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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…

Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer Review

Yes, there might be thousands of overdrive pedals on the market, but the TS808 Tube Screamer is hard to beat for it’s well-roundness, popularity and overall versatility. Don’t get me wrong, these days there are plenty of boutique pedal builders that have designed overdrive pedals that are arguably better than the staple TS808 Tubescreamer. But, that doesn’t change the fact that this pedal is a classic, well-loved, and here to stay icon in the world of guitar playing.
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Guitar Buffer Pedal Knowledge – True Bypass vs Buffered Pedals

February 26, 2012
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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

July 30, 2011
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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

July 28, 2011
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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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