In the search for an all tube guitar amp that would not break the bank I came across a Peavey Delta Blues. For the most part I have always stuck with either Marshall , Fender or Vox tube amps. But on this occasion I had the chance to try the Peavey Delta Blues side by ...
The blues is a mystifying genre of music. On one hand, it’s simple–12 bars, in most cases, usually the same form. On the other hand, it’s incredibly complex and soulful. Nowhere is this more evident than in blues singing, where someone can have perfect tone and rhythm and yet fall completely flat as a blues ...
The whammy bar has many names: the tremolo bar, tremolo arm, vibrato bar, and twang bar. But in this article I will refer to it as the “whammy bar”. The whammy bar is a tool guitar players use to make a vibrato sort of sound on their guitar. The whammy bar has many uses, you ...
Vibrato is changing the pitch of a note in an undulating fashion to produce a vocal, singing-like quality. A guitar player’s vibrato is extremely important to their overall style – there are many guitar players who have vibratos so distinctive they can simply “shake” one note and their name will immediately enter your mind. (Note ...