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Best EQ Pedal for Metal

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Are you trying to find the missing ingredient to unlocking your ultimate guitar tone? An EQ pedal can be an excellent effect to add to your signal chain. These pedals allow a guitarist to shape their guitar's tone with pinpoint accuracy. We'll take a look a the best EQ pedals for metal so you can see which one might be right for unlocking your bombastic tones. If you're … [Read more...] about Best EQ Pedal for Metal

Best Compressor Pedal for Metal

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Compressor pedals can pack a punch for any guitarist as these pedals can add life to any signal chain. A compressor essentially aims to add balance to a guitar tone by subtracting over-prominent tonal characteristics and adding lesser-prominent characteristics. The resulting tone can be more well-rounded, with more sustain and a lesser degree of attack.  These handy pedals … [Read more...] about Best Compressor Pedal for Metal

Best Guitar Amps for Metal

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Are you looking for the best guitar amps for metal? This article will help to demystify the amplifier market, especially for those that are metal guitarists. High-gain and heavily distorted guitar tones are the most important things to look for in a good metal amp. Many metal guitarists prefer to use natural amp distortion over stomp box distortion pedals. Because of … [Read more...] about Best Guitar Amps for Metal

Essential Guitar Pedals for Metal

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This post will cover the various guitar pedals that play an essential role in the sound of metal music. If you're a metal guitarist looking to expand your sound palette but unsure of what pedals to add to your pedalboard, this article is for you. Guitar pedals often play a crucial part in achieving many sounds that are integral to many music genres. The metal genre of music … [Read more...] about Essential Guitar Pedals for Metal

What Guitar Does Slash Play?

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Do you want to know what guitar Slash plays? Slash is one of the most well-known Gibson Les Paul players in rock. He has an enormous collection of Les Pauls, but his most iconic and loved guitar is a 1959 reproduction constructed by Kris Derrig.  The guitar, which came with Seymour Duncan Alnico 2 pickups, became Slash's primary studio instrument. In 2018, Slash had a … [Read more...] about What Guitar Does Slash Play?