Common Mistakes
Everything published on Viyolens under Common Mistakes — reviews, buying advice and how-tos written for players and producers in the UK.
Common Electro Harmonix Mistakes to Avoid
Most Electro-Harmonix disasters are avoidable. Here are the mistakes guitarists make most often, from the shop to the stage, and the fixes that prevent them.
Common Takamine Guitar Mistakes to Avoid
The avoidable habits that undermine this brand's genuinely brilliant reputation, from untested strings to a neglected bridge plate.
Common Rode Mic Mistakes to Avoid
Most disappointing recordings aren't the microphone's fault. Here are the Rode mic mistakes that come up again and again, and how to fix each one.
Common Charvel Guitars Mistakes to Avoid
The same handful of avoidable mistakes trip up Charvel buyers again and again — here's the honest, mate-in-a-shop rundown.
Common Guitar Capo Mistakes to Avoid
Most capo frustration comes from a handful of avoidable mistakes: clamping too hard, poor placement, or incompatibility with your guitar's neck. Here's what to avoid.
Common Electric Ukuleles Mistakes to Avoid
Most frustration with a new instrument isn't a fault — it's a mismatch between expectation and what you actually bought. Here's what to watch for.
Common U 87 Neumann Mistakes to Avoid
None of these are exotic problems. They're the everyday slips that cost a session time, and every one is a five-minute fix once you know to spot it.
Common Ace Studio Mistakes to Avoid
Most AI vocal synthesis problems come from the same handful of mistakes. Here's what they are and how to fix them.
Common Nylon String Guitar Strings Mistakes to Avoid
Most frustrations blamed on nylon strings are actually one of a handful of avoidable slip-ups. Here's what to watch for, from the bridge knot to tension.
Common Cor Anglais Mistakes to Avoid
Cor anglais is not a forgiving instrument, and a handful of habits explain most of the frustration players run into. Here are eight, and how to fix them.
Common Bass Strings Mistakes to Avoid
A bass that 'just doesn't sound right anymore' is usually a strings problem, not an instrument problem. Here's what to check first.
Common Piccolo Trumpet Mistakes to Avoid
Approaching the instrument too early, using the wrong mouthpiece, overplaying sessions, ignoring intonation: the most common mistakes and how to correct each.
Common Presonus Mistakes to Avoid
None of these mistakes are stupid, just easy to make once. Here's what actually trips people up with PreSonus gear.
Common Ibanez Bass Mistakes to Avoid
Most regrets with an Ibanez bass trace back to one of these eight avoidable mistakes, from choosing by series name alone to ignoring the setup.
Common Guitar Neck Mistakes to Avoid
The same handful of guitar neck mistakes turn up again and again. Here's what actually goes wrong, and the fix.
Common Stentor Mistakes to Avoid
Most disappointments with a Stentor trace back to one of these eight avoidable mistakes, from buying by age alone to overlooking the bow's condition.
Common Fog Machine Mistakes to Avoid
Most fog machine mistakes aren't complicated. They're simple oversights that damage equipment, trigger alarms or irritate audiences—and they're all preventable.
Common Looper App Mistakes to Avoid
Plenty of people blame a perfectly good looper app when it was actually one small, fixable habit tripping them up. Here are the mistakes worth avoiding.
Common Behringer Synthesizer Mistakes to Avoid
Most Behringer synthesizer frustration comes from a handful of avoidable habits, not the instrument. Here are the eight mistakes worth fixing first.
Common Guitar Bridge Mistakes to Avoid
Most guitar bridge problems aren't the hardware failing — they're small habits that quietly cause bigger ones. Here's what to fix first.
Common Native Instruments Mistakes to Avoid
NI's ecosystem is brilliant once you know how to drive it. Here are the small habits that cause most of the real headaches, and how to sidestep them.
Common Jhs Guitar Pedals Mistakes to Avoid
Most pedal problems aren't the pedal's fault. Here are the JHS Pedals mistakes that trip people up most, and the easy fix for each.
Common Guiro Music Instrument Mistakes to Avoid
The same handful of avoidable errors turn up again and again with the guiro, from the shop floor through to the stage. Here's how to skip them.
Common Soprano Saxophone Mistakes to Avoid
This instrument exposes small errors fast — the common mistakes that come up again and again, and how to actually fix them.
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