Thaddeus Hogarth

Thaddeus Hogarth is a professor in the Guitar department at Berklee College of Music. He has been a prominent artist on the New England music scene since the early ’90s. His music and voice can be heard worldwide in full-length and independent short feature films, commercial television, PBS, and MTV. For Berklee Online, he teaches several levels of private guitar lessons for the Guitar Performance degree, and Funk/Rock and R&B Guitar Soloing, which he wrote.




Electro-Harmonix Crying Tone Wah Review

Every now and again we have a product that is released that challenges the status quo.

Photograph of aLittle Dual II guitar pedal, from Lehle

Lehle Little Dual Switcher Review

This post I will share some experimenting I have been doing with the Little Lehle Dual Switcher. The Little Lehle is made in Germany by Lehle Gitarrentechnik

Best Clean Boost Pedals

In this post, we’ll talk about the idea of some kind of boost and moderate EQ to the pure guitar signal. I am interested to hear all of your comments and thoughts on this

Photo of guitarist Julien Kasper, sitting in the sunshine with his guitar.

Julien Kasper Guitar Tone Profile

You should know about Julien Kasper, because this guy knows tone!

Neunaber Wet Reverb Guitar Pedal Review

Here is this week’s amazing pedal to add to your arsenal of tone shapers: The WET Reverb pedal.

The Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature Amp is pictured.

Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature Amp Review

Berklee Online guitar instructor and course author Thaddeus Hogarth reviews and demos the Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature amplifier.

Photograph of an Ethos Overdrive guitar pedal, from Custom Tones LLC.

Ethos Overdrive Pedal Review

This week I am writing a review on one of my favorite Overdrive pedals: the Ethos Overdrive Pedal.

Thaddeus Hogarth is pictured playing his sunburst Fender Stratocaster guitar.

The Tone Power of the Stratocaster

One eye-opening revelation in the quest for tone happening to me back in the early ’90s: I was playing with a relatively popular Boston-based band called the Heavy Metal Horns.

A man in a black T-shirt and gray sweatpants plays a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar.

Signature Guitar Tone and Picking

Let’s talk about attack devices, or ways to get a string moving. I know it sounds too simple to be true, but this one post might be the difference between you and your signature sound!