For a considerable number of years, gigs and rehearsals have been the platform to inform my guitar reviews, unleashing a diverse array of instruments on my bandmates and whatever audience was in attendance. In recent months, like many of us, I’ve been recording to fill the void of those cancelled gigs, not to mention the endless task of learning new songs. Aside from putting my playing under the microscope, recording has shifted my own needs. Whereas with my gig-head on I’d be looking at an instrument to get me through a couple of sets of typically diverse covers, I’m now looking for a guitar, or guitars, that suit the song I’ve been asked to work on.
One example is the good ol’ offset. Reviewing Nik Huber’s Piet was a bit of a game-changer: I fell for its charms hook, line and sinker. I also made the foolish mistake of recording some
