Blog - Billy Shuler

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Welcome to the New Site

Here from one of my videos looking for a track? It's free and it's right here. A quick tour of the backing tracks, covers, albums, and everything else on the new site.

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Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal Style 1 HH HT E Pickguard Replacement and Repair

After purchasing my new Charvel Pro-Mod So-Cal I noticed that the pickguard was warped near the bridge. Follow along as I make the repairs needed to correct the issue.

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First Time Refret On Fender Stratocaster

I was gifted a very nice Fender Stratocaster which had a couple bad frets. I really like the neck so I decided to try installing new frets myself, for the first time. This isn't a how-to, just a how-I-did-it. I certainly made some mistakes but I was left with a great sounding and excellent playing…

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Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache (Bass Playthrough)

Recording bass for an upcoming instrumental cover and backing track for guitar. Drums are programmed by hand in Presonus Studio One using ML Drums Essentials and Meld. Ibanez RGB305 bass into Neural DSP's Parallax X amp sim.

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PreSonus Eris 3.5 Studio Monitor Repair

I'd had an issue with my PreSonus Eris 3.5 monitors hissing while sitting idle as well as some distortion and rattling occurring in the lower frequencies. I decided to pull the amp side of the pair apart to see what was wrong. There were two 25v 1000uF capacitors that were swollen and looked to be…

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Upcoming Releases: September 2025

Covers and remixes from songs by Mobb Deep and Oliver Tree, coming September 2025.

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EtherGlow

EtherGlow by Billy Shuler, from the upcoming album Reverie.

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Writing New Music with My Charvel So-Cal

I've been working on writing some new music after getting inspired after purchasing the NeuralDSP Morgan amp. All of my newer music is leaning more towards a more bluesy sound.