Michael Molenda
Writer at Guitar Center
Editor in Chief, Guitar Player Founder/CEO, Guardians of Guitar
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3 weeks ago |
guitarcenter.com | Michael Molenda
Posted in Buying Guides onIt was a sound of unbridled rage, but simultaneously uplifting and joyful. In a mall record shop in the San Francisco suburbs, I was hearing Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols for the very first time. That guitar sound changed everything. It gave me the courage to play guitar for real, write original songs, start a band and buy my first Marshall half stack (Don Wehr’s Music City) and Gibson Les Paul (Guitar Center).
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1 month ago |
guitarcenter.com | Michael Molenda
Fender is a never-ending story. On the surface, the brand has celebrated the legendary instruments forged by Leo Fender and his team in the ’50s and ’60s for almost 80 years now. But Fender has also improved, refined, revitalized and/or reenergized those original designs with astonishing consistency. If Leo were still tinkering in his workshop today, he’d be doing the very same thing.
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1 month ago |
guitarcenter.com | Michael Molenda
It may be hard to believe in a world where practically every musician has a home studio that there was a time when gatekeepers—professional audio engineers working in commercial recording facilities—held dominion over the sounds artists put on their tracks. When working in pro studios in those days, I routinely had my hand slapped away if I dared reach for a fader or EQ knob.
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2 months ago |
guitarcenter.com | Michael Molenda
Posted in Buying Guides onConsidering his colossal influence on everything guitar, Jimi Hendrix was one of those beloved demigods that fate plopped into the music world as a reward—and benevolent challenge—to humanity. Hendrix had a mystical power to transform everything he touched—chord progressions, solos, riffs, guitars, guitar amps, tone and textures—into otherworldly genius. Like another late guitar virtuoso—Eddie Van Halen—Hendrix was one of those “before and after” artists.
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2 months ago |
guitarcenter.com | Michael Molenda
Posted in Product Demos onEric Clapton’s 1958 Les Paul Custom may be the guitar equivalent of a riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped inside an enigma. As Clapton has owned more than his share of iconic guitars—and played them throughout a career of scrupulous documentation, given his legendary status—historians can usually pinpoint which one he used when and where.
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Thanks to @Line6 and @BarryCleveland for inviting me to participate in the company's MODEL CITIZENS blogsite. I hope you enjoy my "anti-mix tips." Hahaha. https://t.co/xzCCPWwPdK
Quick, post-rehearsal test of the @GuardiansGuitar Punk-Rock Pup pedals with @TTWM guitarist Sam Haun. It was fun to rev 'em up — even for a short jaunt. Working with Tulpa FX designer Kevin Aparicio to really dial in these puppies and get then barking at the world! https://t.co/cFwKtdEqBe
The Punk-Rock Pups—Agent Danger and Poly Esther—are doing their "Treat or Treat" visitations early this year. Please be careful out there my lovely ghosts, ghouls, and goblins. Avoid all spells by witches and warlocks and stay healthy!!! https://t.co/u1YrShys3X