I Write For The Site, Is There Any Articles You Guys Would Like To See

...top five basses?

or like starter amps.

A comparison of plectrum materials and the difference they make.

You could do tone-wood argument/article. That would keep you typing for ages.

I don't think it would be that bad. Eventually, your research would lead to ebony and walnut being the best and you'd be seen as a hero among musicians.

What about a boutique vs old masters series? one for pedals, guitars, basses, amps, mics... discussing what they are making gear with now and how they compare on the whole to what they were inspired by?

articles that favor science over opinion? I'm not sure which articles you wrote but a great many of them , while useful for youngsters in a general way, contain downright electronic and acoustic falsehoods regurgitated as received wisdom

if I know what you're writing about I can hit you up with some actual specs of products.... I actually AM a resource, as I can read a schematic for just about anything music-technology and know how it works. So for isntances if you are writing a boutique OD review Ic an tell you which ones are secretly subescreamers just by taking the back plate off and looking at the PCB, opamps, diode configuration and feedback loop....

I actually attempted to write some content for the site, but Michael felt I was way too detail oriented and long-winded and I just couldn't figure out how to edit my article without losing the parts that I thought made it a good review/buyer's guide. I am just not cut out for journalism. Ask me for a page and you get a book! My prose is tight, direct and concise.... but there's a lot of it and I spend so long one very sentence making it convey maximum info with minimum words that I just cannot edit beyond the 2nd or 3rd draft! And Michael wasn't sure what I should cut either but he felt it was definitely long and a bit boring at times LOL

Just to clarify, it's not that I didn't like the articles. At the time, we were trying get articles that would perform well for bringing people to Equipboard that had never heard of us and interact with the site. What we found was that most people entering in questions on google or seeing an article on facebook or twitter are much more interested in beginner levels and opinions than in technically deep. In fact, we saw that when articles got too long or technical, people would actually leave sooner than the more succinct summaries. But, that's very specific to that situation.

Just saying, as to be fair, I've given Mason specific direction to make it newbie friendly. Having said that, if you guys ever see inaccuracies, I'd like to fix it.

I actually pretty much read most of what you write because I take your opinion seriously and look for your comments specifically when trying to learn about new gear. To that end, (and now that I know a little more about Equipboard's audience's preferences), I'd love for you to write some articles for EB that we tailor to the more spec-centric crowd. Would you be interested in writing a piece on the history and model variations of tube screamers? Email me and let me know and we can discuss details.

the email I use for music stuff is pretty well known to long-time forum-heads here: jimmarchi1 @ gmail . com

obviously, remove the spaces, I just do that as a rudimentary but effective form of bot-proofing

if you need some legit info on a piece of gear you are reviewing or some general background on anything music-electronics from guitar to synths to recording equipement fel free to ask. if I don't know off the top of my head I can find out quickly.

The History of the Tubescreamer was printed in Premier Guitar March 23, 2017, from an article written in 2011.

I have often thought that these forums needed a Tech Tips Corner or a How It Works section with Jim. His knowledge is otherworldly on quite a few things.