All Entries in the "Reference" Category
10 Ways to Get Your Hands on a $3000 Axe – For Kids Only!!
A Field Guide For Every Kid in a Guitar Shop
Bite the Bullet – Daniel O interviews Ted McCann from Bullet Cable
One night in 2000, Ted saw a bullet casing in the gutter … and Bullet Cable was born!
Set In Stone with STiFF
When Tony Krank dropped his amps on the streets in 2003, they hit the pavement so hard that it measured on the Richter scale! Read the Full Story …
10 Reasons why SS is better than tubes!
Disclaimer : this post is meant to be fun (and semi-factual). I know this is a life-long debate between tube & SS lovers, so please consider this post as entertainment (with a hint of fact)! And, to be clear … as for my own opinion (on which amps I like best) … Truth is … I love em [...]
The MOD Squad: Orin Portnoy Talks About MOD Kits DIY
Individuality. As a musician, nothing says ‘individuality’ like gear that’s built with your own bare hands. Just ask Eddie Van Halen or Brian May. Building your own gear gives you knowledge about tone that you otherwise wouldn’t have. Not only that, but, as Orin Portnoy of MOD Kits DIY pointed out in a recent interview with TheToneKing.com, “It’s fun.” Orin went on talk about how the build-it-yourself pedal and amp kits by MOD Kits DIY help inspire musicians to make their own tone.
Extreme Guitars ~ Minarik Guitars
So, where to go when you’re looking to plunge into something that’s wildly exciting? Well, there’s a company that’s been marching to its own beat, doing it’s own thing while everyone else is imitating old Fender and Gibson designs. When it comes to fresh and original, Minarik Guitars is the way to go.
Guitar Buyer’s Guide by The Tone King
What’s in a label, at the top of your headstock? Something VERY important …
Marching Into a New Infinium: TheToneKing.com checks out Bugera’s new tube technology.
Bugera Infinium, what is it, and what models will it be on? Trirec and Magician?
10 things you can buy, instead of an ‘expensive guitar’
A first @ TheToneKing.com. A (humorous) Top 10 List on things you can do to save Benji’s on that ‘expensive guitar’ you’ve been gassing over. (Which brands are we referring to?)
Zero or Hero? … (Ojeda, Tyler, Broderick, Hetfield)
Here I was at Disney World w/ my wife & 3 kids in the Pirates of the Caribbean gift shop. I turned to find James Hetfield from Metallica standing cool and casual right next to me! (read to find out what happens …)
