The synthesizer was a luxury for a long time. In the sixties it took up a whole studio wall and cost as much as a car. Then it got smaller, it got cheaper, and by the early eighties even a broke band could get one. These are the ten albums 80s synth-pop stands on. You should not be missing a single one at home.

A Floyd Rose gives you the best whammy action and the worst headaches. It works on the balance between string tension and spring tension, and when that balance is off, your guitar never comes back to pitch. In episode 16 of Studio Lab, Lukas and Jakub Hribik walk you through the whole setup: string changes, fine tuners, springs and blocking the trem. Here is the guide from both parts, written out step by step.

In the early 90s a wave came out of Seattle that swept away hairspray and long guitar solos alike. Grunge mixed the dirty sound of fuzz pedals, heavy riffs and punk honesty. We are counting down the ten albums the genre could not exist without, from number ten to number one.