Care & Maintenance
How to use Boveda humidity control with your guitars
Australian summers and heated winters both move timber. Two-way humidity packs keep an acoustic in its happy 45–55% range for about the price of a set of strings.
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Recording
Choosing your first audio interface
Input count matters more than brand. Work out what you record at once, add two, and spend the rest of the budget on a microphone.
Amps
Valve vs solid state: what actually changes
Headroom, weight and how the amp behaves when you dig in. A plain-English guide to picking the right amp for the rooms you actually play.
Drums
Setting up an electronic kit in an apartment
Mesh heads solve half the problem. Isolation risers, low-mass beaters and a sensible practice schedule solve the rest.
Live Sound
How much PA do you need for pub gigs?
A pair of 12-inch powered tops and a small digital desk covers most 150-capacity rooms. Here's when you should add a sub.
Care & Maintenance
Guitar setup basics: relief, action and intonation
The three adjustments that make a cheap guitar feel expensive, in the order a tech would do them.