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Guitar talk grounded in real rigs: pedalboards, amps, technique, gear.
Tone Talk
Gear discussion: is this preset too dark, which pedal first, amp settings.
Setup & Maintenance
Neck relief, intonation, fret level, sprout, action.
Rig Diaries
Show-and-tell, rig walkthroughs, build threads.
Phone a Friend
Direct asks. "My G drifts after bends, what's wrong?"
Off-Topic
Pasta water, why your cat likes the amp on, music recs.
Article discussion
Comments threaded to specific magazine articles.
Show your rig, share your take, leave the snark at the door.Pick a room, or post wherever fits. Moderators move threads when needed.
Fight About This: Boss MT-2 Metal Zone (Suede 100 #100, 2026)
This list is biased
Discussion: Blood for Blood.
Comments on "Blood for Blood." by @jason.
Fight About This: Roland RE-201 Space Echo (Suede 100 #21, 2026)
Legendary device. This should be top 5!!!!
Quad Cortex captures vs TONEX One for a silent-stage fly rig?
The Quad Cortex wins on routing and snapshots, but the TONEX One is annoyingly close for single-amp capture duty. I am trying to keep the whole rig under one carry-on and one backpack. Anyone running
Label both ends of every patch cable before your next teardown.
A tiny label on the plug and the board-side jack saved a full hour during rehearsal last night. The board came apart for a power swap and went back exactly how it left. Also: write the power draw on
Dream '65 direct sounds great solo, too polished in the track.
I am sending Dream '65 into a Canvas Stereo, then interface. In isolation it is perfect. In a dense pop mix it feels airbrushed and loses the pick edge. Do I add a little front-end compression, swap