Monthly Archive: March 2010

Confessions of an Effects Newb II: The Foundation

Oddly enough, this post will have little to do with effects in general. Mainly because there are a lot of other things that go into having a really good pedal board that I never thought of, until I started down this path of standalone stomp boxes. Firstly, how about the board itself? Not a necessity, …

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Freelancing: Double Booking

Or: How to do it, how to fix it and still remain a dependable musican. At some point in your musical career, it WILL happen. You’ll accept a gig only to find out later that you already had a gig lined up for that particular day. For a freelance musician, this can be very tenuous. …

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Confessions of an Effects Newb I: Intro

For the longest time (which means from when I picked up an electric bass, saying “surely this will get me the chicks!” to now), I really wrote off effects as gimmicks. I was fully immersed in the “I can do it all with my fingers” camp, and to be honest, to an extent I can. …

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