Guitar Oracle

The Guitar Oracle - Welcome!

2020-01-04T23:29:00.001Z

Welcome to the Guitar Oracle. Press Site Map to see the info you have available on this site. This is a site dedicated to the world of guitar. You will find info about guitars, guitar amplifiers, pedals, software, technology, theory, aesthetic art... The main feature of this site is its reviews of guitar gear, and the scoring of pieces of guitar gear according to its popularity on online

The amplifiers full list of speakers and tubes

2011-04-20T12:35:00.048+01:00

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The Art of Guitar Blog Carnival - 9th edition (GUITAR THEORY)

2011-04-14T13:52:00.002+01:00

Welcome to the April 2, 2011 edition of the art of guitar. This edition is about GUITAR THEORY. New contributions will be updated up to July 2nd, the last of this series of tematic editions. Florine Church presents 20 Incredible TED Talks for Both Music Students and Lovers | Bachelor's Degree posted at Bachelor's Degree. PawpKulture presents Five Awesome Bands That Will Broaden Your

The Art of Guitar Blog Carnival - 8th edition (GUITAR ART)

2011-04-14T13:49:00.002+01:00

Welcome to the March 2, 2011 edition of the art of guitar. This edition is about GUITAR ART. New contributions will be updated up to July 2nd, the last of this series of tematic editions. <No contribution yet. You're invited to share your wonders here!> That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the art of guitar using our carnival submission form. Past

The Art of Guitar Blog Carnival - 7th Edition (AMPLIFIERS)

2011-04-14T13:44:00.003+01:00

Welcome to the February 2, 2011 edition of the art of guitar. This edition is about GUITAR AMPLIFIERS. New contributions will be updated up to July 2nd, the last of this series of tematic editions. Todd Masters presents Yngwie Malmsteen Marshall YJM100 Valve Head Guitar Amplifier | GEAR-VAULT - Rock your AX off! posted at GEAR-VAULT - Rock your AX off!. Todd Masters presents 3rd

The Art of Guitar Blog Carnival Series - 6 months of scheduled themes

2011-01-04T18:04:00.002Z

The Art of Guitar blog carnival already has a few dozens of contributors. So, I've decided it is time our writers and readers get a chance to have dedicated blog carnival editions to one subject at a time. To start with, we are going to have the same categories as Guitar Oracle itself, since they are quite appropriate to cover all the subjects there are to discuss about guitar, in an organized

The Art of Guitar Blog Carnival - 6th Edition

2011-01-04T14:55:00.001Z

Welcome to the January 2, 2011 edition of the art of guitar. Todd Masters presents Randall T2 400-Watt Guitar Amp Head posted at Guitar Finder. Artists/songs Corinne Reidy presents Top 10 Dance Videos on YouTube posted at Web Design Schools Guide. Todd Masters presents Hallelujah Chords w/ Tab and Lyrics ? Jeff Buckley Version posted at GEAR-VAULT - Rock your AX off!. Guitar Art and

The Art of Guitar Blog Carnival - 5th Edition

2010-12-06T13:48:00.002Z

Welcome to the December 2, 2010 edition of the art of guitar. DMC presents So you want to learn to play the guitar posted at Cats Love Plastic Bags. Guitar Art and Theory Bridget Nicholson presents 50 Best Blogs for Exploring Classical Music posted at Masters Degree. Todd Masters presents Top Ten Classic Rock Guitar Tones | Classic Rock Music | GEAR-VAULT - Rock your AX off! posted at

Guitar modeling amps with USB Connectivity

2010-11-24T22:15:00.005Z

Sure, you have a fancy modeling amplifier with some preset slots, and you learnt to mess around with the settings. You love your amp, and the tones you already discovered on it are just lovely. But what if some time in the future you get tired of pressing that green button for 3 three seconds until it turns red, while you hold that awkward kneeling position...? What if you get tired of bending

Best echo pedal? (edal... dal... al...)

2010-11-12T19:18:00.005Z

It is incredible the titanic fight of the sound engineers to control which environmental sounds should be noticed on a recorded session and which sounds, glitches, cracks, door knockings, phone rings, bells, dog barks and other VERY undesired "sound-parasites" are to be eliminated by all means necessary. Since many decades ago, they've invested in hardware and software to have total control over

The Art of Guitar Blog Carnival - 4th Edition

2010-11-04T22:24:00.002Z

Welcome to the November 2, 2010 edition of the art of guitar. Artists/songsClark Bjorke presents Frank Vignola's Hot Club: Bellville posted at Clark's Picks, saying, "Live gypsy jazz from one of New York's premiere guitarists." Todd Masters presents Slash Returns to Velvet Revolver ? Velvet Revolver Reunite posted at Xtreme Music. Guitar GearTodd Masters presents Dean From Hell / CFH

Famous guitarists trademark gear & tone

2010-10-07T15:01:00.075+01:00

We are all looking for the Tone Grail. Right? Well, the classic (and maybe only, after all) way to find our own tone is to experiment, try, test-play, over and over again, hit the shops, seek... That may be the genuine way to acquire experience on the subject. But we may also get some inspiration elsewhere. Nothing better than asking the guitarists that succeeded which amps, guitars and effects

The free guitar tools package

2010-10-04T13:55:00.003+01:00

There are a lot of free things on the net. A lot of free goldies, actually. But most of the things you find for free on the net are either scam, spam, redundant, mediocre or a combination of those five. Well, I may not give you all the goldie freebies there are, but I can at least give you some ;). You'll most likely enjoy at least some of those tools. If you don't enjoy, you still have nothing

the Art of Guitar Blog Carnival - 3rd Edition

2010-10-02T19:14:00.003+01:00

Welcome to the October 2, 2010 edition of the art of guitar. Guitar Gear Todd Masters presents Cheap Guitar Rig Vs Expensive Guitar Rig posted at GEAR-VAULT - Rock your AX off!. This article leans on an interesting debate: Expensive guitar & Cheap amp vs Cheap guitar & expensive amp. Read the article to find out which option is better after all! Todd Masters presents Line 6 Spider Valve MKII

Guitar Best Amp & Pedal - Let the Polls begin!

2010-09-03T23:57:00.001+01:00

I've been writing for you for a few months now. Now that our blog has earned some consistency and an ever growing guitar gear information database, and since the Guitar Oracle always seeks to be innovative and better every day, it is time to go back to the roots of the Guitar Oracle and re-answer the very first questions this blog proposed to answer! But this time, you will give the answer! So.

The Art of Guitar Blog Carnival - 2nd Edition

2010-09-02T16:29:00.006+01:00

Welcome to the September 2, 2010 edition of the art of guitar. Artists/songsMike Vogt presents Top 10 Wedding Songs of All-Time posted at Christian Colleges Online. Todd Masters presents 10 Albums From The ?80s That Didn?t Totally Suck posted at Xtreme Music. Gian presents http://frantikmag.com/blog/2010/08/13/frantik-live-review-black-label-society-the-roxy-west-hollywood-ca/ posted at

Best acoustic guitar?

2010-08-16T23:24:00.011+01:00

Serenades. Tears in Heaven. Country & Bluegrass. Let's admit it: acoustic guitars are unreplaceable on certain aspects. They still have their advantages, despite the advent of electricity on the 6 string instrument. They are portable and need nothing else to be playable and heard. They are versatile. They may have its unique sweet, romantic, spanish, countryish, or other tone.Of course there are

The Ultimate Guitar Amp Shootout (100-250 euros)

2010-08-15T01:59:00.009+01:00

I decided to investigate a little about amps. But instead of my traditional approach - forum reading - I took another look on the subject. I hit the online market itself.Taking a look at the options between 100 and 250 euros on european shops, I leaned over the most common names out there and decided to give you a list with the most useful information about each model I found, in an organized and

Guitar Blog Carnival: The Art of Guitar 1st Edition

2010-08-02T20:58:00.003+01:00

Introduction: The Guitar Oracle created the Art of Guitar, the blog carnival about the 6 or 12 string instrument we all love, as well as other subjects directly related to it (from guitar gear to lessons and artists reviews). Welcome to the August 2, 2010 edition of the art of guitar. Guitar Art and TheoryRich Cochrane presents Some Whole Tone Scale Applications | Cochrane Music posted at

The package every guitarist must have

2010-06-21T11:36:00.005+01:00

There is a lot of interesting and very useful material waiting for us to try. Some things we already know but forget about, like the plectrums example you'll see. I've found a lot of things I should have wrote down to keep track of. Anyway, here goes a list of the best stuff I found (and remember) for you, guitar player: One hard pick and one soft pick - players often overlook the role of the

The must-have package - Intro

2010-06-07T20:03:00.007+01:00

A new guitar era has begun. The futurist guitarist now has a myriad of new options to express himself, with astounding technological opportunities. A myriad of new tricks the 70's and 80's guitar icons would have given their fortunes for. Playing the guitar nowadays is no longer limited to the amplifier-pedals-guitar trio. A new element was born to integrate a perfect quartet: the personal

Best multi fx guitar pedal

2010-05-24T13:11:00.007+01:00

Effects play an important role on the guitar player expression. Some songs became known for their special (original) effect(s), which became a kind of "trademark", a "signature tone" - a delay style, or a reverb/chorus, or a combination of effects which made the tone unique and widely acknowledged... Part of the magic of effects is the wide possibilities they offer. That brings us to: with

Best modeling amp

2010-05-23T23:33:00.006+01:00

The music boom the world has testified on the past decades has created an astounding universe of sonic possibilities. A guitar player, for instance, will certainly be overwhelmed by the amount of choice when he/she enters the instrument store. Like every guitar gear piece, all amplifiers have strenghts and weaknesses. And everybody dreams of the possibility of joining the hot-spots of several

Best way to learn to play the guitar

2010-05-04T15:37:00.002+01:00

Before I give you some resources to learn to play the guitar, I'd like to share some thoughts with you first. Whether you're picking the guitar for the first time or you want to improve the way you already play it, it is a fact: learning can be a real trouble. Maybe not because it is too hard, but because the learning proccess by itself IS monotonous and the learning curve IS steep. There's no

Guitar amps explained

2010-05-04T14:08:00.000+01:00

A guitar amplifier (also called amp) receives the signal from your guitar pickups and turns it into a pleasant, audible sound.Basically, there are two components in a guitar amplifier: the pre-amp and the power-amp.The pre-amp is the first place the signal goes through. This is where it is processed by the knob settings. There is always at least one knob: the volume. But the knobs on the pre-amp