Recent content by Matt Blackett

Definitely at the top of my "Underrated Badass" list. Chris Poland, original Megadeth lead guitarist currently doing a monster fusion trip with his band OHM, talked to Guitar Player about his gear and his techniques. Check out these videos. This guy can play...

OK--this is a little convoluted but hopefully someone will get what I'm trying to do and can help. I recently did a session on Pro Tools HD at 48k, 32 bit. I'm doing overdubs at home using Cakewalk Sonar. I imported a bunch of files into Sonar but the session is running at 44.1. Before I...

Okay--I admit this is a slightly tweaky application. I need to rethink my effects setup for gigging, and what I want is fairly massive realtime control over effects parameters. Whatever I use will be solely for effects and not amp models. For instance, I want to be able to call up a tone, say, a...

I put (and by "I" I actually mean my good friend Scott) a Custom 5 in the bridge and a Phat Cat in the neck of my Les Paul yesterday and I must say it totally rules. I've always struggled a little with two-humbucker Les Pauls because if I get the bridge pickup sounding the way I want it, the...

I'm using the Pro Tools Mbox and when I bounce files to disk, I can't save them as mp3s. When I click on that option I get this error message that says it's a trial period only or something. What I did in the past was save them as wave files or SDIIs and then convert them in itunes. Well, the...

Question: If you had to play a gig tonight and you could bring no more than five or six of your stompboxes, which ones would you have on the floor in front of you? Also, add a brief explanation as to why these are your go-to pedals. Here's my list: 1) TC Jauernig DGTM overdrive (Great TS on...