Guitar Pedal and Effects Blog
Guitar rebuild Part 05 - Adding a waterslide decal to the guitar headstock
Written by Helmut Watterott
What we tried to achieve here was a very clean matt headstock. Black decal on white. We wanted the logo to be applied in a way that you can't see how it was applied.
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Written by Helmut Watterott
Guitar rebuild Part 04 - Fret Leveling and using a Fret Rocker
Written by Helmut Watterott
In this video we use the fret rocker to check for frets that might be hight or low and adjust them with a file. we also ase a fret board protector to prevent any damage to the fret board near the frets we are working on.
Guitar rebuild part 03 - Cleaning the fret board and using the truss rod to straighten the neck
Written by Helmut Watterott
Guitar rebuild project part 3, Fret and fret board cleaning and straightening the neck
Guitar rebuild part 02 - The guitar parts that we are going to use
Written by Helmut Watterott
Video two of our guitar rebuild project. In this video we just show the parts we intend to use.
The DigiTech Grunge pedal is a high gain affordable distortion pedal. The sounds is full and good and but the gain seems a bit higher than I would expect for a 'grunge' tone.
Guitar rebuild part 01 - Guitar details and stripdown
Written by Helmut Watterott
Over the next months I will be reviving an old westfield guiter (note no caps on westfiled, just doesn't deserver it). This is the first video to introduce the project.
Interview with Sine Effect Electronics Glasgow, Scotland
Written by Helmut Watterott
New guitar and bass effects company based in Glasgow, Scotland. Effects designed and built by a musician with other musicians in mind. Suddenly craving a new tone? It's a Sine.
Behringer Tube Ultragain MIC200 demo and review
Written by Helmut Watterott
The Behringer Ultragain MIC200 vacuum tube preamp is a great value standalone mic preamp that can also be used for line in and guitar or instruments. In this demo we use the Behringer c2 small diaphragm mics as mics. These are just awesome.
How to get a tube valve into your guitar preamp stage
Written by Helmut Watterott
Valve Preamp for guitar amp by using the Behringer MIC200 vacuum tube preamp. The Behringer MIC200 is a vacuum tube pre-amp. It is mainly used for mic pre-amping but due to its versatility it can be used to warm up any signal in need of a preamp.
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A quick demo and review of the PylePro PDMIC78 dynamic cardoid pattern instrument microphone
Written by Helmut Watterott
A quick demo and review of the PylePro PDMIC78 dynamic cardoid pattern instrument microphone. This is a great microphone and at very low price. 'Kinda' marketed as a shure sm57 alternative it looks the same and is great for instruments such as electric guitars, trumpets, snares, toms or other loud instruments...
Interview with Stonefly Effects, handmade boutique guitar pedals from Montreal
Written by Helmut Watterott
Say hello to Marc-Eric from Stonefly effects. He kindly added his interview via our form.
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