If there is a billboard of Jazz guitarists, Pat Metheny definitely has to be at top of the list. When it comes to jazz music, Metheny is there whether its in a jazz group, a duet or as a solo guitarist. Metheny’s music style involves elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, post-bop, latin jazz and […]
Month: October 2012
Your personal map to the fretboard
If you don’t see yourself attending an institute for higher education to formally learn all the theoretical aspects of the guitar anywhere in the near future but you do want to have some fun learning the guitar and gain skills enough to pick it up and play something musical then you are definitely on the […]
Epiphone Wildkat Royale
A guitar to play anything but the heavy stuff! Epiphone does great things at affordable prices. The first impression when looking at a Wildkat Royale is smooth jazz, funky and groovy guitar I wanna jam with… Is it really like that? Yes sir! And of course, you can still play Rock and anything else you […]
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, […]