Tech Tips - Page 3

Martin experts offer advice on how to keep your acoustic guitar in great condition, maintain playability and correctly install a new set of strings

Learn what compressors, limiters, expanders, noise gates and sustain effects do and how to use them to produce better sound onstage and in the studio

Learn how tremolo, phase shifters, flangers and chorus effects work and how to use them to give your guitar or bass a signature sound.

Why you want to mix your backing tracks in mono and how to do it right

Four things to consider before you buy your first guitar

Learn the difference between these two critical concepts that are often confused with each other

Adding crunchy goodness to your guitar sound with distortion, overdrive, fuzz and boost effects.

Learn how stage and studio effects work and how to use them to do your sonic bidding

Learn how to connect your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or laptop to a PA mixer safely and noiselessly.

How to adjust that old beater acoustic guitar for the best balance between playability and sound