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Robert Johnson

I said yesterday that I’d write about Robert Johnson; there’s a lot of hoodoo wrapped up around the man, in particular that he sold his soul to the devil down in Cla…

Piedmont syle

For those of you out there who are keen on Pink Floyd I thought I’d write a little post that connects Pink Floyd to a certain part of guitar history, english music a…

Analogue versus Digital

This is a hot topic. Maybe there’s no right or wrong? Maybe some applications are more suited to one medium than the other. Here are the facts and make of them what…

Digital Guitar – Analogue Brain

As a user of a bucketload of effects at the start of the nineties (zoom 9050 + 8050 controller) I’d be hard pushed to describe myself as a hardcore traditionalist –…

Guitar Effects pedals

Kia Ora Jake here. I just wanted to write a quick post in response to a few questions about guitar effects pedals. A boutique guitar effects pedal is most usually a…

Time and Space

In around 162o Galileo Galilei postulated that the uiverse was entirely composed in the language of maths. Music is mathematics. Yes, it sounds scary but it’s true…

Future guitar II

Following on from the last post about the future of guitar Jon and I were talking about bike riding this morning and we think there are great parallels between bicyc…

Future Guitar

The future of the guitar – what is it? Where is it? We’re still using designs that are around 60 years old: Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, Flying V, Explorers…

Mark McKenzie Song Pond tutor writes at last

Hi bloggers, it’s Mark McKenzie here. Thought it was about time I added my two cents in (exchange rate isn’t good at the mo).This is titled “Why I like Songpond” for…

Unusual guitar practice

As a follow on from my post here on being unusual, having something unique and not running with the crowd I thought it might be good to run a short list of unusual g…

Choosing Guitar Pickups and amps

John has written in asking about pickup and amplifier configurations: Hi my name is john I bought your jamorama and lead programs. I was wondering if you can explain…

Ben Edwards psychobilly part IV

Most of the Boss songs were about Parties, Partying, drinking beer, drinking whisky, smoking or brewing home brew beer. Never had a seen a performer whom I believed…