Craig AndertonSocial Links Navigation Latest articles by Craig Anderton Jimi Hendrix Did It Rarely While Jimmy Page Did It All the Time: Here's What You Need to Know About Layering Guitars By Craig Anderton published 10 August 23 There’s more than one way to layer guitars when recording, and these five professional tips will help you choose the right approach Make Your Tone Stand Out With These Seven Pro Tips on Guitar EQ By Craig Anderton published 4 August 23 Whether you want to improve tightness, clarity and articulation or add beef, brightness and sparkle, this short guide has you covered Convert Your Guitar to Stereo Using This Pro Mixing Tip (No Rewiring Required!) By Craig Anderton published 16 May 23 Create a spacious stereo image in your DAW for free Do You Love Battery-Powered Electronics but Hate Voltage Drops, Leaks and Fiddly Replacements? Here’s an Easy Solution By Craig Anderton published 12 May 23 How to build a BBB – a Battery Breakout Box Do Some of Your Favorite DAW Plug-Ins Lack Tempo Sync? These Useful Automation Tips Could Be the Answer By Craig Anderton published 11 May 23 How to sync to tempo without tempo sync How To Enhance Your Guitar Tracks With Side-Chaining By Craig Anderton published 11 May 23 Creative methods for using audio from one track to control an effect parameter on another 3 Practical Dynamic EQ Tips for Guitar By Craig Anderton published 10 May 23 How to combine elements of equalization and compression for better mixes using Waves F6 How to Mix Guitar in a Headphones World By Craig Anderton published 12 April 23 As the way people listen to music continues to change, so too does the way it is mixed Here’s How to Customize Your Own Dub-Inspired Delays Using a DAW (Without Having to Buy Another Plug-In!) By Craig Anderton published 22 March 23 Use these simple techniques to create shifting tempo-synced beats and polyrhythmic echoes Sculpting Virtual Guitar Solos: Three Techniques to Enhance Recorded Tracks By Craig Anderton published 15 March 23 Purists may object, but recording guitar onto hard-disk is limited only by your imagination Discover New Sounds and Get More From Your Pedals With These Simple Tips By Craig Anderton published 10 March 23 These alternative pedal order options are bound to inspire Mod Your Axe with the Duo-Tone Control By Craig Anderton published 30 November 21 Here’s how to rewire your guitar’s tone control to provide two different resonances along with the traditional high-frequency rolloff. True Bypass: Friend or Foe? By Craig Anderton published 26 October 21 People who know just enough to be dangerous sometimes consider true bypass a sham. How To Build a True Bypass Switch/A-B Switcher By Craig Anderton published 26 October 21 A simple, useful, one-evening project. Johnny A. Reveals His Live Looping Secrets By Craig Anderton published 12 August 21 Video With his high-tech looping-based solo show, tasteful tone master Johnny A. conjures a vintage vibe. Video How Frequency Selective Compression Can Liven Up Your Guitar Sound By Craig Anderton published 11 November 20 If your recordings sound dull, consider selective compression as an alternative to wholesale EQ adjustments. Faux Nashville Tuning is Just a Few Computer Clicks Away By Craig Anderton published 27 May 20 Like Nashville tuning but can't abide those string changes? Here's our guide to a smart computer-based workaround. How to Varispeed Your DAW By Craig Anderton published 30 April 20 Here’s our guide to using the time-honored tape technique on your digital recordings. Get The Pick NewsletterAll the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1“A piece of music history and a slice of automotive greatness in an epic bundle”: Yngwie Malmsteen’s #4 Strat has been listed on Reverb – and it comes with a free Ferrari2“Oh my gosh, you're here. And you've brought your guitar”: David Gilmour and his daughter Romany surprise Brighton pub with Wish You Were Here duet3“We brought in some Marshalls and stacked them, and my friend started playing some bad blues”: Ritchie Blackmore once protested hotel construction by cranking his amps at 3 a.m. – but didn't know that Eric Clapton was in the room next door 4“Elvis started beating the snot out of his guitar, and Bill grabbed his bass and started playing. Sam poked his head out of the door and said, ‘What are you guys doing? That sounds pretty good’”: Scotty Moore details the legendary That’s All Right session5“Pure valve-drive power allowing you to experience rich, dynamic, and authentically classic tones”: Ashdown’s new SX tube amp series offers mid-priced options for vintage amps with modern features
Jimi Hendrix Did It Rarely While Jimmy Page Did It All the Time: Here's What You Need to Know About Layering Guitars By Craig Anderton published 10 August 23 There’s more than one way to layer guitars when recording, and these five professional tips will help you choose the right approach
Make Your Tone Stand Out With These Seven Pro Tips on Guitar EQ By Craig Anderton published 4 August 23 Whether you want to improve tightness, clarity and articulation or add beef, brightness and sparkle, this short guide has you covered
Convert Your Guitar to Stereo Using This Pro Mixing Tip (No Rewiring Required!) By Craig Anderton published 16 May 23 Create a spacious stereo image in your DAW for free
Do You Love Battery-Powered Electronics but Hate Voltage Drops, Leaks and Fiddly Replacements? Here’s an Easy Solution By Craig Anderton published 12 May 23 How to build a BBB – a Battery Breakout Box
Do Some of Your Favorite DAW Plug-Ins Lack Tempo Sync? These Useful Automation Tips Could Be the Answer By Craig Anderton published 11 May 23 How to sync to tempo without tempo sync
How To Enhance Your Guitar Tracks With Side-Chaining By Craig Anderton published 11 May 23 Creative methods for using audio from one track to control an effect parameter on another
3 Practical Dynamic EQ Tips for Guitar By Craig Anderton published 10 May 23 How to combine elements of equalization and compression for better mixes using Waves F6
How to Mix Guitar in a Headphones World By Craig Anderton published 12 April 23 As the way people listen to music continues to change, so too does the way it is mixed
Here’s How to Customize Your Own Dub-Inspired Delays Using a DAW (Without Having to Buy Another Plug-In!) By Craig Anderton published 22 March 23 Use these simple techniques to create shifting tempo-synced beats and polyrhythmic echoes
Sculpting Virtual Guitar Solos: Three Techniques to Enhance Recorded Tracks By Craig Anderton published 15 March 23 Purists may object, but recording guitar onto hard-disk is limited only by your imagination
Discover New Sounds and Get More From Your Pedals With These Simple Tips By Craig Anderton published 10 March 23 These alternative pedal order options are bound to inspire
Mod Your Axe with the Duo-Tone Control By Craig Anderton published 30 November 21 Here’s how to rewire your guitar’s tone control to provide two different resonances along with the traditional high-frequency rolloff.
True Bypass: Friend or Foe? By Craig Anderton published 26 October 21 People who know just enough to be dangerous sometimes consider true bypass a sham.
How To Build a True Bypass Switch/A-B Switcher By Craig Anderton published 26 October 21 A simple, useful, one-evening project.
Johnny A. Reveals His Live Looping Secrets By Craig Anderton published 12 August 21 Video With his high-tech looping-based solo show, tasteful tone master Johnny A. conjures a vintage vibe.
How Frequency Selective Compression Can Liven Up Your Guitar Sound By Craig Anderton published 11 November 20 If your recordings sound dull, consider selective compression as an alternative to wholesale EQ adjustments.
Faux Nashville Tuning is Just a Few Computer Clicks Away By Craig Anderton published 27 May 20 Like Nashville tuning but can't abide those string changes? Here's our guide to a smart computer-based workaround.
How to Varispeed Your DAW By Craig Anderton published 30 April 20 Here’s our guide to using the time-honored tape technique on your digital recordings.
