Instrument Physics
The Note That Breaks the Amp: the Open Low E
Why a Strat neck pickup on the open sixth string sounds broken instead of saturated -- the missing fourth harmonic, magnet pull, and the screwdriver that fixes it.
🎛️ Audio & Mixing
Technical research on audio engineering, speaker physics, cabinet acoustics, and signal processing.
Audio Engineering & Mixing
Master Guide: 1x12 Hardwood Cab, Mics & Phase
EVM-12L driver physics, sample-accurate alignment at t=0, L/R takes, and single-track 3D stereo width.
Loudspeaker Physics
The Indestructible King: Electro-Voice EVM-12L
The 300-Watt driver that defied fragile British paper cones. Why Keith Richards, SRV and Bonamassa swore by it.
Backstage & Chronicles
The Stones Don't Pay for Amps (1978–1981)
How Keith Richards adopted Mark I & II amps during the Paris sessions for Some Girls and Tattoo You.