Sound Equipment Reviews & Tutorials

Find out how to many watts you need in a bass amp for gigging, jamming at home, practicing your chops, and playing with a band.

Compare 5 of the best bass amps for beginners, top-rated amplifiers from some of the biggest brand names in the bass guitar world.

Here is a review of the MojoMjo Overdrive from TC Electronic, an affordable guitar pedal with the sound and character to handle blues, country, and rock.

If you want your 6-string guitar to sound like a 12-string guitar, this may just be the guitar effects pedal for you.

Small 15 and 20-watt guitar amplifiers are popular today, but can you really use them for gigs? Maybe! Learn the best ways to do it, which useful features to look for in a low-wattage amp, and when you should really be considering a more powerful guitar amp.

The best portable guitar amp combines cool features with great sounds in a small, battery-powered package. Here are 5 awesome choices.

Check out my review of the Marshall DSL40C guitar amp. It’s a powerful, versatile tube combo from a legendary name in the guitar world.

There are a lot of distortion pedals out there, but not every one of them is a classic. These five are what I consider to be the five true classics.

Find out how Marshall, Fender and Peavey, three kings of the guitar amplifier world, stack up against each other. Learn which amps are best for which genre and level of guitar player.

If you play electric guitar and want to start building a pedal board, here are some tips on where to start.

Learn how many watts you need for a guitar amp based on your goals. Get advice on amplifiers for home use, playing in a band, recording and more.

Do you have a stack of records around, but don’t know how to properly clean and restore them? Here are some useful tips and solutions on how to restore your vinyl collection.

I was searching for an inexpensive and portable PA system with plenty of power. LyxPro's SPA-8 appeared to be the best option.

This is my review of the BlumWay USB Cassette-to-MP3 Converter. It digitizes audio and stores direct to a USB flash drive without a computer or software.

In this review you'll learn why the Fender Mustang Series modeling guitar amps are perfect for gigging and hobby guitarists alike

In live situations, you may prefer to use a pitch shifting pedal for drop tunings rather than bringing along an extra guitar. That’s where the DigiTech Drop Polyphonic Drop Tune Pitch-Shift Pedal comes in.