Tubes = wood. Some brands of tubes may give you more wood than others. All tubes are not alike.
That’s why when buying tubes, you should know what you’re doing – or talk to/buy from someone who does.

Yeah! Gov’t Mule’s first studio release in 3 years is out now, called By a Thread. I’m stoked. I mean, not only is it Warren and Mule, Les Pauls and big amps, it’s new music – and, if that wasn’t enough, the first tune has Billy Gibbons on it.
The only way this could be any [...]

I’ve been a Randy Rhoads fan ever since I heard the Blizzard of Ozz album. Many people can say the same thing.
I’ve read all the guitar magazine interviews (Guitar Player only?) with Randy, and while I can’t quote from them verbatim, I know the gist of his gear details. It also seems to me that [...]

Vai and Crimson

I think that headline is self-explanatory. So here you go: first Steve Vai playing Zappa, then King Crimson playing ‘Elephant Talk.’ Re: Elephant Talk, I’d never heard that song before – or anything remotely like that song – which several of my buds could not believe. Maybe you’re in the same boat!

From Gary Cherone and George Lynch

For the weekend, here are a couple of songs you may not have heard before – that, while not strictly woody, are pretty cool. I dig ‘em, anyway.

Full Track by Track Review

After numerous listens to the Sonic Boom CD, that’s where I come out: good album, great single – and bear in mind that I’m a huge, long-time KISS fan.
Don’t misread that. This is the best KISS record since 1979’s Dynasty (obviously I’m not a fan of the ’80s KISS stuff – [...]

How To Play ‘I Know a Little;’ Played on a Les Paul?
Thirty-two years ago today, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane went down and we lost one of the greatest guitar players ever to walk out on a stage: 28-year-old Steve Gaines.
Steve was an absolute monster. Couple quotes to that effect (if you read nothing else, read Ed [...]

I’ve found myself digging certain parts of KISS’s new Sonic Boom CD, and realizing (or re-realizing) a few things, which are:

Wanted a Trumpet, Drums; Settled for Guitar
Fender.com recently published a short-ish interview with Ritchie Blackmore that had a couple of interesting tidbits in it, below. For the full interview, which discusses his current work with Blackmore’s Night, click here.
Fender: Is it true that when your father bought you your first guitar at age 11 it [...]

If you follow all things Seymour Duncan, you will have seen a couple weeks ago that the company announced that Seymour himself has been working on Angus Young’s guitars. Here’s what was said:
“We’ve been working behind the scenes with Angus Young for the past year. His tech, Takumi Suetsugu, contacted Seymour Duncan about dialing in [...]

For tone-heads, cheap video and the Internet came a few decades too late. So instead of having loads of video on pioneering rock bands who had real talent and real tone, we have only a few interviews, some of which might be gone and forgotten.
Luckily someone at the MetroAmp forum (I think…might have been a [...]

ZZen and the Kung Fu Masters of Rock

Dang! I was lucky enough to catch that little ol’ band from Texas at New York City’s Beacon Theatre a couple weeks ago, and wow, what a show. The guys were just…cool, and the sound – I hope the sound guy got a case of beer that night. [...]

Sound Clip Below!
Here’s the rest of the interview with Gaspedals owner Jayson Lane, followed by a sound clip and some notable info.
WoodyTone: I read on your website that you’re a tone-chaser, obviously a guitar-player.  What sound were you trying to find or achieve when you got on to the Carb and do you feel like [...]