliders for tweaking, plus a three-way switch for changing pedal modes. The result is a line of 8 pedals that […]
They’ve Gone Mini! Fishman AFX Pedals Are Back and Smaller Than Ever.
The Fishman AFX line was originally founded on preserving acoustic tone while offering a host of effects and utility to the players using them. Even today, they still carry a cult-like following among players looking to build out a pedalboard with limited options in the acoustic space. Now, Fishman is bringing back their line of […]
Flagship Tone: Mesa/Boogie Mark VII
When you require larger than life tone, then there’s no other choice than Mesa/Boogie’s Mark VII. Boasting three channels (with three voices per channel!), the Mark VII ranges from sparkling clean to bone-crunching distortion — and everything in between. As the flagship of the Mesa/Boogie lineup, this amp has all the bells and whistles: Multi-Watt […]
TASCAM Portacapture X6: TikTok Audio Hack
Any independent musician in this day and age knows how important social media is. Love it or hate it, the apps are the best way to get your name out there and your talent noticed. It is no surprise that TikTok has taken the world by storm with its massive user base, intelligent algorithm, and […]
Fender Tone Master Princeton vs Tube Princeton
When the Fender Tone Master Princeton Reverb was announced, I was pretty intrigued. I’ve played my ’65 Princeton Reverb for a long time now, and it has become one of my favorite guitar amp designs of all time. Nothing on my amp has been modified, so I thought it would be fun to compare the […]
A Full-Stack of Overdriven Marshall Amp Tone in a Pedal?
Marshall’s history of designing guitar pedals dates back to the late 1960s. But in the late ’80s, music was changing, and the need for a dimed-out Marshall distortion tone was higher than ever. Enter the Mark 1 series of Marshall distortion pedals. Within this original lineup, two pedals in particular — the DriveMaster and ShredMaster […]
