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Author: Micah Johnson

Micah Johnson started playing music in high school, when he taught himself the bass to join his friend’s band. He added guitar and drums during his twenties playing in local clubs, and along the way, he picked up unique, hands-on experience from hand drums to studio mixers. On Song Simian, he aims to share this knowledge from 20+ years playing and recording music. When not in gearhead mode, he enjoys photography and travel.

The 4 Best Cheap Bass Traps – Reviews 2025

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So why get bass traps? Well, if you have all the money in the world, you can build a recording studio from scratch that is perfectly designed to give you the ideal acoustics. For most of us, though, we’re limited to the pre-existing spaces in our homes or offices. Acoustic panels attached to the walls […]

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The 4 Best Cheap Ride Cymbals – Budget Cymbal Reviews 2025

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The ride cymbal is an important part of any drum kit. Whether you’re the rhythm in a jazz trio or providing the power behind a heavy metal ensemble, the ride cymbal will be one of the most present sounds in any groove, making it especially important to choose one that complements your style and the […]

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The 4 Best Pots for P90 Pickups – Reviews 2025

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Which pots to get for P90 pickups? Well, the P90 pickup gives players a sound that’s comfortably in between the more common styles of a standard single-coil design and a double-coil humbucker. They tend to produce less noise than your typical single-coil pickup but have a brighter tone than most humbuckers, more similar to the […]

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The 4 Best Strat Middle Pickups – Reviews 2025

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The middle pickup on a Stratocaster is one of the components most responsible for giving the guitar its distinctive sound—which makes it ironic that it is also one of the most often overlooked components when players are looking to upgrade their sound. Of course, it’s used in conjunction with either the neck or the bridge […]

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The 4 Best Octave Fuzz Pedals – Effects Pedal Reviews 2025

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The octave fuzz pedal is not a new effects option. You could in fact call it a standard, since it first became available to guitarists in the late 1960s, around the same time the stompbox effect in general started to become popular. Even though they’ve been around for a while, though, the wide range of […]

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The 4 Best Amp Modelers – Guitar Amp Modeling Pedal Reviews 2025

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So why get an amp modeler? Amassing a collection of amps isn’t an option for many players, especially those who live in apartments or spend a lot of time on the road. Amassing a collection of pedals, on the other hand, is far easier since they’re generally compact and store well. Therefore, a quality amp […]

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The 4 Best 2000 Watt Amps – 2000W RMS Amplifier Reviews 2025

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So, why buy a 2000 watt amp? Well, even the largest subwoofer can only give you so much volume on its own. If you really want to rattle the frame, you’ll need to provide it some more power. The trick is to get the right 2000 RMS watt amplifier to suit your equipment. The amplifier […]

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The P90 vs. Humbucker Comparison – Pickups Review 2025

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Ahh, the eternal comparison: P90 vs Humbuckers. From the late 1940s through the early 1950s, the P90 was the standard pickup for Gibson electric guitars. The reason for their popularity was that they were the hottest pickups the guitar world had ever seen, capable of putting out bolder, more powerful rock guitar sound, without the […]

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The 4 Best MIM Strat Pickups – Fender MIM Pickup Reviews 2025

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So why do folks want to replace the standard MIM Strat pickups? Many of the same internal components are used between the American-made and the Mexican-made Stratocasters, and while some people will tell you the MIM Strat uses an inferior build quality, others assert the only difference between them is the price. However, the one […]

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The 4 Best VST for Trap Music – Trap Beats Software Review 2025

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Trap music, also known by the name EDM music, gained a lot of momentum in recent days thanks to the resurgence of the dance music culture. The genre is hardly new but there are many producers who haven’t had experience with the genre until recent years because of this uptick in popularity. If you’re looking […]

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