What You Need To Know When Buying A Guitar Amplifier

The first year I taught private guitar lessons the mother of a 10 year old student asked me where she could find a Marshall full stack for her son. He had specifically asked for this particular amplifier. (This is the amp you see on stage at Woodstock.) Obviously, I suggested something slightly more compact and less powerful. At the same time, nothing is more frustrating than playing with a drummer and not being heard because your amp is too small. The following article is designed to help you make the best decision about what amp to buy.

Lets begin by clearing up a few misconceptions:

How to play Guitar

This article will cover the basics that most all guitar teachers will teach in their first few lessons. If you are already taking lessons this will make a great review and if you have never played before this is the place to start.

A quick overview on the parts of a guitar:

                                              

So your child wants to learn to record, what now?

The days of giant tape machines and mixers that would not even fit in the back of a minivan are long gone. In fact, you can fit everything you need to have a recording studio into an average size back pack. What makes buying recording equipment so difficult is the millions of options you have to choose from. As a matter of fact, if you hop on one of the main recording equipment websites, you will find 256 different interfaces (one of the main parts of a modern studio). So out of the hundreds of options, which is right for you? That is what this article will explain.

Studio Design Part 2

So we have finished our recording studio! You can read all the planning materials on our Studio Design part 1 post here .

Our recording studio has 3 rooms: a Control Room, a Tracking Room, and an Overdub Booth. Here are pictures of the room before we got started.

The Overdub Booth before we got started