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• YouTube: Really (Really Really) Crazy Fast Guitar Playing

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:41 pm

  This sort of thing generally trips my gag reflex, but, well... this guitarist is so ridiculously fast, it's worth a look. Watch the YouTube video of Brazilian guitarist Tiago Della Vega playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" at 320bpm. It's a long video, so if you're impatient, fast forward to the 7:30 mark to witness Vega playing at maximum warp.YouTube: Really (Really Really) Crazy Fast Guitar Playing originally appeared on About.com Guitar on Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at 22:41:03.Permalink | Comment | Email this

• Free Deep Purple MP3

  4 Feb 2010 | 2:14 pm

  From Amazon.com, here is free mp3 of Deep Purple's "Rapture of the Deep", from the 2005 album of the same name. The band has tried to recapture their classic sound to good effect, of course, Deep Purple no longer includes Ritchie Blackmore (Steve Morse took over duties in 1994).Free Deep Purple MP3 originally appeared on About.com Guitar on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at 22:14:03.Permalink | Comment | Email this

• Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Chords

  31 Jan 2010 | 8:25 am

  Continuing with the children's song theme... here are the guitar chords to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Chords originally appeared on About.com Guitar on Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 16:25:12.Permalink | Comment | Email this

• Free Joe Perry MP3

  27 Jan 2010 | 7:39 am

  Aerosmith fans will want to check out this free mp3 download of "We've Got a Long Way to Go" from lead guitarist Joe Perry's 2009 album Have Guitar, Will Travel. As a singer, Perry has clearly gleaned much from Steven Tyler, but the direction this track takes is a bit of a departure from the most recent Aerosmith albums.Free Joe Perry MP3 originally appeared on About.com Guitar on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 at 15:39:16.Permalink | Comment | Email this

• Loch Lomond Guitar Tab

  24 Jan 2010 | 3:06 pm

  I've got a new son at home and have been listening to a lot of kids music as a result. One artist I'm happy to have found is Dan Zanes - a member of the 80s band The Del Fuegos, who has found new life as a children's music artist. One track I'm particularly fond of is his take on the Scottish anthem Loch Lomond. As a result, I've put together a page outlining the guitar chords for Loch Lomond.Loch Lomond Guitar Tab originally appeared on About.com Guitar on Sunday, January 24th, 2010 at 23:06:27.Permalink | Comment | Email this

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• Is this John Petrucci's Rig?

  Zack Urlocker

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:27 am

  Via the good guys over at FretBase, here's a video that might or might not be about John Petrucci's rig.  If you've had your fill of over-the-top arrogant guitar players, you'll enjoy this.  No offense to over-the-top arrogant guitar players intended. FretBase: Main site, News

• Hondo Chiquita Travel Guitar

  Zack Urlocker

  2 Feb 2010 | 7:28 am

  I recently picked up a unique and somewhat rare Chiquita Travel Guitar.  This guitar was designed by Mark Erlewine in the early 1980s with input from Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.  The idea was to create a short-scale electric guitar that you could take as carry-on luggage and play on a bus, plane or wherever.  The guitars were manufactured by Samick in Korea and sold by Hondo, a division of IMC.   Several different colors and styles were made, including models with swtichable double-coil and single-coil pickups. Mine is in bright yellow, same as what Michael J Fox played…

• Ray Davies: Working Man's Café

  Zack Urlocker

  25 Jan 2010 | 7:02 am

  From the first track of Ray Davies' latest CD "Working Man's Café" it's clear that at the ripe old age of 65 the man still has a lot to say about what's going on the world.   Vietnam Cowboys is a biting commentary on globalization and the loss genericization of culture.  But rather than preaching, Davies' combines wit with a good ol' rock and roll soundtrack.  You better top up your suntan Looks like we're in for heavy weather Economic meltdown Nobody said it would last forever Let's make a movie in Baghdad Take the culture…

• NRBQ: Best Cult Band You Never Heard Of

  Zack Urlocker

  18 Jan 2010 | 6:35 am

  This is another guest post from my buddy Rick in Phoenix on the legendary cult band NRBQ (New Rhythm & Blues Quartet).  It’s all there in their first ‘hit’, “Flat Foot Flewzy” – an amazing guitar riff to lead off, sinking into a deep groove that keeps on rolling over a nonsense lyric, but throughout it all, music that just makes you want to smile.  NRBQ is one of the greatest bands of all time. In some ways, NRBQ never ‘progressed’ from that initial shot.  They just kept creating small masterpieces over the years, refining the perfect pop song in a…

• Guitar Break Weekend

  Zack Urlocker

  13 Jan 2010 | 4:35 am

  This is a guest posting from my buddy Richard from the UK who attended a recent GuitarBreak Guitar Getaway weekend near Guilford. Looking for a way to improve my confidence and technique for impromptu blues/rock soloing I saw this GuitarBreak Guitar Getaway event advertised in the GuitarTechniques Magazine published in the UK but distributed globally now. Out of all the guitar magazines I’ve bought and kept! this has proven to be the most consistently helpful to me over the years – although it should be noted that they cover many different guitar styles, not just blues and rock. This…

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  Guitarkadia

• Interview with Melvin Gibbs – Part Two

  emon

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:02 am

  Part One. Melvin Gibbs: Bio +  MySpace + Facebook +  Twitter Share and Enjoy:

• Interview with Melvin Gibbs – Part One

  emon

  5 Feb 2010 | 11:22 am

  Doing this was a great pleasure of mine. Meeting and getting to know Melvin, know of his influences, and recording those stories are priceless. This is how music conversations should happen. Melvin Gibbs: Bio +  MySpace + Facebook +  Twitter Share and Enjoy:

• Jazz Museum in Harlem & Martino Unstrung

  emon

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:27 am

  A friend had sent me an article – an excerpt really – from 1997 called “Prehistory of Jazz”, from Ted Gioia’s book ‘The History of Jazz‘. Gioa is an editor/writer of the fantastic site Jazz.com (also the site’s blog) .Check out a piece he put together – A History of New Orleans Music in 100 Tracks“) One thing led to another and I stumbled into an interview with Pat Martino at the Museum of Jazz in Harlem’s video section. On a side note, the Museum should be on Twitter. While watching the interview, noticed a related video…

• Cover Songs, or Songovers?

  emon

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:10 am

  Nathan’s 10 Cover Songs Better Than The Originals [hat tip to Sandy] got me thinking that the whole cover genre needs a new term: Songover: 1. when a cover song makes the original sound better than it was. or 2. when a cover song finds the intent of the original writer before being ruined by a performer or a particular genre. (don’t look online for these definitions because I just pulled it out of my ass). Anyway. I don’t always think that covers make the original sound better or worse. There have been instances where I liked both versions for different reasons. Matt…

• Will Knox: A Guitarkadia Session

  emon

  27 Jan 2010 | 1:46 pm

  Will Knox:  Site +   MySpace +   Facebook +   Twitter Q&A G: What 3 albums have influenced your writing the most? Why? WK: 1. Nick Drake – Pink Moon. This was Nick’s last record, it’s all solo acoustic. It is packed with raw performance, intricate songwriting, and extremely honest emotion. I think it gives a rare chance to just hear one the greatest singer-songwriters at his rawest (guitar & voice), letting the melodies, lyrics and harmonies speak for themselves. Jose Gonzalez’ ‘Veneer’ is a similar record in that respect, though very…

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• Saint Blues Guitar Launches Electric Washboard

  Brian

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:19 am

  Time to get your jug band on.  Saint Blues Guitar Workshop announced today the launch of the Woogie Board, the first production electric washboard in partnership with Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars.   Cody is the son of legendary producer, Jim Dickinson, who worked with artists such as the Rolling Stones, the Replacements, and Bob Dylan.  Although it was his father’s love of roots, blues, and folk music that introduced Cody to the washboard, electrifying it and marrying with traditional guitar effects, was all Cody. It is handmade in Memphis from solid Mahogany, and…

• Guitar Scale Magnets: Cheat Sheet for Learning Scales

  Brian

  5 Feb 2010 | 11:00 am

  Here’s a cool idea to help beginner guitarists learn their scales - put a magnetic strip along the top of the neck that shows the player where to put their hands to start playing a particular scale.  “My products are meant to be utilized alone or in conjunction with music theory and any educational tools available to stimulate the individual’s creativity that music offers,” says creator Jason Ellestad. A picture is worth a thousand words…take a look: Applying the magnetic strip along the neck For more information about Guitar Scale Magnets visit their website at…

• Guitar Walk-Thru of John Prine’s “Hello In There”

  Dave

  3 Feb 2010 | 10:45 am

  John Prine is a national treasure.  He usually turns pretty straightforward and classic fingerstyle chord playing (think variations on G, C, F & D) into beautiful guitar tunes played alongside humorous or poignant lyrics.  While never a top-selling artist, Prine has enjoyed consistent success over the course of his 40 year career and he continues to tour.  He killed it in a concert in San Francisco in 2009.  Bob Dylan even named John Prine as one of his favorite songwriters. And when it comes to walk-thrus of songs on guitar, nobody does a better job than David Hodge of Guitar…

• Orange Launches The New Rockerverb II

  Brian

  3 Feb 2010 | 7:56 am

  Orange is announcing new additions to the popular Rockerverb series of amps called the Rockerverb II.  The new Rockerverb II builds upon the original Rockerverb by adding enhancements to the reverb, F/X loop and controls.  They’ve also added EL34 valves to a 50-watt combo version of the amp. Here’s some of the pics…. Orange Rockerverb II 100 Watt Head Orange Rockerverb II 50 Watt Head Orange Rockerverb II 50 Watt Combo The New Rockerverb II series includes the following new specifications and changes: Enhanced valve F/X loop offering a totally transparent sound Improved…

• Epiphone Giveaway: SST Studio Acoustic / Electric

  Brian

  2 Feb 2010 | 1:11 pm

  Epiphone is holding a giveaway for the relatively new acoustic-electric guitar called the Epiphone SST Studio.  The SST Studio has a solid mahogany body that has been chambered with sound cavities, that when amplified by an under-saddle pickup, produce an acoustic tone that’s feed-back free. The Epiphone SST Studio has a street price for about $350.00 USD but everyone likes something for free. The contest ends on February 28th, 2010.  You just need a working email address and a little bit of luck.  Enter at http://www.epiphone.com/contest.asp Epiphone SST Studio from Epiphone Company…

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• Beginner Guitar Lessons and The Theory of Music.

  Daniel Lehrman

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:43 am

  Guitar Lessons Is it not odd at how musical and artistic the act of playing the guitar is, or your instrument of choice, as compared to the technical, mathematical and memory challenging side of the theory of music? The actual act of learning music theory is an important ingredient in the recipe in becoming a good guitar player. I tend to get obsessed with things sometimes, and now I’m obsessed with learning guitar theory, along with that my goal of being able to sight read music. It is not necessary for beginner guitarists to learn everything about music theory. Some guitar players…

• Roy Orbison Singer and Guitar Player Gets Walk of Fame star.

  Daniel Lehrman

  31 Jan 2010 | 6:16 am

  Roy Orbison, Singer, Guitar Player The late rock’n'roll legend Roy Orbison, the one with the beautiful voice, has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Enjoy for a minute: Orbison’s widow Barbara accepted the star on his behalf on Friday at a ceremony attended by Eric Idle, Chris Isaak and Dan Aykroyd. Roy Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, the middle son of Orbie Lee Orbison, an oil well driller and car mechanic, and Nadine Shultz, a nurse. Roy was a guitar player. As much as I talk about the virtues of beginner guitar lessons,  Roy was self taught At the age…

• Guitar Player, Singer, Songwriter Neil Young Honored.

  Daniel Lehrman

  31 Jan 2010 | 5:43 am

  “It’s been a great night, It wore me out. Now I’ve got to go back and try to write some songs” Neil Young, at the end of the MusicCares event celebrating him as Person of the Year. Neil Young sat in the audience as 20 of his best known songs were performed on stage Friday. Elton John, James Taylor, Dave Matthews and more than a dozen other artists launched Grammy weekend with performances honoring Young as the MusiCares Person of the Year. The annual event celebrates an artist’s philanthropy each year as it raises funds for the music industry charity that…

• Learn To Play Guitar: Online Guitar Courses.

  Daniel Lehrman

  30 Jan 2010 | 8:26 am

  Learn to Play Guitar We think everyone should learn to play guitar. It beats the heck out of playing XBox 360 all day in the darkness of your bedroom. I know they say that XBox enhances hand eye coordination and certain reflexes, but at the end of the game, what do you have to keep that is of much importance when it comes to life? It is a proven fact that ”guitar lessons for beginners” increase your memory, cognitive skills, reading and writing, and muscle memory. It provides a great escape from the slings and arrows of everyday life, providing some necessary discipline to our…

• Slide Guitar Players, Past And Present.

  Daniel Lehrman

  27 Jan 2010 | 10:54 am

  Slide Guitar Player-Lowell George In American music, slide guitar (aka bottleneck guitar) is a technique used primarily by blues guitarists. It involves the use of a smooth glass or metal cylinder that can fit over a player’s finger, which is then moved up and down the neck of the guitar, raising and lowering the pitch of the strings without ever putting the strings in contact with the fretboard. Slide guitar was fairly common among the solo acoustic guitarists of the 1920s through the mid-’40s. In the late ’40s, when blues guitarists in bands found that they had to resort…

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• Kustom K-100 amp and speaker cab

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:56 am

  guitarz.blogspot.com:Several of you correctly identified the Kustom Kat in our quiz last week.Kustom Amplification were founded in 1966 and their solid-state amps were quite eye-catching being covered in Tuck-And-Roll naugahyde, similar to automobile upholstery of the era. Colours included Red Sparkle, Blue Sparkle, Gold Sparkle, Cascade Sparkle (Teal), Charcoal Sparkle, Silver Sparkle, and Flat Black (no sparkle).The Kustom Kat was a promotional item originally given away with purchased Kustom amps and were available in the same colours. They were similar to the naugas, supposedly being the…

• Kawai Moonsault with gigbag

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:24 pm

  guitarz.blogspot.com:We've previously looked at the Kawai Moonsault on this blog (see here), but I think it's well worth another look because it's one of my all-time favourite designs and is one that is rarely seen outside of Japan. This particular blue-burst example is available for sale on eBay right now, priced at $3995, so as much as I love this design I'm not going to be buying one any time soon.Furthermore, I had to show you the above photo, because it's rare enough to see a Moonsault itself, let alone its oddly-shaped gigbag. I bet you'd get a few stares carrying one of those.G L…

• Montana Custom Leathercaster

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:47 am

  guitarz.blogspot.com:Have you noticed that if there was ever one type of guitar that is consistently chosen for the covered-in-leather treatment - be it partially or whole-body - then it's the Tele? It must be something to do with the country and western association that this particular guitar has.This alder-bodied Montana Leathercaster T-type guitar not only has a hand-tooled leather pickguard, but it also features a skull and crossbones and a liberal dose of nickel skull studs and a pair of skull-topped control knobs, and as such will appeal not only to the C&W crowd but also to the…

• A vintage Kent-brand solidbody electric

  7 Feb 2010 | 1:27 pm

  guitarz.blogspot.com:An anonymous Guitarz reader writes: Here are two snapshots of my old Kent guitar.I acquired this circa 1995 at a ramshackle roadside shop in rural Georgia (USA), whose sign advertised "APPLIANCES - GUITARS". The place was full of beat-up used stoves and refrigerators, but there was only one guitar for sale, this Kent, which I purchased for fifty dollars, not a low price, but I couldn't bargain him down.Note the stylized V and T on the volume and tone knobs. The movable plastic bridge is held in place by string tension, like that of an archtop guitar. The wear pattern on…

• Upgraded 1983 Gibson Challenger II + I

  7 Feb 2010 | 8:13 am

  guitarz.blogspot.comA short-lived budget LP-shaped guitar from the early 80s, the Gibson Challenger II (there is a Challenger I with only the bridge pickup) has a bolt-on neck, a Schaller wrap-around bridge and supposedly cheap noisy humbuckers (but it feels like a mere rumor because I never found this information first-hand). The standard silver finish is very 80s (like the electric blue one I pointed out here).Anyway, this one has been upgraded with 3 new chrome Gibson humbuckers and a Marauder pickguard - and the result looks quite good. I like these cheap flat Les Paul variations that…

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  Building the Ergonomic Guitar

• Improv to Let the Chips Fall

  Rob Irizarry

  25 Jan 2010 | 4:15 am

  Roger Placer plays his custom Forshage headless ergonomic guitar. Go to BTEG for the full article, pictures and comments!

• Change is Underway

  Rob Irizarry

  11 Jan 2010 | 11:30 am

  Building the Ergonomic Guitar is back with eLUTHERIE.org to follow as an independent site! Go to BTEG for the full article, pictures and comments!

• Toone & Townsend

  Rick Toone

  19 Nov 2009 | 9:31 am

  Would you like to beta test the Simplicity multi-scale headless tuning system? Fame and fortune await your fingertips. Go to BTEG for the full article, pictures and comments!

• An Ergonomic Guitar Tale

  Ola Strandberg

  17 Nov 2009 | 7:15 am

  Ola Strandberg's lightweight ergonomic guitar debuts at Uppsala International Guitar Festival (Sweden, 2009). Go to BTEG for the full article, pictures and comments!

• Most Popular Posts – October 2009

  Rob Irizarry

  13 Nov 2009 | 11:59 am

  Up next... our ten most popular posts on eLUTHERIE.org for October 2009. Read and enjoy! Go to BTEG for the full article, pictures and comments!

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• A short interview/Lesson I did with Oscar Jordan of ShareMyGuitar.com!

  Mark Wein

  18 Jan 2010 | 2:27 pm

  Whats up? I haven't been writing in my blog for about a month or so due to the studio being horribly busy and some website updates and whatnot, but I should be going again in February as things die down. This week was the NAMM Show (National Association of Music Merchants) and while I was there checking things out I did a few interviews, one for VintageRock.com that we'll see in a few weeks and this one with "ShareMyGuitar.com" that was just posted today....it's a quick version of my "Hendrix Rhythm Guitar" lesson from a few months ago.... Here are a few product reviews and other junk from…

• Blog Rewind - Hybrid Picking, Walking Basslines and Double Stops

  Mark Wein

  19 Nov 2009 | 7:07 am

  This weeks lesson is what I call a "Goodie Bag" lesson.  I have a batch of licks or ideas that are loosely connected, but each can stand on their own...do all or part of the lesson!The theme this week is "Hybrid Picking".   Hybrid picking is where you use a combination of pick and fingers to play the strings as opposed to just using the pick or just playing fingerstyle.The first example is a walking bass line played with the pick while the other fingers play chords.  The thing to keep in mind is that the chord either happens WITH the bass note, or in between bass…

• The Joys of the Two Continent and Three State Cover Band

  Mark Wein

  18 Nov 2009 | 6:14 am

      Today is the "Reveal" for the Recordingfest on my forum, and I personally collaborated on "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin with three other guys I've never met in person.     Here is the mp3: Black Dog     Instead of the usual "go to a studio, mic the instruments and perform the song and overdub" scheme that was how we used to have to do things computer recording and the internet have allowed me to record music with people on the other side of the globe in the privacy of my own office between students.     I have…

• 3 Note Per String Minor Scales

  Mark Wein

  17 Nov 2009 | 3:15 pm

  This is the 3rd of the 3 note per string lessons and it is the last of our "getting the patterns under our fingers" lessons. Here are the first two: 3 Note per string Major Scales 3 Note per string Mixolydian Scales Click here for a printable version of this lesson.

• Last minute Jazz gig

  Mark Wein

  16 Nov 2009 | 1:07 pm

  My buddy Martin lost the guitarist for his trio gig Saturday night so I headed out to the birthplace of Jazz (Yorba Linda, CA ) to play two sets with him and a Singer/Violinist. It's a low volume gig so the Tele neck pickup/slightly rolled down tone/solid state amp was the sonic "Uniform of the Day". The FM65DSP will be seeing it's first gig ever. Actually, I don't think Ive even mentioned it on the forum. A student gave it to me a few years ago and it was in my office until the recent repainting. Not an inspiring amp, but it will get the job done. Not a gig for 40 year old (loud) tube amps…

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• Josh Gooch

  Josh

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  Josh Gooch is an 18-year-old blues guitarist based out of San Diego. Gooch regularly performs in the San Diego area with the Road Dogs. He recently recorded a gospel record with Bonnie Bramlett and was featured on Don’t Wake Albert (aff link) by Highly Kind. Last November, he performed as one of the five finalists of the Guitar Center King of the Blues competition. Although he broke a string during his electric song, his performance was my favorite of the five finalists and I thought he should have won. Guitar Center recently put his performance online on their channel on YouTube: I…

• Guitar Review: Squier Classic Vibe ’50s Telecaster

  Josh

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:15 am

  I have a confession: I’m a bit of a headstock snob, mainly because I’ve always equated quality with the name on the headstock. Additionally, I’ve had mixed experiences with Squier guitars before. As a result, I haven’t paid much attention to Squier guitars over the past few years. However, over the past year after joining The Gear Page forums and The Telecaster forums, I started hearing a lot of very good reviews about the Squier Classic Vibe ’50s Telecaster. The first few times I heard rave reviews, I didn’t pay much attention to them. However, over time…

• Slash at Guitar Center

  Josh

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:54 am

  Guitar Center recently interviewed Slash about his guitars, his amplifiers, his effects, his technique, and song writing. In the interview, he talks about his new “Appetite for Destruction” Les Paul model that he and Gibson are working on as well as his new amp that he and Marshall are working on. Here’s Slash talking about his guitars: Also check out the other videos from the interview: Tools of the Trade: Amplifiers Technique and Style Fat Strings and Simple Effects Song Writing

• Joe Bonamassa Hot Licks Video Promo

  Josh

  1 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  Early in his career, Joe Bonamassa recorded an instructional video for Hot Licks titled “Lead Guitar Unlimited.” The video is now out of print, but a promo for the video is available on YouTube. Even back then, Joe was already a phenomenal guitarist.

• Blackheart Little Giant Combo

  Josh

  28 Jan 2010 | 6:26 am

  Low-watt amps have become quite popular over the past few years as people have tried to find great tone at lower volumes. Low-watt amps are not new, though. Fender introduced the 5-watt Champ amp in 1948, and many other manufacturers have offered low-watt amps since. However, it seems that more companies are offering low-watt amps than ever before. Blackheart Engineering is a company that I started hearing about a year or so ago that is making a line of popular low-watt amps. They make a 1-watt amp (Little Ant), a 5-watt amp (Little Giant), and a 15-watt amp (Handsome Devil). Additionally, if…

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• LINE 6 Launches New Online Learning Center for Guitarists

  marcatline6

  7 Feb 2010 | 10:28 am

  Nine Genre-Based Programs Teach Music Theory, Guitar Technique, Songs & More! Line 6, Inc., the industry leader in digital modeling technology for music-creation products, recently announced the addition of an online Learning Center to GuitarPort® Online, the company’s popular online guitar instruction service. “The Learning Center gives subscribers a focused and user-friendly path to realizing their guitar-playing [...]

• Analog Man ARXD20 Dual Analog Delay

  SSS

  6 Feb 2010 | 12:15 pm

  For those who weren't aware, Analog Man has finally released a successor to the popular but hard-to-get AR20DL analog delay! From Analog Man: The new ARDX20 is based on the awesome tone of the old pedal, but adds several features that customers have been requesting, and are now needed in the ever-growing boutique delay market. About 100 pedals were sold in [...]

• ToadWorks Pipeline Harmonic Vibrato/Tremolo & Fat City Overdrive

  SSS

  6 Feb 2010 | 11:03 am

  PipeLine Harmonic Vibrato / Tremolo ToadWorks USA is pleased to announce the release of PipeLine, the only stereo tremolo pedal capable of replicating the fabled ‘harmonic vibrato’. With the addition of a Waveform adjustment, wide range of speed, low-pass frequency trim adjustment and an expression pedal input, ToadWorks has taken Tremolo to the next level. MSRP: $300.00 MAP: [...]

• Diamond Compressor Review

  SSS

  31 Jan 2010 | 9:14 pm

  The Diamond Compressor is a studio-quality guitar compressor pedal that does a damn fine job providing subtle compression while keeping your tone intact. The EQ Tilt at noon will allow you to get everything from darker/beefier compressed tones, to more present compressed tones, while keeping your eq unaffected in the noon position. The Compression control allows everything [...]

• Top 10 Guitar Gift Ideas | 2009

  SSS

  1 Dec 2009 | 1:03 am

  Christmas season is right around the corner, and you're looking for great gift ideas. We're here to help! We only recommend quality equipment. Sometimes a mass-produced piece of guitar equipment is a great value, and sometimes boutique or vintage is the route to go for that top-of-the-line tone. Either way, the result will be a quality [...]

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• The T-Mobile 3G Fender Limited Edition Phone

  Guitar MX Admin

  31 Jan 2010 | 11:31 am

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• Video Guitar Lesson: The Attitude Song

  Guitar MX Admin

  30 Aug 2009 | 9:48 pm

  Here’s a great video guitar lesson which was recently posted on YouTube by GuitarWorld.com. The lesson is how to play “The Attitude Song” by Steve Vai.

• Guitar Legend Les Paul Dead at 94

  Guitar MX Admin

  13 Aug 2009 | 6:32 pm

  Les Paul died today; he was 94 years old. Les was much more than a guitar player. He was a tinkerer, inventor, innovator, visionary and legend. He is best known for inventing the solid body guitar that bears his name. But that’s not all, he also invented. multi-track recording and pioneered many recording innovations, such as overdubbing and reverb effect. Modern rock music wouldn’t exist as it is today without Les Paul. Les created his own electric guitar at age 13 by placing telephone receiver under the strings of this acoustic guitar. He continued to experiment with various methods of…

• Riff Of The Week: Moving Cmaj9 Shapes

  Guitar MX Admin

  15 Jul 2009 | 7:00 pm

  I just found this YouTube channel today. It’s now new; in fact, it’s been online for a few years, but it’s new to me. It’s Riff of the Week, hosted by Dave Weiner, a graduate of G.I.T and guitar player of 23 years. Every Wednesday, Dave posts an educational guitar video called Riff of the Week. Here’s this weeks video, “Moving Cmaj9 Shapes” You can subscribe to the Riff of the Week YouTube channel here, and find archives here.

• Anthrax Guitarist Cashes in World Series of Poker Tournament

  Guitar MX Admin

  11 Jul 2009 | 8:05 pm

  The World Series of Poker draws many celebrities, and this year, one of them was Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. Scott competed in the World Series of Poker Main Event, taking place now in Las Vegas. Out of over 6,000 entrants, Scott finished in 637th place. Not bad! He will take home a prize of $21,365. Scott takes his poker seriously. Anthrax scheduled their world tour around the tournament. He also plays in a home game with Jerry Cantrell, Kirk Hammett, Slash, Greg from Mudvayne and Vinnie Paul. Here’s an interview with Scott after being knocked out of the tournament.

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  Abhinav Sonkar's Blog

• Hotel California with Leads and Chords Explained

  abhimanjrekar

  3 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm

  Here’s the complete HOTEL CALIFORNIA….with the intro piece,chords and the ending piece..this is my and i have not taken it frm any sites..so plz check…it does take a long time tabbin…. notations:: sl : slide, slba : slide back, pl : place –INTRODUCTION MUSIC– ;; Bm chord play,then play this lead.. e --------------------------------------------- b ----------------------5-7-7slba8---5pl7-- g --4 4sl6--3-4-6-7------------------------- play A chord,then this lead.. e ------------------------------------ b -----3-2---------------------------- g…

• Bike Tour Of Central India

  Abhinav

  15 Jan 2010 | 11:24 am

  Only A Biker Knows Why A Dog Sticks Its Head Out Of A Car Window – Anonymous Today, at 6 am in the morning of 16th Jan, 2009 I would be leaving for the first Bike Tour of my life. With two other bikers, I would be covering best part of Central India including M.P. and U.P. on my Pulsar 150. Check out the map below: It would be a 16-day trip. Hope to have a good time there! The blog won’t be updated for this time period. I will be clicking lots of photos and maintaining a travelogue throughout the journey which I will publish on the blog later. Wish me Luck ! Adieu ! You can read…

• How A Movie Release Affects The Page Views!

  Abhinav

  4 Jan 2010 | 10:02 pm

  I would like to show a very interesting statistics which re-affirms my belief that the traffic of this blog depends a lot upon the happenings in Bollywood. I posted the song Give Me Some Sunshine from the movie 3 Idiots more than a month before the scheduled release of the movie. 19th November to be precise. If you will notice the graph below, the page views leading up to the release date are marginal and pretty constant averaging about 150 views a day. On 25th December, 2009 when the movie released, the page views for the song rose to 420. It kept on increasing and is currently averaging…

• Best of 2009 – 12 Bollywood Guitar Songs That Rocked!

  Abhinav

  4 Jan 2010 | 1:49 am

  Finally, 2009 is gone and we enter the next decade with 2010. The year gone by has been a special journey both in terms of the blog’s growth in readership and the wonderful songs that Bollywood has given us. As a tribute to it, I am listing some of the wonderful guitar songs that came in 2009. It is by no means a comprehensive list, but still pretty useful for someone who wants to learn guitar. So here it goes. Guitar Chords: Yeh Zindagi Bhi, Luck By Chance – Around the end of January. Guitar Chords: Jai Ho, Slumdog Millionaire – A Salute to A R Rahman – Last week of…

• Time For A New Poll – 3 Idiots!

  Abhinav

  2 Jan 2010 | 11:48 am

  Hey all! It is time for a new poll here at AbhinavSonkar.com. Please excuse me as this poll is not at all related to guitar, but I thought this would still be interesting enough to find out! So here goes… Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The movie 3 Idiots has touched all our hearts. And that is all because of the 3 idiots who help us realize the fallacies within our system and in us too. Be it the god-fearing Raju, the satisfied-with-everything Farhan or the heart-following, happy-go-lucky Rancho! Equally…

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• Auto Correct In Guitar Practice

  Jamie Andreas

  6 Feb 2010 | 10:09 am

  This question was a good opportunity to shed some light on some common areas of confusion regarding guitar practice… Hi Jamie, I have a question about picking and building up to higher speeds. I read somewhere that the late, great Shawn Lane once said, “Generally speaking, when practicing fast licks, it is supposed to be better to practice at a slow tempo and build up to speed. But my idea is ‘play as fast as you can even if you make mistakes.’ In the beginning, you may lack precision but you can get over that. First gain speed and gradually get clearer. It’s a…

• Tip on Inversions

  Darrin Koltow

  5 Feb 2010 | 2:00 am

  How do some guitarists seem to barely move their hand when they change chords? The answer is inversions. Learning how they work can give you a “slowhand.” If you know where to find a chord’s root, and the importance of roots in a chord progression, understanding inversions should present no huge challenge. Here’s an example of a simple chord progression: ------- -5--10 -5--10- -5--10- ------- ------- Instead of playing it that way, try this ------- -5--6-- -5--5-- -5--7-- ------- ------- That sounds better and is easier on your hand. But, how do you transfer your…

• Newsletter Vol. 3 # 107 – February 1, 2010

  David Hodge

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:30 pm

  Greetings, Welcome to Volume 3, Issue #107 of Guitar Noise News! In This Issue: Greetings, News and Announcements Topic of the Month Guitar Noise Featured Artist New Lessons and Articles Coming Attractions Exploring Guitar with Darrin Koltow Event Horizon Random Thoughts Greetings, News and Announcements Hello! And welcome to the February 1, 2010 edition of Guitar Noise News, your twice-a-month newsletter from Guitar Noise (www.guitarnoise.com). Paul’s been very busy behind the scenes, making improvements to the website and also putting in some cool new features. If you visit the…

• Stevie Ray Vaughan

  Paul Hackett

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:27 am

  It’s amazing how many great guitarists, and how many great rock guitarists in particular, come out of a love for the blues. You don’t even have to be a fan of blues music to like Stevie Ray Vaughan. His signature Texas shuffle appeals to audiences regardless of their preferred musical genre, and his Grammy Awards and nominations in both Rock and Blues categories is testimony to this. Not to mention that his single, Crossfire¸ from the In Step album shot straight to Number 1 in the Rock Charts. While his success as a “crossover” artist is undeniable, his legacy is…

• Getting Past ‘Up and Down’ – Part 2: “Turning Notes into Strokes”

  David Hodge

  1 Feb 2010 | 12:10 am

  Ages ago, in “Part 1″ of Getting Past “Up and Down, you learned about sock puppets and the importance of keeping the “sock puppet saying no” motion going to ensure steady strumming. Doing so gives you an automatic metronome that helps you maintain a smooth and steady beat. This becomes very important when you encounter more complicated rhythms, as you’ll soon see. But I’d like to take a moment to clue you in to something that will also help you immensely when it comes to playing rhythm – written music notation. Notes written in musical notation…

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• NAMM 2010: Dave Mustaine talks about his signature Dean Acoustic, the Mako

  Jon

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:15 pm

  This is a cool video as it shows something that I have not seen mentioned yet. We all know that Dean Guitars have a few Dave Mustaine models including the new Dean Zero but I had no idea that Dean were building a Dave Mustaine signature acoustic guitar called the Mako. As you will see in the video above the guitar is called a Mako because it has shark gill shaped soundholes, shark tooth inlays and a sharp cutaway, the Mako also has a built in tuner which I find really useful on my own Takamine. The Mako comes in either Classic Black or Transparent Black which has a Flame Maple top which looks…

• Framus 2010 Guitar Additions

  Jon

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:08 pm

  Framus are perhaps more famous for their Amplifiers than their guitars these days, at least to me they are, but the brand have been around since the 1940’s in Germany although they went bankrupt in the 70’s only to be revived in 1995 by Warwick. They have a nice range of Vintage guitars drawing on their early classic designs which you can check out on their Framus Vintage site. These days Framus have a number of modern guitar models available as well as a custom shop. For 2010 Framus have announced a slew of new models from 2 base models shapes, the Diablo and the Panthera. Above…

• 5 for the Weekend - 2001

  Paul

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:57 am

  Nadia (Jeff Beck ‘You Had It Coming’) This is a cover of Nitin Sawhney’s beautiful track from the 1999 album Beyond Skin. Nitin Sawhney is definitely one of my favourite artists, I adore his work. And in fact he’s one very, very fine guitar player too and he nearly made it in to one of the earlier 5s. Anyway, I should get back to Jeff! The melody in the original is an incredible and heavenly vocal. Frankly Jeff Beck does an astonishing job of capturing that vocal on a guitar. Until I saw him play this live I had absolutely no idea how he had managed it. Was it whammy…

• Review: Joe Bonamassa Black Rock

  Jon

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:42 pm

  I think I said something similar last release, but I can’t believe Joe Bonamassa is only 32 and Black Rock is his 10th, yes you read that correctly, 10th solo album release. That doesn’t include the Bloodline album either… crazy. Last year Joe released in my opinion his finest album to date, The Ballad Of John Henry, not only that he sold out the Royal Albert Hall which he filmed for an awesome live DVD. You would think after such extensive touring and appearances on shows such as Jools Holland he would take a break, but no, not only is Joe currently recording an album with…

• Orange Amplifiers launch the Rockerverb Mk II

  Jon

  4 Feb 2010 | 2:31 am

  I received the following press release today: The Rockerverb series has long been regarded as a masterpiece of guitar amplification and Orange amps are proud to announce the launch of the new Rockerverb II, which builds on the classic proven Rockerverb formula and improves the specification and range available. Over the years Orange has listened carefully to feedback from their endorsers and players around the world and they are now ready to launch the next generation of world class guitar amps. The New Rockerverb II series includes the following new specifications and changes: Enhanced valve…

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• Read This Book: The Musician’s Way

  Christopher Davis

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:59 am

  Sign up for the Newsletter! The Classical Guitar Blog is edited by Christopher Davis.When Gerald Klickstein sent me his book on tuning the guitar by ear, he also sent his other book, The Musician’s Way (aff. link). I’m always excited about books like this. Most times they fill gaping holes in the normal music curriculum, and give me at least a few gems of knowledge I hadn’t thought about before. Learn more about the book at www.musiciansway.com. Practice, Performance, and Wellness The subtitle of the book is an outline of what you’ll find inside. Part one deals with,…

• Think (and Look) Ahead of Your Hands

  Christopher Davis

  2 Feb 2010 | 7:15 am

  Sign up for the Newsletter! The Classical Guitar Blog is edited by Christopher Davis.At some point when I was first getting into classical guitar, I got in the habit of not looking at either of my hands. I stare off into space or zone out — the equivalent of having my eyes closed. Looking at your hands while playing can be beneficial, but it has to be done right. Think ahead. Look at where your hands are going next, not where they are. One of the biggest problems with shifting I see in my students is inaccuracy. Most times the problem is easily fixed: I tell them not to look at their…

• Monday Motivation: No Nails Edition

  Christopher Davis

  1 Feb 2010 | 9:14 am

  Sign up for the Newsletter! The Classical Guitar Blog is edited by Christopher Davis.“The wise musicians are those who play what they can master.” -Duke Ellington Today we feature Gary Stewart playing Albeniz with no nails. The guitar he is playing is a copy of a Torres. The video is only of the guitar, not Gary. Did you enjoy this post? Check out Monday Motivation: Galbraith Edition .

• An Interview with Andrew Schulman

  Christopher Davis

  30 Jan 2010 | 4:04 pm

  Sign up for the Newsletter! The Classical Guitar Blog is edited by Christopher Davis.Andrew Schulman makes his living as a guitarist in New York City. He has been professional musician for thirty years, and is a wealth of information on just about everything in the music field. You can connect with Andrew on Facebook. The interview is in nine parts. Part 1 How Andrew got started on the guitar What led him to classical guitar NOTE: part one has a lot edited out for time. The full, 16 minute version is available for download Part 2 When Andrew started playing 8-string guitars How his guitars…

• John Williams on Barrios

  Christopher Davis

  29 Jan 2010 | 9:52 pm

  Sign up for the Newsletter! The Classical Guitar Blog is edited by Christopher Davis.John Williams was featured on the BBC Radio 4 program Great Lives. Berta Rojas also contributes some thoughts to the conversation. The program is about 30 minutes, and can be heard here. Thanks to Mark over at Guitar World for letting me know about this. Did you enjoy this post? Check out Interview with John Williams, Greg Smallman, and Craig Ogden .

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• What do I say about this?

  gitbuddy

  2 Feb 2010 | 7:14 pm

  …apart from ‘that looks like some kind of F chord’.

• I’m baaaaackkk…

  gitbuddy

  31 Jan 2010 | 6:26 pm

  …but, predictably, with nothing very interesting to say. So here’s a lovely picture from the www.bing.com homepage (yes – Microsoft’s Google).

• Footwear post

  gitbuddy

  15 Dec 2009 | 8:33 pm

  I saw these at, of all places, Tangs in Orchard Road – Slayer branded VANs shoes!  I tried ‘em on, but chickened out at the last minute. Click pic for microsite.  Slayer frickin’ shoes man! Later on, I got home, and fuelled with the idea of getting some cool Metal/Guitar related shoes bought these on impulse on Amazon – some Eddie Van Halen shoes: Now – when the hell am I gonna wear ‘em? I also bought these – because I’m a sucker:

• My current rig

  gitbuddy

  6 Dec 2009 | 10:13 pm

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• Mesa/Boogie Hollywood

  gitbuddy

  19 Nov 2009 | 10:45 pm

  Just prior to visiting the Guitar Center I first went to this little store across the road – the West Hollywood Mesa/Boogie outlet. It’s a small corner store on West Sunset Boulevard, but it houses a ton of great gear. There are of course examples of every current Mesa/Boogie amp you can think of in all different configurations and finishes. There were some gorgeous hardwood combos, heads and cabs all on display – more than enough to make a self-professed Mesa fanboy such as me drool with lust. I can tick this off the ‘things I want to do, places I want to go’ list now. Here’s…

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• Announcing the Peavey Butcher Amplifier

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:58 pm

  Peavey has announced the new Butcher guitar amplifier, a 100-watt, all-tube head that specializes in innova...

• Introducing the Artist 500 Guitar Cable

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:52 pm

  Zaolla Silverline has introduced the Artist 500 guitar cable. In The Artist 500, Zaolla Silverline combines...

• Vox announces expansion of its electric guitar line

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:46 pm

  VOX Amplification has announced a major expansion of its range of electric guitars. In addition to its accl...

• New Guitar TAB Songbook: 10 Years, Selections from Division and The Autumn Effect

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:42 pm

  Alfred Music Publishing has announced the release of the authentic guitar TAB songbook: 10 Years, Selection...

• Two new White Horse Guitar Amp Models launched

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:30 pm

  Gear4music.com have debuted two new amplifiers in the popular White Horse range - the GT212 120W DSP Guitar...

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  Guitar Licks

• I agree with a few of the Grammy awards, but others – not so much

  Chris

  3 Feb 2010 | 8:59 pm

  This years’ Grammy Awards were ok I guess, if your into that kinda thing. I did not watch or tape this event so I’m not sure how it went. The awards going to Neil Young and Leonard Cohen was nice to see though. The one person who did not make an appearance was none other then Kanye West. What that guy did last year at the VMA awards was truly unbelievable. Imagine what was going through Taylor Swift’s mind when that happened. Not that I am a fan of her music, but still I really feel for her! I don’t mind a little bit of today’s modern country music, I’m…

• The Fender Phone from T-Mobile, that’s what I’m calling it!

  Chris

  24 Jan 2010 | 10:25 am

  I found the new T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Phone quite the novelty item. Hum, not sure though if I’d go running out there to get one. I realize that it is a limited edition (I’m sure they’ll make more) but if I was a real super fan of Eric Clapton then I’d bite. We were watching the final episode of The Tonight show with Conan O’Brien that we taped on our PVR (TVO) last night and this ad came up talking about this product. With Eric Clapton and a wall of Fender Stratocasters behind him, hell ya, that got my attention real fast! The thing that honestly grabbed my…

• A Wheel Chair access Mosh Pit

  Chris

  11 Jan 2010 | 1:21 pm

  I’ve never been in a Mosh Pit before but it sure looks fun! A Mosh Pit looks like something that you should experience at least once in your life, if your in GREAT shape that is. This pic shows that it’s open up for anyone and isn’t that what life’s all about?! Has anyone out there been in one before I’d love to know what it is all about! God that looks like a blast doesn't it! Keep on Jammin’ Related Reading: I Gotta Feeling I Dreamed A Dream Crazy Love Glee: The Music, Volume 2 Western Digital WD TV Live Network-ready HD Media Player…

• A Big Band with even bigger sound

  Chris

  3 Jan 2010 | 9:01 pm

  I have been a lover of the Big Band sound ever since I was little musician! When I found out about an old band mate had a Big Band called The 905 Band I just had to check them out. Chris W. was the drummer and singer of Pylis. He also played guitar a wee bit and he was pretty good, even thought he thought that I was the least talented in that band! Now that wasn’t nice of him now was it?! Ha, gotcha CHICKEN MAN! I caught up with him when the Keyboardist Tony F. and his wife thought that it would be a great idea if we got together for a concert with other bands from that time for a night…

• Rush performing 2112 Live in 1976

  Chris

  1 Jan 2010 | 2:51 pm

  Rush’s 1976 album titled 2112 was a huge hit in my circle of friends. After listening to it the first time on the radio I had to go out and purchase it! Once I had it in my sweaty little palms I literally ran off to my brother Tim’s stereo a Apollo 861 by Electrohome and began my long journey in trying to reproduce this album on my guitar! After attempting to reproduce as much as I could all my buddies were lining up for lessons! The learning curve was not that bad for most of my buddies but at times I must admit it was frustrating! During this period I was playing in this band…

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• T-Mobile Introduces Fender myTouch 3G Smartphone

  Ryan Edmunds

  24 Jan 2010 | 1:19 pm

  Cell phone giants T-Mobile have partnered with Fender to create a guitar ispired version of the myTouch 3G. The my Touch Fender Limited Edition comes complete with a 3.5mm headphone jack, a 16 GB microSD card preloaded with musical content, and the sleek woodgrain finish pictured below. There is music by Eric Clapton and others ready to play on the phone when you buy it. The 3G Android phone phone is available with a plan for around $180 USD online. The library of applications for Android 3G phones has grown past 10,000 apps in a short time. Share and Enjoy:

• New (Not) Sublime Song From Regrouped Band Members

  Ryan Edmunds

  13 Jan 2010 | 4:55 am

  Last year I mentioned that Sublime reunited with a new singer, Rome Ramirez. Well it turns out a Judge banned them from using the name Sublime just as they were starting to make headway as a band again. This new song, Panic was caught on video by a fan at at the KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas in December. Check out former Sublime with new line-up and a new song below. Share and Enjoy:

• WishList Wednesday at JustStrings

  Ryan Edmunds

  16 Dec 2009 | 3:24 pm

  One of the coolest online string shops I have run into is running a giveaway called WishList Wednesdays. To enter, all you have to do is become their fan on Facebook and post your wishlist of items from their site (up to $20). This shop carries a lot of great string instrument accessories and they are all about the free giveaways. I found out about JustStrings.com from their Twitter. I became one of their followers by chance when they were running a contest called “Free string Friday” I won a sweet polishing cloth and there it was in the mail less than a week later. It came with a…

• And Now For Something Completely Different

  Ryan Edmunds

  13 Dec 2009 | 9:50 pm

  Man in a Chicken suit plays “What is Love” on Pianica from Ring Mod on Vimeo. Share and Enjoy:

• Shreds Parody Slipknot and Creed

  Ryan Edmunds

  22 Nov 2009 | 11:13 am

  When it comes to syncing new sounds to any pre-recorded video content, the possibilities are limitless. This can be seen in a recent YouTube phenomenon called “Shreds”. Shreds are re-dubbed videos of well known musicians with parodied music and vocals synced up with what’s happening in the video. Most of the time the result is hilarious. You can find shreds on just about any artist by searching Google Video and YouTube. It all seems to have originated with Creed and there are a whole bunch of funny ones shredding that band alone. Here is one of my favorites. Please be…

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• Orange Rockerverb II

  Chris

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:02 pm

  I love Orange amps. Not only do they sound great, look cool, and are extremely versatile, they single-handedly reinvigorated the lunchbox amp market. I doubt there would be the boutique amps we see today without Orange. And here is their latest creation. The RockerVerb II. An update to the ever popular RockerVerb, featuring an improved reverb, all new FX loop circuitry, and front mounted controls. But perhaps the biggest news is the announcement of a new 50 watt combo. And they look awesome. Press Release – February 2010 Orange Launch Rockerverb II The Rockerverb series has long been…

• Led Zeppelin & Jimmy Page Guitar Tuition DVDs

  Chris

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:01 pm

  I'm looking forward to this. Lick Library have released some new DVD's, this time featuring the style of none other than Jimmy Page. Again, the highlight for me is the Up Tempo Rock and Minor Blues. These are complimented with a Learn To Play series, and the Solos. Don't forget, if you want a wide range of these DVD's at great prices, check out GuitarDVDReview [shameless plug - buy through there! Help me make money! lol!]! Press Release- February 2010 Lick Library release Led Zeppelin & Jimmy Page Guitar Tuition DVDs Lick Library continue to grow their considerable array of guitar…

• New Ibanez 2010 Range

  Chris

  1 Feb 2010 | 1:23 pm

  Ibanez are showcasing a new series of guitars on their website, and unfortunately there is little to go one that I can find on some of the models. There is the new XPT1400TW GP (catchy name!) that is a double neck six string / seven string combo, and new six sting base, and a new Darkstone Model, the DN! PRM that I have just fallen in love with. To have a look at all the pics head over to the Ibanez website. US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Hong Kong Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions…

• Aqua-Puss Analog Delay

  Chris

  31 Jan 2010 | 2:50 pm

  Here is a great video of the just re-issued Aqua-Puss Delay from Way Huge Electronics. The reissue pedal features all original specs and construction as the original Aqua Puss. This video features Scorpions' guitarist Uli Jon Roth demoing the delay through an Orange Amplification 1x12. US Auctions Australian Auctions Austrian Auctions Belgian Auctions Canadian Auctions French Auctions German Auctions Hong Kong Auctions Indian Auctions Irish Auctions Italian Auctions Dutch Auctions Polish Auctions Singapore Auctions Spanish Auctions Swiss Auctions UK Auctions Best Match Time: ending soonest…

• RotoSound Double Decker Sets

  Chris

  29 Jan 2010 | 8:38 pm

  I actually quite like Rotosound strings. But I don't use them. I use Elixer's because I have the sort of skin that turns metal into rust. Anyway, when I have used them, I find them to have a great, tight, full sound that is hard to beat. In the totally bleeding obvious basket, who only buys one set of strings at a time? Rotosound have now released a double pack that cuts down on the package requirements dramatically. Press Release – January 2010 Rotosounds launch Double Decker Rotos string sets Rotosound’s best selling R9 and R10 Rotos nickel on steel guitar strings are now available in…

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• 01/29/10 Inclement Weather Announcement

  29 Jan 2010 | 5:39 am

  Little Rock Jams will be closed 01/29/10 due to the closing of the Little Rock, North Little Rock and Pulaski County school districts.

• Waka Winter Classic Battle of the Bands

  21 Jan 2010 | 1:21 pm

  So this is what I read a while back on www.myspace.com/wakawinterclassic: "Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to play in front of thousands of people? Ever imagined rubbing elbows with your musical heroes? Ever considered the possibility that your music might be the next big thing? Well, the chance to transform your dreams into reality has arrived.The Wakarusa Music Festival will be traveling to 20 cities this winter in a quest to locate the best and brightest musicians the country has to offer. At every stop on the tour several bands will compete in a regional talent showcase.

• Rock School Christmas Concerts - This weekend!!!

  1 Dec 2009 | 6:28 am

  Subscribe to my feed! It’s free, easy to do and makes me happy!It's that time again ... Rock School Christmas Concerts 2009The kids have worked their butts off this semester and are now ready to unleash their ROCK on the world (or at least Little Rock).We have a goal to collect 1000lbs of food for the Arkansas Food Bank. Help us reach that goal by bringing a canned or non-perishable boxed good (or a bag of them) to the concerts and see some great music played by the our future rock stars!12-4-09 8:00 p.m. Showtime(Students arrive @ studio 6:00pm for food then sound check)ThemDylan…

• Stage Presence Workshop - Saturday 11/21/09 2:00 p.m.

  19 Nov 2009 | 6:42 am

  For everyone in a band, Rock School students or those that plan to be in a band one day...Rock School students - plan to make this workshop!Think back to some of the "bad" shows you've seen .... the shows where the guitar player tunes, loudly, between every song, dead time where there is no music, no interaction with the audience, something breaking and the player not knowing what to do.This Saturday, Sally will cover what you need to do when you're on stage to make the set run smoothly from start to finish. How to work the crowd - how to sell more T-Shirts and bumper…

• Autumn Leaves - Stanley Jordan

  30 Oct 2009 | 1:40 pm

  Subscribe to my feed! It’s free, easy to do and makes me happy! Long time no post - things have been very busy at Little Rock Jams since school started back (and Rock School).I'm taking lessons with our own, David Dunavant, working on my jazz chops. We're tackling Autumn Leaves every which way for a few months.I found this video of Stanley Jordan doing Autumn Leaves - OMG - How sick is this guy? He is very inspiring! Now, I have to go practice!

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• Andrés Torres Segovia

  Alex

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:34 am

  Andrés Torres Segovia (21 February 1893 – 2 June 1987) was a Spanish  read more

• Long Nails

  Boris

  23 Mar 2009 | 8:21 am

  The debate over long or short nails has raged since the dawn of the classical guitar and the right answer to this question is "It doesn't matter".read more

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  23 Mar 2009 | 8:12 am

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• Why I want to play the blues?

  Man, the blues are the road to freedom.  So many things, trials, tribulations, and heart aches have driven people to write, play, and sing the blues, over the years. Those same heavy issues are still around and their effect must be expressed.  The blues are a way to free the heart and mind of those [...]

• Why I want to play the Blues?

  Since I’ve heard “Hear my train a comin’  by Jimi hendrix, I wanted to play guitar and try to reproduce this great song (…).

• Haiti Relief Effort

  Its time we finally put those cell phones to a good cause.How I ended up in the emergency room.  I was in a lot of pain.  But as I lay there I overheard some of the ER staff talking about the Earthquakes in Haiti.That is when it hit me that even though I was in [...]

• Hot 4 Chords – Augmented

  Hot 4 Chords Augmented chords What are Augmented chords. Unlike somethings that are augmented they are not bigger chords. Augmented chords refer to a chord with a Sharp 5th. What is a sharp 5th? - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - Learn to Play Chords all over the neck  in 3 days using [...]

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• Playing Slide Guitar Like Duane Allman

  John Tuggle

  5 Feb 2010 | 2:58 pm

  Pretty much if you mention playing slide guitar, you will no doubt hear the name Duane Allman come up.  He is considered the innovator of the electric slide guitar.  Drawing from Robert Johnson, Elmore James, and Muddy Waters, Duane developed his own unique slide guitar style that no one has been able to duplicate.  There have been many who have tried, and Derek Trucks is probably the closest I have heard, but Derek Trucks is more of his own man. To me Duane was the creator and has some of the most harmonica sounding, and slippery open e tuning licks you’ll ever hear.  Yes he is…

• Slide Guitar Lesson: What kind of strings should I use?

  John Tuggle

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:32 am

  Almost every week, someone asks me what kind of strings I use on my SG. In this post I want to let you know what I believe are the best strings for playing slide. Is this answer set in stone? No. If you find something you like better, then by all means use them. This is the strings I have found to stay in tune, get the tone I like and also last a good while before having to change them. Size Matters To play slide guitar, the strings should be a little bigger than what you would use to play standard guitar.  If you only want to play slide guitar on the guitar you’re using, then put some…

• Why do you want to learn how to play fast blues guitar licks?

  John Tuggle

  26 Jan 2010 | 10:25 am

  You’re the top dog, with master chops. You can play blues guitar licks faster than a speeding bullet. If your fingers could get a speeding ticket, you would be driving without a license. Simply put, you got fast chops and you know it. Now before I go on, this post is not about every single guitarist, but about some that I have noticed while being on the music scene and will not apply to everybody. We want it now! Everybody wants fast nowadays. We want our food fast, our internet fast, our shipping fast, and pretty much anything we can get our hands on, fast. Stated bluntly, we want it…

• Are you experiencing the Dip?

  John Tuggle

  22 Jan 2010 | 6:34 am

  Seth Godin put out a book entitled, “The Dip”. This is an excellent book, and I highly recommend it to anyone trying to learn something, or run a business. In this book Seth talks about the process of how one goes about learning a specific skill. He says in the beginning it’s all new, and exciting. Everything is fun because it is all so different from what we have been doing. Then the newness wears off. All of a sudden it’s not as fun anymore, and the results are not as easy to see. We get caught in a standstill so to speak. This is the Dip. When things become…

• Learn how to play a BB King Style blues guitar lick. Podcast 32

  John Tuggle

  12 Jan 2010 | 2:42 pm

  In this weeks video podcast, I’m going to show you how to play a blues guitar lick in the style of BB King. I’ve been watching a DVD from him called, “BB King Live in Africa”, and this is a lick I kinda picked up from Sweet Sixteen. That DVD is amazing and contains some of the best blues guitar licks you will ever find. The whole band is really tight, and they just groove like no other blues band can. You can really see why he is “King of the Blues” in this video. You can get the tab to this podcast by clicking this link. Watch this lesson now. BB King is…

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• You Think You Know, But You Have No Idea

  Jeff

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:59 pm

  And I am not talking about MTV’s True Life or wherever that tag line was used.  I’m talking about life in general.  You think what you are doing right now is what you will be doing forever?  Or even next year? The only thing that is constant is change.  Think back for a moment at how much your life has changed in just the past year?   Your relationships, your job, your band, your songs, your living situation, your money situation;  there is a good chance that most if not all of these have taken complete 180’s. So what can you do so that you are on the right path to…

• Sit Back And Let It Come to You. No Need to Hurry!

  Jeff

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:08 am

  “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ~ Lao Tzu Post Shared by Zen Habits.   Something I am personally working on right now. Consider the above quote from Lao Tzu,: how can it be true? Is it possible to never hurry, but to get everything done? It seems contradictory to our modern world, where everything is a rush, where we try to cram as much into every minute of the day as possible, where if we are not busy, we feel unproductive and lazy. In fact, often we compete by trying to show how busy we are. I have a thousand projects to do! Oh yeah? I have 10,000! The winner…

• Don’t Like Your Musical Situation?–Action beats Inaction

  Jeff

  21 Dec 2009 | 8:40 pm

  For some reason, the phrase ” I am sick and tired of being sick and tired”  always makes me laugh.   It reminds me of some old cheesy country song or something.  I’m not quite exactly sure why it makes me laugh, because ironically, this phrase rings true in all of us to a certain degree. There will always be things we wish we could change; things we wish we could improve.  But why don’t we?   Why do some goals never seem to pan out? The Fear of Failure.   Or the Fear of Success. Or you could even just boil it down to being afraid of change, which is also ironic…

• Nail it!

  JB

  17 Dec 2009 | 11:12 am

  No, I’m not gonna tell you how to nail a song, but rather about those things at the tips of your fingers. I bet she is a wicked finger picker Their length, as well as their shape, can change your sound more than you can imagine.  I’m talking about both left and right hand nails. As for the left hand nails, it will change your position around the neck.With long nails, you will play in a “flat-handed” way, nice for double barré chords. If you choose to have short nails, you will shred way more easily and have a more “round-handed” position. It’s up to…

• Improving Your Guitar Phrasing - 5 Steps To Better Phrasing And Cooler Guitar Solos

  Tom Hess

  13 Dec 2009 | 3:12 pm

  Do you want to be able to express yourself more fully in your lead guitar solos? Are you struggling to apply all of the licks and techniques you’ve been learning? Most lead guitarists aren’t lacking for more information. They are lacking the knowledge and ability to apply what they already know in a meaningful and expressive way. If this describes you then this article will help shed some light on how you can end the frustration now and start getting the results you’ve been wanting! In my many years of teaching and interacting with other guitarists I have seen the following scenario…

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• Playing Slide Guitar Like Duane Allman

  John Tuggle

  5 Feb 2010 | 2:58 pm

  Pretty much if you mention playing slide guitar, you will no doubt hear the name Duane Allman come up.  He is considered the innovator of the electric slide guitar.  Drawing from Robert Johnson, Elmore James, and Muddy Waters, Duane developed his own unique slide guitar style that no one has been able to duplicate.  There have been many who have tried, and Derek Trucks is probably the closest I have heard, but Derek Trucks is more of his own man. To me Duane was the creator and has some of the most harmonica sounding, and slippery open e tuning licks you’ll ever hear.  Yes he is…

• Slide Guitar Lesson: What kind of strings should I use?

  John Tuggle

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:32 am

  Almost every week, someone asks me what kind of strings I use on my SG. In this post I want to let you know what I believe are the best strings for playing slide. Is this answer set in stone? No. If you find something you like better, then by all means use them. This is the strings I have found to stay in tune, get the tone I like and also last a good while before having to change them. Size Matters To play slide guitar, the strings should be a little bigger than what you would use to play standard guitar.  If you only want to play slide guitar on the guitar you’re using, then put some…

• Why do you want to learn how to play fast blues guitar licks?

  John Tuggle

  26 Jan 2010 | 10:25 am

  You’re the top dog, with master chops. You can play blues guitar licks faster than a speeding bullet. If your fingers could get a speeding ticket, you would be driving without a license. Simply put, you got fast chops and you know it. Now before I go on, this post is not about every single guitarist, but about some that I have noticed while being on the music scene and will not apply to everybody. We want it now! Everybody wants fast nowadays. We want our food fast, our internet fast, our shipping fast, and pretty much anything we can get our hands on, fast. Stated bluntly, we want it…

• Are you experiencing the Dip?

  John Tuggle

  22 Jan 2010 | 6:34 am

  Seth Godin put out a book entitled, “The Dip”. This is an excellent book, and I highly recommend it to anyone trying to learn something, or run a business. In this book Seth talks about the process of how one goes about learning a specific skill. He says in the beginning it’s all new, and exciting. Everything is fun because it is all so different from what we have been doing. Then the newness wears off. All of a sudden it’s not as fun anymore, and the results are not as easy to see. We get caught in a standstill so to speak. This is the Dip. When things become…

• Learn how to play a BB King Style blues guitar lick. Podcast 32

  John Tuggle

  12 Jan 2010 | 2:42 pm

  In this weeks video podcast, I’m going to show you how to play a blues guitar lick in the style of BB King. I’ve been watching a DVD from him called, “BB King Live in Africa”, and this is a lick I kinda picked up from Sweet Sixteen. That DVD is amazing and contains some of the best blues guitar licks you will ever find. The whole band is really tight, and they just groove like no other blues band can. You can really see why he is “King of the Blues” in this video. You can get the tab to this podcast by clicking this link. Watch this lesson now. BB King is…

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• Guitar lessons Learn Thin Lizzy – The Boys are back in Town

  admin

  5 Feb 2010 | 8:47 am

  Tune down a half step for this one! Here’s some Boys are Back in Town guitar tab to go with it. Share and Enjoy:

• Smoke on the Water Intro Guitar Lesson

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  1 Feb 2010 | 5:07 pm

  This kid says it all! Share and Enjoy:

• Guitar Pro 5 Tutorials

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  31 Jan 2010 | 9:16 am

  Guitar Pro 5 is guitar tab software used to create guitar tab that you can play and print, or use for practice purposes. Go here to buy Guitar Pro 5 Go here to buy Guitar Pro 5 Share and Enjoy:

• Ripple by The Grateful Dead Guitar Lesson

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  27 Jan 2010 | 4:58 pm

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• Steve Morse Guitar Lesson – Artificial Harmonics

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  27 Jan 2010 | 4:56 pm

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• Epiphone posts arpeggios guitar lesson

  Kenny

  14 Jan 2010 | 2:30 am

  Epiphone has posted a second video guitar lesson from Emile Minasche teaching how to play arpeggios. I’ve posted it below, and along with it, the first video in the series. Have fun. Arpeggios 2 – Free Guitar Lesson from Epiphone Company on Vimeo. And here’s the first one: Arpeggios 1 – Free Guitar Lesson from Epiphone Company on Vimeo. If you liked this, I’d also recommend: Learn how to play a BB King Style blues guitar lick. Learn to Play Like B.B. – Tabs of BB’s favorite licks in A Fantastic Blues Guitar Solo Lesson Epiphone Broadway Epiphone Joe…

• Learn how to play a BB King Style blues guitar lick.

  Kenny

  13 Jan 2010 | 8:12 am

  I’m a sucker for a great blues lick. Blues is easily my favourite kind of music to play, and BB King my favourite blues guitar player. This excellent video from John Truggle features John teaching you, and me, how to play a lick from BB’s Sweet Sixteen. Learn how to play a BB King Style blues guitar lick.If you liked this, I’d also recommend: Learn to Play Like B.B. – Tabs of BB’s favorite licks in A Epiphone BB King Lucille The five best guitar teachers on YouTube How to play slide guitar in Standard Tuning | Learning Guitar Now BB King’s One Kind Favor

• Epiphone Guitar Neck Repairs-Upgrades with Bone Nut.

  Kenny

  11 Jan 2010 | 1:51 am

  My friend Danny at GuitarPlayersCenter posted this over the holidays. It’s a fantastic and very detailed explanation of how to replace the nut on an Epiphone Les Paul Studio with a bone nut. Epiphone Guitar Neck Repairs-Upgrades with Bone Nut. If you play the guitar and don’t subscribe to Danny’s RSS feed, you should. Danny writes with a passion and an insight that’s all too rare. And his enthusiasm, not just for playing the guitar, but for the music of greats like Hendrix and SRV, shines through. (Via GuitarPlayersCenter.com – Guitar Articles, Reviews, Lessons…

• Jamorama Relaunches with Free Guitar Lessons

  Kenny

  15 Dec 2009 | 2:17 am

  The guys at Jamorama have just re-vamped their website and re-launched the most popular of online guitar lesson packages. Jamorama Lead and Jamorama Acoustic have been withdrawn and the range now consists of two products: Jamorama Standard, which is $49.95 and Jamorama Deluxe, which is $99.95. There are also now free guitar lessons at Jamorama.com so you can try out the product and see for yourself just how good it is. Jamorama has been one of the leading guitar lesson packages on the internet for years, and lots of people rave about it. Read reviews at Online Guitar Lessons Report.

• Epiphone 1959 Les Paul Standard Limited Edition

  Kenny

  16 Oct 2009 | 8:30 am

  Epiphone’s 1959 Les Paul Standard Limited Edition is modelled, as the name suggests, on the most famous Les Paul of them all — the 1959 Les Paul Standard. Original Gibson Les Paul Standard’s from 1959 change hands for hundreds of thousands of dollars because it’s regarded by many as being the peak of Gibson’s Les Paul output. Fifty years later, and just weeks after the death of the man from whom it takes its name, only 1959 of these limited edition guitars are available to buy. The Epiphone 1959 Les Paul Standard Limited Edition features an authentic 1950s rounded neck profile.

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• Nimbit Shares Mighty Mighty Bosstones Case Study – Hypebot

  Jason Shadrick

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:38 am

  Formed in 1983, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones are often credited with the creation of the ska-core genre, a form of music that mixes elements of third wave ska and hardcore punk. The band released seven full-length albums, three EPs and a live album while touring continuously before their announcement of a hiatus in December 2003. They reunited in the fall of 2007 and performed at Cambridge’s Middle East club. via hypebot.com Great case study on how to promote a new release Posted via web from Jason’s Big Music Corner Spread the Love Related posts:Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio – Ask Me…

• TEDxVancouver – Terry McBride – 11/21/09

  Jason Shadrick

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:34 am

  via youtube.com Posted via web from Jason’s Big Music Corner Spread the Love Related posts:Paul Gilbert Sings to Terry Syrek Polyphonic Guitar Tuner Joe Henderson on Charlie Rose

• 2009 Kickoff Event: Eric Johnson at NAMM

  Jason Shadrick

  1 Feb 2010 | 1:11 pm

  via youtube.com Eric is one of my all time favorites. Here is his performance from NAMM 2009 Posted via web from Jason’s Big Music Corner Spread the Love Related posts:Kurt Rosenwinkel Trio – Ask Me Now Joe Henderson on Charlie Rose TEDxVancouver – Terry McBride – 11/21/09

• Indie Music Revolution

  Jason Shadrick

  30 Jan 2010 | 7:13 pm

  Recently I was listening to a podcast about startups called This Week in Startups with Jason Calacanis. I enjoy learning about how business works and the process of developing and executing ideas. During an episode, Jason had what I thought was a GREAT idea about how to revolutionize independent cinema. Check out this short video: Could this idea work for indie music artists as well? What if a company such as MySpace (who is in desperate need of some help) took 10 million dollars and invested it into 100 unsigned independent artists. Each band would get $100,000 dollars to record an album and…

• Preparing for Tour with an Independent Musician – Musician Wages.com

  Jason Shadrick

  27 Jan 2010 | 6:15 am

  Tours come in all shapes and sizes, from loading up in an old beat up van for a week to being flown around the world on a private jet for six months. Regardless of the budget or length of the tour, there are certain steps you can take to prepare yourself for life on the road. Touring can be a lot of fun, but not if you’re losing your sanity because you ran out of clean clothes five days ago! From band rehearsals to healthy eating, prepping your gear to getting along with your bandmates, I’ve compiled some tips from my own experience that will help you feel your best and play your best…

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• David Ellefson rejoins Megadeth

  Kevin Johnson

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am

  After an 8 year break, David Ellefson will finally be returning to the legendary multi-platinum group, Megadeth. This comes just in time for the upcoming tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of the...

• Melissa Auf Der Maur announces new album, releases video

  Kevin Johnson

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:30 pm

  The strong-willed Melissa Auf Der Maur has confirmed that she will be releasing a new 12-song solo album due out on March 23rd. The new album, entitled Out of Our Minds, promises to be an ambitious...

• Phil Lesh celebrates 70 with charity show

  Kevin Johnson

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:30 pm

  Former Grateful Dead and current Furthur bassist Phil Lesh will be celebrating his 70th birthday with a giant concert, being billed as “Furthur and Friends.” The concert will take place on Friday,...

• Gary Willis: Bowlegged

  Corey Brown

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:30 am

  Here’s Gary Willis at a clinic in Rotterdam, in 2006. He’s performing the tune “Bowlegged”, from his 2005 album, Bent.

• Rewind: The top 10 features from last week

  Corey Brown

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:30 am

  Here are the top 10 most viewed articles from last week on No Treble: Player Spotlight: Lizz Chisholm (aka Double-Z) Concerts: Larry Graham and Graham Central Station to tour once again Gear Watch:...

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• Free Stuff: More Epiphone Giveaways

  Gerry Hayes

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:35 am

  Two new Epiphone competitions for all you greedy, competition geeks to enter. First up, pop over to Epiphone and register to be in with a chance to win one of their new SST hybrid acoustic/electric guitars (left).  A chambered mahogany body and a spruce top with electrics from Shadow.  This is the steel string one.  Nice. To win the SST, go to Epiphone. Next up, Epiphone, Krank Amplification and RAZER (you have to do it all in uppercase – it’s the law) have teamed up to present the Big Rig Givaway. By going the RAZER route, you can win an Epiphone Les Paul Standard and a Krank…

• Red Hot Chili Peppers Appear With Josh Klinghoffer

  Gerry Hayes

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:53 am

  Still no official statement from the Chili Peppers as to Josh Klinghoffer’s role in the band replacing John Frusciante but the band has appeared in public with Klinghoffer on guitar. At the MusicCares Person Of The Year, the RHCP played a cover of Neil Young’s A Man Needs A Maid. Footage was captured by a fan in the audience.  It’s not great footage but it’s worth a watch for all you Klinghoffer-watchers. Previously: Chili Peppers Klinghoffer Confusion Klinghoffer and Chili Peppers: The Plot Thickens

• Woogie Board Electric Washboard Craziness

  Gerry Hayes

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:45 am

  OK, so we’re stretching things slightly by posting an article with only a (very) tenuous guitar-related link but the Woogie Board is so brilliantly insane that we had to let you know about it. It’s an electric washboard.  Crazy?  Or crazy like a stoat? Nah, mainly crazy.  But cool. Here’s some information from Saint Blues Guitar Workshop about the Woogie Board electric washboard… MEMPHIS, Tenn. – February 8, 2010 – Saint Blues Guitar Workshop announced today the launch of the Woogie Board, the first production electric washboard in partnership with Cody…

• Rotosound Rotos Strings – Now Twice As Nice

  Gerry Hayes

  6 Feb 2010 | 11:35 pm

  How do you make a good thing better? By doubling it. Rotosound are now offering their best-selling R9 and R10 Rotos nickel-on-steel guitar strings in twin set packaging.  Rotosound are calling these packs, Double Deckers. By doing this, Rotosound can reduce packaging by around 70% compared to buying two separate packs of strings.  This means savings to you too.  If you buy your strings in a Double Decker pack you’ll get them up to 20% cheaper than two individual packs. The new Double Decker packs are coded R9-2 and R10-2 and represent Rotosound’s Rotos pink and yellow (or 9 and…

• Lick Library – Free Live Webcast Guitar Lesson

  Gerry Hayes

  6 Feb 2010 | 3:49 am

  More from the Lick Library.  These guys like to keep busy. On the 11th of February, 2010, the Lick Library will broadcast a real-time webcast from their own studios. This will feature an interactive session and live performances with Lick Library co-founder Stuart Bull. Stuart has taught literally tens of thousands of guitarists worldwide with the award winning Lick Library Guitar Workshops. He has shredded with some of Rock and Metals greatest guitarists so he will be able to give you the benefit of his considerable experience. As well as covering guitar tips and techniques, Stuart will be…