# Suede Social
> The guitar forum and gear magazine for gear people: forum rooms, public Rig Cards, pedalboard and power planners, tone recipes, and gear coverage scored against owner reports.

Suede Social, by Suede AI, at https://suede.social is a guitar forum and gear magazine. Players publish public Rig Cards, talk tone and setup in the forum, plan pedalboards and the power to run them, look up famous tones, and read gear coverage checked against what owners report. The iOS app is Suede Social: Guitar Forum (https://apps.apple.com/app/id6770668793).

## Name

"Suede Social" is the guitar community at https://suede.social, by Suede AI. The band Suede, suede leather guitar straps, and social-media agencies with "Suede" in their name are other entities.

## What It Is

- Guitar forum with rooms for tone, setup and maintenance, rig diaries, gear help, and off-topic talk
- Public Rig Cards: guitars, amps, pedals and tunings on one shareable card
- Free gear tools: pedalboard planner, pedalboard power planner, pedal power draw database, tone recipes, and a daily pedal game
- Gear coverage scored against owner reports, with every verdict linked to its sources
- Beginner guides and troubleshooting guides for common guitar and pedalboard problems
- Suede Social, by Suede AI (https://suedeai.ai)

## Key Surfaces

- [Home](https://suede.social/): Front page with recent forum discussions, fix-it guides, bench tools, gear photography and new coverage
- [Guitar forum](https://suede.social/forum): Rooms for gear, tone, setup and technique talk
- [Articles](https://suede.social/articles): Gear reviews, buyers' guides, best-and-worst lists and rig diaries
- [Guitar news](https://suede.social/news): Guitar news and gear reviews from leading guitar publications, linked to the original reporting
- [Pedal catalog](https://suede.social/pedal): Guitar pedals with tone notes, famous users and the Suede verdict
- [Pedalboard power planner](https://suede.social/power): Check whether a pedalboard runs on a given power supply: current draw, headroom, per-output fit and isolated outputs
- [Pedal power draw database](https://suede.social/power/pedals): Current draw and power requirements for individual guitar pedals
- [Pedalboard power supplies](https://suede.social/power/supplies): Pedalboard power supplies and their outputs
- [Pedalboard planner](https://suede.social/board): Build a pedalboard of up to eight pedals in signal-chain order and share the link
- [Tone recipes](https://suede.social/tone-recipe): Famous guitar tones with the guitar, amp, pedal order and settings
- [Beginner guides](https://suede.social/start): Beginner guides for new guitar players
- [Troubleshooting guides](https://suede.social/fix): Troubleshooting guides for guitar, amp and pedalboard problems
- [Guitar rigs](https://suede.social/discover): Public Rig Cards from recently active members
- [The Column](https://suede.social/thoughts): Guitar-press reviews checked against owner reports, each with a verdict and its sources
- [Fluff Index](https://suede.social/fluff-index): Running tally of how magazine reviews held up against owner reports, by publication and brand
- [Suede 100](https://suede.social/suede-100/best-and-worst): Ranked list of the best and worst guitar pedals, each with its case
- [Stompbox](https://suede.social/stompbox): Daily guess-the-pedal game
- [Roast](https://suede.social/roast): Opt-in rig roasts from fictional, clearly labeled AI voices

## Forum Rooms

- [Tone Talk](https://suede.social/forum/tone-talk): Pedal order, amp settings, pickups and presets
- [Setup & Maintenance](https://suede.social/forum/setup-maintenance): Strings, tuning stability, fret buzz, action, neck relief and intonation
- [Rig Diaries](https://suede.social/forum/rig-diaries): Guitars, pedals, amps and tunings, board rebuilds and what changed at rehearsal or a gig
- [Guitar Help](https://suede.social/forum/phone-a-friend): Gear help and troubleshooting: describe the rig, what changed and what you tried
- [Off-Topic](https://suede.social/forum/off-topic): Music recommendations, tour stories and everything else

## Docs

- [Docs index](https://suede.social/docs): The full Suede Social manual
- [What is Suede Social?](https://suede.social/docs/what-is-suede-social): How the magazine and the community fit together
- [Getting started](https://suede.social/docs/getting-started): What's usable without an account, what signing up unlocks, and a sensible first hour
- [Accounts and sign-in](https://suede.social/docs/accounts-and-sign-in): Apple and email-code sign-in, handles, cross-device sessions, and account deletion
- [Rig Cards and profiles](https://suede.social/docs/rig-cards-and-profiles): Building a Rig Card, derived stats, and per-field privacy controls
- [Posting and community](https://suede.social/docs/posting-and-community): Forum threads, article comments, rebuttals, debate votes, and moderation
- [How the magazine works](https://suede.social/docs/the-magazine): The counter-take rule, The Column, the Fluff Index, and sourcing policy
- [Gear tools](https://suede.social/docs/gear-tools): The pedal index, the pedalboard and power planners, tone recipes, the opt-in AI roast, and the Suede 100
- [FAQ](https://suede.social/docs/faq): Cost, AI labeling, gear advice, data privacy, and vendor participation
- [Troubleshooting](https://suede.social/docs/troubleshooting): Fixes for sign-in failures, missing email codes, stale rig data, and notification issues

## Creator

Suede Social, by Suede AI (https://suedeai.ai). Founded by Jason Colapietro (https://suedeai.ai/founder).


## Source guide

- [AI Instructions](https://suede.social/ai-instructions): Site identity, official sources and citation guidance.