Archive for February, 2010

How Can I achieve a Metallica/ Metal distortion on an Epiphone Les Paul?

Im a very new guitarist and recently purchased a Epi Les Paul and a 10kk Marshall Amp. I have a clean sound when played but having trouble getting a distorted metal sound. Also would like to flip the switch and have a clean and distorted sound. Do I need a distorter or could i [...]

My Microphone won’t pick up ALL my vocals! Help!?

Hi, I am in a starting metalcore band. I have been screaming and singing clean vocals for almost 3 years of good solid hard practice. April of 2009, i bought a Samson C10U usb Condenser Microphone (they are like $185 [I included the tax] here in Ontario, Canada). I only need a mic for recording [...]

How do you make heavy metal sounds with an Sp-10 amplifier for the electric guitar?

It is a baby amp by fender. It is a squier Sp-10 amp. I want to make sounds like Metallica and Disturbed. Help please or tell me some distortion pedals that make metal sounds
Get a EHX metal muff or just mess around with the eq, try less mid, more bass and treble, and always [...]

DIGITECH RP50 TEST 3 SOUND CLEAN AND DISTORTION

DIGITECH RP50
FENDER STRATO
AMP PYLE PRO
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Cool Cat Distortion

http://www.dolphinstreet.com
Cool Cat Distortion – inexpensive, true bypass, metal casing. Great tone. The knobs are located in a somewhat awkward spot, but otherwise this pedal rocks.
Guitar used: Suhr Classic (single-coils) but it also sounds great with a humbucker guitar.
For more info on the amp, go to http://www.mackamps.com
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Visual Sound GarageTone Pedals Winter NAMM 2010 Demo

More info at www.sweetwater.com. Five new pedals from Visual Sound kick off the innovative guitar effects makers’ GarageTone series. These effects are positioned as boutique flavor at an affordable price. They feature simple controls and small-footprint standard stompbox bodies. The line consists of the Oil Can Phaser, Chainsaw Distortion, Drivetrain Overdrive (a redesigned version of [...]

NAMM ‘10 – Source Audio Multiwave Distortion, Multiwave Bass Distortion & Classic Distortion Demos

http://www.premierguitar.com PG’s Rebecca Dirks is On Location in Anaheim, CA, for the 2010 NAMM Show where she visits the Source Audio booth. In this segment, we get to see three of their newest effects pedals — the Multiwave Bass Distortion, Multiwave Distortiong (guitar) and the Classic Distortion.
The Soundblox Multiwave Bass Distortion features the same multi-band [...]

How can I check for turntable stylus wear?

Is there any way to check a stylus for wear without having access to a microscope?
I know that a diamond stylus is usually good for a few hundred hours play, and that eventually a worn stylus will be clearly evident by distorted sound, but as I understand, the stylus can already have been causing damage [...]

I have a Fender FM 25 DSP Amp and distortion pedal is there any way i can sound like metallica?

I am also getting a DigiTech RP90 Guitar Multi Effects Pedal today if that can help.
I’ve put some links below to help give you a perspective on what other people say, and the manual if it helps you dial in the tone you’re looking for.
Since I don’t know what type of distortion pedal you have, [...]

RCA mp3 audio question?

I have a RCA mp3 player( black, square, buttons on each side) and only channel of sound works. I can hear the background music like karaoke, but the words are very faint and distorted. does anyone know what is wrong?
check under the music settings(idk wat its called on yours)and see what the equalizer is set [...]