How come after 60 years of electric solid body guitar evolution, we still buy and desire guitars which are essentially the same as the ones made by Gibson, Fender and Gretch in the 1950s? Why are guitarists so conservative? Why are vintage guitars apparently better?
There was a lot of noise about the Fishman Fluence pickups when they were released in 2014. Here is my experience of using them, as well as a short YouTube demo.
I have been avoiding getting a professional setup on my guitars for far too long. Here’s why you should have your guitar setup by a pro and why you shouldn’t wait for too long to have it done.
Here is the part two of a simple demonstration of the new delays presets available in Kemper Profiling Amp Profiler OS version 5. I’m using a completely clean profile Fuchs ODS30 with no effects except for the tested delays. I love the new delays and I have been waiting for “crystal” type of sound since I got my Kemper. Part one here.
Here is the part one of a simple demonstration of the new delays presets available in Kemper Profiling Amp Profiler OS version 5. I’m using a completely clean profile Fuchs ODS30 with no effects except for the tested delays. I love the new delays and I have been waiting for “crystal” type of sound since I got my Kemper. Part two here.
Early in 2016 I bought a pair of Yamaha DBR10 powered speakers to monitor my Kemper Profiler. I bought my it in the summer of 2013 and for the first 2 years I used it exclusively in my home studio. Then with the advent of my band Banda de la Casa it made a real sense to use the Profiler live. I wanted to have my amazing Kemper effects, honed to perfection in the studio, available live. I also wanted to be able to drastically change the sound of my guitar mid-song. From clean, mellow, dynamic tone I use most of the …
Here’s Banda de la Casa performing Meet Mr L at the Founders Theatre, opening for the amazing Artur Dutkiewicz. Please share and like 😀
Artur Dutkiewicz + Banda de la Casa perform at Hamilton’s Founders Theatre Foyer on Thursday, April 7 at 7.30pm. Artur Dutkiewicz + Banda de la Casa Tickets cost $29.90 full price and $24.90 concessions (service fees apply) and are available from www.ticketek.co.nz A leading Polish jazz pianist will join one of Hamilton’s newest jazz ensembles at a one-off concert in the city next month. Artur Dutkiewicz (www.arturdutkiewicz.pl) will perform with Banda de la Casa (www.bandadelacasa.com) in the foyer of the Founders Theatre on April 7. Dutkiewicz will perform solo and with the band at the concert, being organised by Banda de la Casa guitarist and fellow-Pole Maciek Hrybowicz. …
Stella By Starlight played by Banda de la Casa rehearsal in December 2015. We are learning this amazing tune and Hinemoa is creating some real magic on vocals here. Stella by Starlight is a jazz standard written by Victor Young and featured in The Uninvited, a 1944 film released by Paramount Pictures. Originally played in the film as an instrumental theme song without lyrics, it was turned over to Ned Washington, who wrote the lyrics for it in 1946. The title had to be incorporated into the lyrics, which resulted in its unusual placement: the phrase appears about three quarters of the way through the song, rather than at the beginning or the …
I’ve been using my Kemper Profiler amp for 18 months for practicing and recording and I absolutely love it. I use 4 basic profiles which I tweaked over time so they feel right for my style of bluesy jazz. In some way I also changed the way I play precisely because of the way the profiled amps respond to my fingers. However, the biggest downside so far was that I couldn’t (or wouldn’t) use it live, so the tunes I wrote with the Kemper never sounded on stage like I really wanted them to sound. I am not complaining, I use a gorgeous …
