How to play yourself out?
Guitarists and other musicians understand that it can be very easy for your playing to plateau. Often it is more of an emotional plateau than an actual physical halt in progress but everybody who plays experiences this sooner or later. For beginners it usually occurs shortly after they have managed to string their initial chords […]
Gibson EDS-1275 double neck
No better Rock classic than this one! Who hasn’t seen this guitar monster around? You probably remember it in the hands of Jimmy Page delivering the intricate studio arrangements on “Stairway to heaven”, or maybe you saw it on tour with Alex Lifeson from RUSH and perhaps Elton John’s guitarists, Davey Johnstone. From the Gibson […]
Sonny Sharrock
A truly free jazz player! Sonny Sharrock was an American Jazz player, one of few guitarists in the first wave of free jazz in the 60s. He was known for his heavily chorded attack and his highly amplified bursts of feedback. A peculiar thing was having a saxophone playing in harmony with the guitar line […]
Guitar Strings III
A very interesting and entertaining video from GHS strings Have you ever wondered how your guitar strings are made? Or where they come from? Let me introduce you to “A Day in the Life of a Guitar String”. From raw material to packaging, shipping to stringing, and tuning to rocking! And as suggested by Youtube, […]
Pedal Label System
The pedal Label System is a great way to record your settings and give you the flexibility to remove them in the future. If you’re a guitar pedal effect lover, you’ll know only too well the hassle of trying to remember that pedal set up you got one day that sounded so sweet. It is […]
Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson is an English musician and producer that has had an extensive career in both fields! He is best known for being the founder, lead guitarist and singer of progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, which is an amazing band! He is also involved with many different projects and bands such as No-Man and Blackfield, […]
MXR Slash’s Octave Fuzz
Two legendary and timeless icons of rock music—Slash and MXR Innovations—have teamed up to deliver the Slash Octave Fuzz. It features a searing Fuzz tone coupled with a separate Sub Octave voice and an Octave Up Fuzz, all for thickening up your tone with a sinister growl. With an array of external and internal controls, […]
Walk Off The Earth
One guitar, four men and one woman… What can five people do with only one guitar? Can you and four more friends play like Walk Off the Earth do? Walk Off The Earth is a band that has become famous over the past year thanks to Youtube and of course, their great renditions of popular […]
Finding a guitar tutor
If you think you have reached a point in your guitar playing and you’re stuck with it, finding a tutor can be a good idea, but finding the right one is not an easy task. Getting a guitar tutor can really advance your playing, but getting the wrong instructor can be costly and even destructive […]
Danny Godinez
“Progressive dreamy acoustic guitar” If you live in Seattle, you probably already know Danny Godinez, I have heard that he is pretty famous out there… and after seeing his touring schedule, I can see he is a busy guitarist around the Seattle area. I can’t see why he wouldn’t, he is a guitar freak! A […]