Natural Form: Capturing The Sound Of Acoustic String Instruments By PSW Staff • August 2, 2019 Acoustic guitar, upright bass, violin, mandolin, banjo – all produce a sweet, airy sound that can be captured with the right approach. Acoustic music heard… Read More
Church Sound: Guitar Amps In Your Worship Services By Wayne DuCharme • May 28, 2019 Many worship teams now include an electric guitar to reproduce the growing number of contemporary worship songs found on the radio and used in churches… Read More
In The Studio: How To Build A Guitar Amp Isolation Box By Bobby Owsinski • May 6, 2019 OK, you live in an apartment or have some neighbors with sensitive ears so you can’t crank up that Marshall to get your sound. What… Read More
Roundtable: A Plethora Of Approaches For Dealing With Guitar Inputs By PSW Staff • April 8, 2019 “Given a choice, what’s your preferred approach to handling guitar inputs?” It’s an open-ended question, to be sure and on purpose, with our panel of… Read More
In The Studio: My Favorite Guitar Amp Miking Technique By Bobby Owsinski • March 18, 2019 There are about as many ways to mike an electric guitar amp cabinet as there are opinions on which music is the best, but there’s… Read More
10 Points To Consider Before Recording Electric Guitar By Bobby Owsinski • February 26, 2019 There’s so much more that goes into recording an electric guitar that goes beyond just slamming a 57 up against the grill cloth of the… Read More
Getting The Electric Guitar Monster Under Control By M. Erik Matlock • February 21, 2019 During a quest to explore Belize and Mexico with my wife, I came across the last thing I expected to find… A professional guitar player. Read More
Careful With That Ax, Eugene: An Approach To Optimizing Guitars In The Mix By Chris Mitchell • February 8, 2019 The guitar players in Umphrey’s McGee (the band that I work with) are masters of their craft. Not only are they great players, they can… Read More
That Modern Church Sound By Samantha Potter • January 21, 2019 I’ve been to my fair share of church services, and more than my fair share of contemporary/modern church services. Some of the mixes I hear… Read More
Nashville’s Molly Tuttle Performs With Sennheiser And Neumann By PSW Staff • December 12, 2018 Molly Tuttle burst onto the bluegrass scene as a solo artist just last year with the release of her EP Rise, but… Read More
Jim “Kimo” West Picks Telefunken By PSW Staff • December 3, 2018 Jim Kimo West, well known as the versatile guitarist for “Weird Al” Yankovic, is also recognized as one of the world’s top… Read More
In The Studio: EQ And Compression Techniques For Vocals, Acoustic Guitar By Cliff Goldmacher • November 28, 2018 As an engineer/producer, one of my biggest early challenges was getting my mixes to sound as polished and balanced as the mixes of songs on… Read More
Ricky Skaggs Performs At 2018 CMA Awards With Sennheiser & Neumann By PSW Staff • November 16, 2018 Sennheiser and Neumann wireless microphones were recently deployed for the 52nd Annual Country Music Association (CMA) Awards for multiple Grammy Award-winning… Read More
STL Tonality Howard Benson Guitar Plugin Suite Now Available By PSW Staff • November 12, 2018 STL Tones announces the release of the STL Tonality Howard Benson guitar plugin suite, the first in the ongoing STL Tonality series of… Read More
Seven Critical Steps To Take When Preparing To Record Acoustic Guitar By Bobby Owsinski • October 29, 2018 Sure, you're ready for your session, but has the artist done everything he can? Read More
