How To Set Up An Electric Guitar, Pt. 1 – The Archtop!

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Salutations, all you weekend warriors!! I’m sure you’re probably all getting ready for your latest gig tonight, or that pressing recording session comin’ up. Regardless, I thought I’d share the wealth and let you look over my shoulder as I show you how to set up an electric guitar – specifically, for this first article, …

The 7 Best Electric Guitars Under $200 for 2020!

GUITAR 200 CARTOONED EXCERPT

Ever teach music?? I have for over three decades now, and every once in a while the inevitable gear questions come up from a pupil. Like this week’s… : “Hey, Teaj, I’m going to buy my first electric guitar. Which one should I get??” And he thought he was going to get a simple answer. …

Shure SM7B Review – A Shot At Michael’s Mic!

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Is there such a thing as “Concert Envy”? I think there is. See, my wife just loves to tease me with the fact that SHE got to see Michael Jackson on his tour after the release of the “Thriller” album, and I… did not. Not fair! But I’ve got something over her too –  I …

The Cloudlifter – Activate That Mic, Will Ya?!

Cloudlifter CARTOONED

Quick – what’s the most powerful rocket ever made by man?! It’s not Elon Musk’s “Falcon Heavy”, if that’s what you guessed. It’s the “Saturn V”, our tallest and most powerful rocket that took us to the moon and back seven times. We needed that conquering power to boost us up and beyond our gravity, …

Stop Comparing Yourself To Others! – You + Gear = YOU-niqueness!

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We do a ton of music equipment research here at Serious G.A.S. And we LOVE IT! Not only because of YOU, our super song-forgin’ friends, but also because we genuinely dig music and the gear that makes it. Throughout all this research, we often find ourselves watching live, or virtually online, some uber-skilled, insanely-impressive musical …

Event Monitor Speakers – The Case for Clarity!

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Who’s got perfect vision?!! I don’t know about “perfect”, but I’ve had 18/20 vision & never needed glasses for most of my life. In the last couple years though, things have started to get blurry. If I take my beautiful wife out for a romantic dinner in a dimly-lit restaurant, for example, it’s difficult to …