Steinberger and Headless Guitars Explained: The L2, TransTrem and Today’s Successors
How Ned Steinberger's headless L2 bass and GL guitar worked, the TransTrem and double-ball strings, Gibson, and Strandberg, Kiesel and Ibanez successors.
Gear & Rigs
Deep-dive into the setups that define rock and metal. Guitars, amps, pedals, pickups, and full signal chains — analyzed, explained and recreated. Learn exactly how the pros built their legendary tone.
Fuzz Pedal Origins: Maestro Fuzz-Tone, Tone Bender, Fuzz Face and Super-Fuzz
Where guitar fuzz came from: the Snoddy/Hobbs patent, the Maestro Fuzz-Tone, Satisfaction, the Tone Bender, Fuzz Face and Univox Super-Fuzz.
Frankenstrat, Blackie, Number One and Lucille: What Is Actually Documented
How four famous guitars came to be, what auction houses and museums have documented, and where the sources disagree. Dated facts only.
Fender Twin Reverb vs Deluxe Reverb vs Princeton Reverb: Which One Fits?
Fender Twin Reverb, Deluxe Reverb and Princeton Reverb compared: power, speakers, headroom, blackface vs silverface, and which suits your gigs.
Baritone Guitars Explained: Scale Lengths, B-to-B and A-to-A Tunings, Strings and History
What a baritone guitar is: 26-30 inch scales, B and A tunings, D'Addario string sets, Danelectro and Fender Bass VI history, and who plays them.
Danelectro Guitars Explained: Masonite Bodies, Lipstick Pickups, the Longhorn and the ’59
Danelectro guitars explained: Nathan Daniel, Masonite bodies, lipstick pickups, Shorthorn, Longhorn, Guitarlin, baritone, '59 reissues and famous users.
Tube Screamer vs Klon vs Blues Driver vs OCD: Four Overdrives Compared
How the Ibanez Tube Screamer, Klon Centaur, Boss BD-2 and Fulltone OCD clip and voice, who uses them, and which suits your rig.
Telecaster B-Bender Explained: How the Parsons/White StringBender Works
How the Telecaster B-Bender works, from the Parsons/White StringBender and Clarence White to Marty Stuart, Fender's models and the modern alternatives.
Gibson Les Paul Special and Junior: The P-90 Single-Cuts
The Les Paul Junior (1954) and Special (1955): history, single-cut vs double-cut, P-90s, TV Yellow, Gibson's lineup as of Oct 2026 and buying notes.
The Surf Guitar Rig: Dick Dale, the Ventures and the Sound of Reverb
Surf guitar gear explained: Dick Dale's Strat and Showman amps, the Ventures' Jazzmasters and Mosrites, spring reverb and how to get the sound.