Guitar Accessories

Six String Sensei is taking a close look at the DiMarzio and Steve Lukather collaboration that has resulted in the DiMarzio Transition pickups. We have a pair of humbuckers perfectly matched for a dual humbucking guitar: The DP255 Transition Bridge and the DP254 Transition Neck pickups.

The SixStringSensei review of these pickups will be a little different than most pickup reviews on the web. We’re not comparing a great DiMarzio pickup to another great DiMarzio pickup to tell you how one has more bass than the other… or how one is more articulate, more chimey, or more bell-like… or any of those other adjectives that don’t really translate well from paper and computer screen to your ears.

DiMarzio Transition Humbuckers

Reviewing the DiMarzio Transition Humbuckers. The new DP255 bridge and the DP254 neck.

Apart from the obvious, more or less bass, clarity and quality of tone, depth and output and such identifying qualities… Other descriptions vary too much from ear to ear, amp to amp and guitar to guitar to properly describe a [click to continue…]

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The Six String Sensei Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer Review

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The Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer is one of the most famous overdrive pedals of all time. It also happens to be one of my favorites… It’s pretty much glued to my pedal board forever. So here’s my Ibanez TS808 review… Yes, there might be thousands of overdrive pedals on the market, but the TS808 Tube [...]

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Guitar Buffer Pedal Knowledge – True Bypass vs Buffered Pedals

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The third and last part of the Six String Sensei Absolute One Stop Guide to the Guitar Pedal Board has to do with true-bypass vs. buffered pedals and location options for a guitar buffer pedal – A VERY debated subject. In the previous feature on guitar effects pedal order we focused on the general rules [...]

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Guitar Effects Pedal Order – Part of the Absolute One Stop Guide

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As part of the Six String Sensei Absolute One Stop Guide to the Guitar Pedal Board we take an in-depth look into the correct order for guitar effects pedals. In our last feature on the guitar pedal board it was mentioned that we had left out 2 important aspects of setting up a board, these [...]

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The Absolute One Stop Guide to the Guitar Pedal Board

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Building the perfect Guitar Pedal Board is an art in itself. Just like playing guitar. Guitar pedal boards are an essential element in the rig of countless effect loving guitarists out there. In other words, a great deal of you. Since I love gadgets so much and effects pedals are such an essential part of [...]

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The Mighty Reverb Pedal – Guitar Effect of Springy Goodness

June 25, 2011
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A few days ago I wrote a column about the best distortion pedal so I thought I should follow suit with a reverb pedal piece. Yes, I could’ve have written about wahs, or delay pedals and what not, but I chose reverb for a number of reasons. First of all, who doesn’t like reverb? Umm, [...]

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The Best Distortion Pedal. Really?

June 11, 2011
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The Best Distortion Pedal I’m going to spill the beans right away here… Is there really such a thing as the best distortion pedal? Well, the short answer is NO. The long answer would be: There are a number of VERY good, if not incredibly awesome distortion pedals out there. Ever since the first distortion [...]

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Guitar Cases for Every Guitarist

June 6, 2011
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Guitar aficionados and avid players love their guitars. They love them so much that protecting them oftentimes becomes an obsession. For that very reason, the importance of owning a guitar case for your priced possession has become almost as important as owning the guitar itself. The vast amount of cases available on the market, by [...]

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