MCD Guitarrist Joaquin Refines His Marshall JCM800 2203 Tone at Kitarshokak Joaquin, guitar player from the legendary Bilbao-based punk-rock band, visited Kitarshokak last Thursday to take an in-depth look at his rig and unlock its full potential. Last Thursday, Joaquín visited our facilities to take an in-depth look at his rig and unlock its full potential. The setup we worked on consisted of a vintage…
Electric guitar lessons in Eibar: how I work at Kitarshokak Electric guitar lessons in Eibar: how I work at Kitarshokak In this article, I explain how I approach electric guitar lessons in Eibar, in the Basque Country (Spain) at Kitarshokak, and the kind of work we do during each session. My approach is entirely practical, based on direct interaction with the instrument and real sound…
Visit of students from Armeria Eskola This week I had a pleasant visit from electronics students from Armeria Eskola in Eibar. They’re studying the application of electronics in audio, and the teacher proposed a challenge. This challenge is about making a guitar pedal (or perhaps more accurately, an instrument pedal, because it could be used for other instruments). The initial proposals ranged from a germanium…
Live sound at Nacho’s Dick’s last concert It’s not easy to keep the Kitarshokak news blog up to date… On June 20th, I had the pleasure and opportunity to provide live sound service for Nacho’s Dick’s last concert. The singer, Aitor, is leaving the band and was the only original member. The band members are considering continuing with another singer and a new name, thus…
Vintage Gear Tour with Endika Recently, Endika contacted me, a guy who likes blues, rock, hard rock, pop… with substance. He contacted me because he’s thinking of renting several amps to have good presets for his Kemper. The fact is, he told me he was pretty sure he wanted the original ’63 Vox AC30 and the original ’68 Marshall Plexi that I have for rent.…
Selecting vintage EI ecc83/12ax7 tubes I have an interesting collection of vintage and antique preamp tubes, which I consider crucial to the final sound of an amp (as do the power amp tubes, although they require bias adjustment while the preamp tubes don’t). Depending on the amp model and tube model, the final sound of an amp can be much better shaped, improving nuances, definition,…
Sound advice for Ibon Ibon, the guitar player of Amuak (Amuakm on Instagram), a band that enjoys spending time playing with each other and that makes curious videos of close shots on Instagram, has stopped by to help him with the sound of his pedalboard + amplifier gear. Ibon is a person that I have known for a long time and he is very nice,…
Coldplay “Fix It” + guitar arrangements by Ni Neu On Three Kings’ Day it is the turn of this Colplay song in which light is glimpsed after a gloomy beginning. A cry for hope, for the hand that is offered so that things can gradually go their way. The Kings have been slow to arrive because a priori they were not expected, but they have…
Fabi from Penadas por la ley and Pepe from Turbofuckers I usually like to show the customers who came to Kitarshokak, whether they are famous, newcomers, musicians, fans, etc… although not all those who come appear because some do not want to, they do not like social networks or appearing, they prefer discretion. In this case, a rock couple of Argentinians who are well known…
ENGL Invader. Test after repair I am quite versatile musically, I let myself go and I have a very thrash metal musical background so when I get an amplifier like an Engl Invader I take those paths. Over time I have become rockier and that mixture is also present in me. This amplifier required a tube change and revision. After doing it, it sounded very…
