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Davis Wilton Bader

Davis Wilton Bader is a professional guitarist/writer based out of St. Louis, MO. He plays in the bands Lumet and The Outskirts.

Line 6 Powercab 112 Plus Review (An Owners Experience)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Line 6 Powercab 112 Plus Review

Digital amp modelers have become one of the most popular options for guitarists of all experience levels. However, there is one common issue that until recently has kept this technology … Read more

Categories Guitar Amps

Line 6 HX Stomp Review (Find Out Why I Own It & Love It!)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Line 6 HX Stomp Review - Hands On

The Line 6 HX Stomp is my most-used piece of gear. It’s an amp modeler, multi-effects unit, interface, and so much more. In this Line 6 HX Stomp review, I’m … Read more

Categories Guitar Amps

Fulltone Full-Drive 2 V2 Review (Everything You Need to Know)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Fulltone Full-Drive 2 v2 Review

Are you looking for the best dual-overdrive pedal around? Need a pedal that’s built all in the USA and with high quality parts? Look no further than the Fulltone Full-Drive … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer Review (Full Hands-On By Musician)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer Review

It’s time for an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer Review! If you’ve done any research on the best overdrive pedals, you’ve more than likely stumbled across this little green stomp box. … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

Lead Guitar vs Rhythm Guitar (What Is The Difference?)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Lead Guitar VS Rhythm Guitar

If you’ve ever gone online to look for a band that needs a guitar player, you may have noticed that some ads ask for Rhythm Guitarists and some ask for … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar

Bass Amp vs Guitar Amp (Everything You Need to Know)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Bass Amp VS Guitar Amp

Do you want to know how to tell the difference between a bass amp and a guitar amp? Can you plug a guitar into a bass amp? What about a … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Amps

3/4 Guitar Vs Full Size (The Differences & Which is Best?)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Three Quarter Versus Full Sized Guitars

The two most common size guitars that players use are the normal “Full Size” and the smaller “3/4 Size” guitars. What do these size differences mean and how do they … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar

Nylon String Guitar Vs Steel String (Which is Better?)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Nylon String Guitar VS Steel Strings

Are you looking to pick out your first acoustic guitar? You could easily be forgiven for not realizing that there are two distinct types of acoustic guitar worth considering. In … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar

Guitar Amp Noise Troubleshooting (Fixing Buzz, Hiss & Hum)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Guitar Amp Noise Troubleshooting - Buzzing, Humming and Hissing

There’s nothing more troublesome or worrying for an electric guitarist than hearing strange noises coming from their amplifier. We’re musicians, not technicians… How do you know what is causing the … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Amps

How Does A Guitar Amp Work? (Everything You Need to Know)

by Davis Wilton Bader
How Does a Guitar Amp Work

You may have noticed when you strum an unplugged electric guitar that the instrument sounds uncharacteristically quiet. Not exactly the sound that’s ready to rock a stadium, is it? There … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Amps

What Is Gain On A Guitar Amp (Compared to Volume & Distortion)

by Davis Wilton Bader
What is Gain on a Guitar Amp

Gain. It’s a word that gets thrown around in the guitar world quite often, yet there is a lot of misunderstanding around the word. Not knowing exactly what gain is … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Amps

How To Make A Fuzz Pedal At Home (Full Guide With Videos)

by Davis Wilton Bader
How to Make a Fuzz Pedal

Are you a fuzz pedal fanatic? So much so that you are interested in making your own design? Are you fascinated by pedal circuitry and looking for a place to … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Pedals

How To Use An Effects Loop On A Guitar Amp

by Davis Wilton Bader
How to Use an Effects Loop on a Guitar Amp

Have you ever looked on the back of your favorite tube amplifier and seen two ¼ inch jacks labeled “FX Send” and “FX Return” and wondered – what do these … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Amps

What Does An Overdrive Pedal Do? (Plus 5 Cool Types of Overdrive)

by Davis Wilton Bader
What Does an Overdrive Pedal Do

Are you are beginner wanting to know what overdrive pedals do to the sound of your guitar? Have you been using overdrives for years but want to learn more about … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Pedals

How To Use A Compressor Pedal & 6 Awesome Ways To Use Compression

by Davis Wilton Bader
How to Use a Compressor Pedal

Are you wanting to buy your first compressor pedal, but don’t know how to use it? Maybe you’ve had compressor pedals before, but always ended up ditching them because the … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Pedals

6 Best Phaser Pedals In 2022 (Mini, Budget & High-End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Phaser Pedals

Phaser pedals are to 70’s guitar what chorus pedals were for 80’s guitar. They were used on everything in the 70’s, even master tracks. Don’t believe me? Just listen to … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

What Does A Wah Pedal Do?

by Davis Wilton Bader
What Does a Wah Pedal Do

When watching guitarists play live, you may notice that when it comes time for a funky rhythm section or for a ripping solo that they rock their foot back and … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Pedals

What Does A Compressor Pedal Do & How Do They Work?

by Davis Wilton Bader
What Does a Compressor Pedal Do

Compression is often one of the most confusing effects to understand. This isn’t just for beginners, by the way. Even many professional guitarists don’t really know how to work their … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Pedals

Guitar Effects Pedals Explained (How They Work & Our Favorites)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Guitar Effects Pedals Explained

When you pick up classical instruments like the trumpet, flute, or piano, even an acoustic guitar, you have everything you need to play the instrument there in your hands. There … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Pedals

What Does A Chorus Pedal Do?

by Davis Wilton Bader
What Does a Chorus Pedal Do

If you’ve ever listened to recordings from the 80’s, you’re almost guaranteed to have heard a chorus pedal at work. Chorus was on everything at the time, to the point … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Pedals

Can You Use Guitar Pedals For Bass? (Find Out The Difference & Our Favorites)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Can You Use Guitar Pedals For Bass

If you are a bass player, you may have noticed that there are some effects pedals that have the word “Bass” labeled on them. This label has created a separation … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Pedals

First Guitar Pedal To Buy – Extensive Guide To Getting Started With Effects

by Davis Wilton Bader
First Guitar Pedal to Buy - Getting Started with Effects

You have an electric guitar, a cable, and an amplifier. Awesome! You officially own everything that you need to play the electric guitar. However, there is a lot more that … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Pedals

7 Best Looper Pedals In 2022 (Beginners, Budget & Live)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Looper Pedals

Have you been practicing alone in your room wishing that there was another guitarist around to jam along to? Ever wondered how Ed Sheeran and Elise Trouw are able to … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

Nobels ODR-Mini Overdrive Pedal Review (Hands On)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Nobels ODR-Mini Review

It’s green, but don’t call it a Tube Screamer. Often referred to as the worst kept secret by Nashville session guitarists, the Nobels ODR-1 overdrive is a pedal that’s been … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

8 Best Expression Pedals In 2022 (Mini, Budget & High-End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Expression Pedals

If you own a keyboard or a number of guitar pedals, you more than likely have noticed an input labeled “EXP” and are looking for a way to take your … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

7 Best Vocal Effects Pedals In 2022

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Vocal Effects Pedals

Who says that effects pedals are reserved for guitarists and bassists? Whether you’re a vocalist looking to recreate all the harmony layers you tracked in the studio on stage, or … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

8 Best Guitar Tuner Pedals In 2022 (Mini, Budget & High-End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Guitar Tuner Pedal

No matter how great your guitar, pedals, or amplifier are, if you’re out of tune you won’t sound good. You have to have a tuner to play guitar. If you’re … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

8 Best Guitar Pedal Boards In 2022 (Mini, Budget & High-End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Guitar Pedal Board

Are you tired of lugging all of your pedals around in a bag and having to set up your rig every time you play at a show? Do you have … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

5 Best Battery Powered Guitar Amps (Budget to High-End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Battery Powered Guitar Amp

We live in a time where technology is going wireless, but this convenience factor has until recently been reserved for phones and computers. What about guitarists and our amplifiers? Thankfully, … Read more

Categories Guitar Amps

5 Best Bass Synth Pedals In 2022 (Budget to High-End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Bass Synth Pedals

Synth pedals and bass guitar are a match made in heaven. Synth pedals just sound better on bass than they do on guitar. Whether you’re looking for experimental sounds, to … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

6 Best Acoustic Simulator Pedals In 2022 (Mini, Budget & High End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Acoustic Simulator Pedals

Are you tired of traveling around with your acoustic guitar just so you can play that one song in your set that needs it? Maybe you’re looking to reduce the … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

Guitar Pedal Order – How To Correctly Organize Your Pedalboard

by Davis Wilton Bader
Guitar Pedal Order - How to Correctly Organize Your Pedalboard

As a guitarist you’ve more than likely collected a few effects pedals (OK, maybe more than just a few) and you might be asking yourself… Can pedals be thrown together … Read more

Categories Guides, Guitar Pedals

6 Best Pedal Platform Amps On The Market In 2022

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Pedal Platform Amp

If you’re anything like me, you love guitar effects pedals. However, even if you pick out all the right effects and set them up in the proper order, your amplifier … Read more

Categories Guitar Amps

Xotic SL Drive Distortion Pedal Review (Hands On)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Xotic SL Drive Review

I think I can speak for just about all guitarists when I say that, if given the opportunity to play through a cranked Marshall amplifier, we would seize the opportunity. … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

JHS Muffuletta Fuzz Pedal Review (Hands On & With Settings)

by Davis Wilton Bader
JHS Muffuletta Review

There are many flavors of fuzz pedal out there from Tone Bender to Fuzz face and beyond. Yet, the fuzz circuit that arguably has the most flavors within its own … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

10 Best Multi-Effects Pedals In 2022 (Budget to High-End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Multi-Effects Pedals

Are you a new guitarist looking for an all-in-one pedal to practice on a budget? Or are you a professional guitarist looking for an alternative to your expensive, vintage guitar … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

6 Best Harmonizer Pedals In 2022 (Budget to High-End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Harmonizer Pedals

So, you’re on the hunt for the best harmonizer pedal. Maybe you’re the only guitarist in your band and you’re looking for a way to make it sound like there … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

9 Best EQ Pedals On The Market In 2022 (High End, Budget, Bass, Acoustic & More)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best EQ Pedals

Equalization (aka EQ) is at the very heart of guitar tone, yet it is one of the most underutilized and misunderstood “effects” among guitar players.  Since you are reading this … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

8 Best Vibrato Pedals In 2022 (Mini, High-End & Budget)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Vibrato Pedal

Does your guitar have a fixed bridge, but you still  want to have the ability to produce the pitch modulation and texture or a whammy bar? Maybe you always set … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

Best Guitar Slide In 2022 & How To Pick The Right One (Glass, Metal, Ceramic)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Guitar Slides - And How to Choose the Right One for You

One of the most expressive and satisfying playing styles is slide guitar. Though most often associated with the blues, slide guitar occurs in all genres of music. Slide guitar has … Read more

Categories Accessories

Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Pedal Review (Hands On & Favorite Settings)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Boss BD-2 Blues Driver Review

Since its creation in 1995, the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver has been a staple for blues guitarists the world over. It’s an economic solution to getting Stevie Ray Vaughn and … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

7 Best Reverb Pedals On The Market In 2022 (Mini, Budget, Analog & High End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Reverb Pedal

Do you own an amplifier that doesn’t have a built in reverb? Maybe you do have a spring reverb built into your favorite amplifier, but now you’re interested in all … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

6 Best Modulation Pedals In 2021 (Budget, High End & More)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Modulation Pedals

Guitar playing doesn’t have to be limited to distortion pedals and amplifiers. Ever considered using modulation to create other-worldly sounds? Or maybe you know of a specific era or genre … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

11 Best Distortion Pedals On The Market In 2022 (Mini, Bass, Rock, Budget & High End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Distortion Pedals

Does your overdrive pedal not offer enough saturation? Or are you trying to get high gain tones without cranking your amplifier to unbearable, deafening volumes? Then you need a distortion … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

5 Best Pedal Power Supplies In 2022

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Pedal Power Supply

Building your first pedal board? Looking for clean, silent power for all of your effects pedals? Then you need a good pedal power supply. No matter how many pedals you … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

6 Best Buffer Pedals In 2022 (Budget to High End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Buffer Pedals

As an electric guitar player you have probably collected a large amount of effects pedals. Since buying all these guitar pedals, you may have noticed that your guitar has lost … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

6 Best Tremolo Pedal Options In 2022 (Mini, Budget, High-End, Analog & More)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Tremolo Pedals

The two most common built-in effects found on tube amplifiers are reverb and tremolo. While most are quite familiar with the concept of reverb, you may have overlooked the slightly … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

6 Best Delay Pedals On The Market (Mini, Digital, Budget & High End)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Delay Pedals

What do the songs “Run Like Hell”, “Welcome to the Jungle”, and “Where the Streets Have No Name” all have in common? They all feature iconic guitar riffs that utilize … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

6 Best Compressor Pedals In 2022 (Bass, Metal, Mini & High End Options)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Compressor Pedal

Ever wish that your clean tones were more evened out when you strum hard? Have you ever tried playing a “chicken pickin” style lick, but notice that you’re missing that … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals

9 Best Univibe Pedals In 2022 (All Budgets)

by Davis Wilton Bader
Best Univibe Pedal For Guitar

There are a number of reasons why one might be interested in Univibe. Maybe you are interested in sounding like Jimi Hendrix at his trippiest. Maybe you want to add … Read more

Categories Guitar Pedals
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