Guitar Technology

If you were to ask me which electric guitar I most pick up when I play for pleasure, not work, I do have an answer, absolutely and definitively.

Peter Wade talks to Paul White about his route into the industry, from starting out as an electronics engineer through to opening his own valve amp repair company, Revalver.

Paul White takes us through the history and evolution of guitar synths, from early attempts at creating onboard sounds and audio-to-MIDI pickups, through to using pedals and plug-ins to emulate synth effects.

I enjoyed the review of Caveman’s AP1 acoustic pedal in the October issue [www.soundonsound.com/reviews/caveman-audio-...

Does it matter how you deliver power to your pedalboard?

Every serious studio can make use of a high‑quality pedalboard, but putting one together that’s truly versatile requires a plan...

The lovely thing about electric guitars is that you can tweak them to your own preferences in terms of both how they feel to play and in what features you add to them.

The EBow is a small plastic‑cased gadget, powered by a 9V battery, and when it’s hovered over a guitar string, it causes it to vibrate...

SOS's Paul White has been fascinated by guitar synthesizers ever since he first encountered one and has owned or tested most models over the decades. Here's his story...

I've got a recording of an acoustic guitar that I'm loath to re‑record, but there are several sections in which string buzz is...

With the massive strides software has made in recent years, there are now more ways to record the electric guitar...

I am a regular reader and consider myself fairly well informed, but I'm struggling to find the answer to a really simple...

Electrical noise — hiss, buzz and hum — is something that plagues every electric guitarist to some degree, but noise comes in a variety of forms and it is important to establish exactly which kind(s) you are experiencing in order to devise an appropriate solution.

I bought a Boss guitar effects processor the other day and noticed that the guitar sounds a lot better through it than it does just straight into my mixer. Also, could the sound from my mic be similarly improved by getting a stand-alone voice channel for it, rather than just putting it through the mixer?

I am having serious earthing problems which are making it difficult for me to record a clean guitar sound. All my leads are good, and I don't have this problem with any of my other equipment — just the guitar stuff. Could it be a problem with my domestic mains supply?