This time I want to tell you about a manufacturer of high end acoustic guitars who have innovated guitar technology. You’ve probably seen these guitars if you live around the Big Apple, or if you are a fan of Porcupine Tree, The Black Eyed Peas or Adrian Belew. Babicz guitars might not be as widely […]
Author Archives: Jon Coursey
Adrian Belew
History and future of guitar! Any King Crimson fans out there? I consider myself lucky enough to have heard KC when I was only 12, thanks to my sisters boyfriend. He was into Prog-rock and he introduced me to Rush and King Crimson on the same day. I have to admit that it was a […]
Andrew Winton
I don’t know about you but listening to a well played lap slide-steel guitar always makes my head spin. My feet start stumping on the floor and it gives me shivers… and It also makes me want to play like that!!! Have you heard of Andrew Winton? He is an Australian musician who performs in […]
How to read tab
We always receive many emails from our JamEdge Newsletter subscribers about reading TAB. We thought this topic was already covered or that most beginner guitarist knew how to read TAB, but I guess that there are hundreds of new beginner guitarists everyday, so I think it’s well worth revisiting TAB and of course how can […]
Peavey Composer Parlor
Peavey introduces the Composer Parlor Acoustic guitar So the old stuff is getting used again… oh yeah I think that is what people call vintage these days. Do you remember the Parlor guitars? Those guitars used around 1895 until the 1950s? Yeah, those smaller-bodied guitars used by many blues and folk guitarists… now you know […]
how to improvise
Improvisation is that magic moment when you can transmit what you feel or think through your musical instrument. Improvisation is a moment of conversation between you and other musicians, it is free style, there aren’t any rules or patterns to follow – it is all about going with the flow of your feelings and expressing […]
David Gilmour
The Bright Side of Guitar History Who doesn’t know David Gilmour? Very well known for being Pink Floyd frontman since 1968 and of course a Rock icon, great guitarist with a very peculiar voice. Gilmour has one of those styles that can be recognized from miles away and of course, has never and will never […]
Luis Salinas, Magic Fusion!
Last week I introduced you to Rod and Gab, those innovative, guitar explorers doing great stuff. Now, I want to introduce you to another Latin American guitarist, Luis Salinas from Argentina. He is of course very well known on that side of the World, but he has also been doing his thing on stages in […]
Washburn new Resonator series
On Sunday evening while surfing my favorite website I found a 2:00 minutes jewel; a really cool, inspiring and beautiful video from “pickingpete” Youtube user playing his Washburn Resonator guitar – I was really impressed by the sound of this guitar. Washburn has always been around me, many guitarists I have played with, specially the […]
Singing and playing
Have you mastered some nice chords and are able to play rhythmic patterns fluently? Well done! Now, are you able to sing and play at the same time? Probably most, well, some of you are, but there are heaps of rhythm guitarists out there that are having problems doing both things at the same time […]