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Your Guitar Rig: Using Delay, Part I

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by Gordon Kahan on June 27, 2009

No doubt, delay is my favorite effect, unless you consider distortion an effect. Delay adds a depth and richness to my tone that I can’t live without. There are many ways to apply delay (which is also called echo). Before getting into the applications, though, let’s go over the basic parameters of a delay effect: [click to continue…]

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Your Guitar Rig – The Quest for Perfect Tone

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by Gordon Kahan on June 26, 2009

“I can name that guitarist in three notes”. Think of any great guitarist and you immediately think of their tone, their “sound”. The first time I became aware of this was when I was eleven, three years before I even began playing guitar.  Van Halen I: the sci-fi synth-drone, a pulsing bass and then, bam! Guitar chords so big I wanted to jump up and shout, “Hallelujah!”  From that instant on I knew I had to play the electric guitar. [click to continue…]

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