It’s Friday! Do you have guitar-squeezin’ in your weekend? Is it part of the plan? It should be if not, even if you have to…squeeze it in. (I wish I could find an amp that I could crank through headphones late at night that would sound like roasting EL84s or EL34s.)
Anyhow, to get your guitar-binge [...]
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Mixed Bag: Bonamassa/Zep, Vai, Metheny, Gilbert
Vai’s Minneapolis Trilogy: Get Them All
New CD – Last Part of the Trilogy – Out Now
In an era when the word “artist” is thrown around for everyone from “rap artists” (oxymoron) to people who couldn’t shovel snow with a guitar let alone play it (but are famous), I’m here to tell you something we already know: Steve Vai is a [...]
Line 6 Guy: Warmer, Fuller = Good Tone
Human Voice-Emulating…
PremierGuitar.com had an article on its website titled “The Science of Tone.” Caught my eye, read it, turned out to be only semi-interesting. The bottom line of the article is that there really isn’t much of a science because it’s all in the ears of the beholder, and everyone’s ears are different. Duh.
Having said [...]
A Couple Cool Rockin’ Holiday Thangs
Vai and Sammy
Merry Christmas if you celebrate it, and if not, happy holidays. Hope yours is fun, relaxing and you get at least one new piece of gear. (If anyone out there is reading this while on military duty, you have my sincere thanks. Keep your head down.)
Just Stupidly Great Guitar-Playing
Vai and Crimson
I think that headline is self-explanatory. So here you go: first Steve Vai playing Zappa, then King Crimson playing ‘Elephant Talk.’ Re: Elephant Talk, I’d never heard that song before – or anything remotely like that song – which several of my buds could not believe. Maybe you’re in the same boat!
Concert Review: All Hail Beck!
Wow.
I caught Jeff Beck at the Scranton, Pa. Cultural Center last night on the first night of what looks like a short U.S. tour, and it was incredible. Just absolutely mind-blowing.
Best NAMM Vids So Far
Yours truly scrolled through all 700+ Winter 2009 NAMM show YouTube vidoes (and a few others) to find the best vids uploaded so far – WoodyTone-wise, that is – and they are below, in no particular order.
Tone-wise, my favorites are the Wizard amps – I believe Wizards are made by Angus Young’s roadie and are [...]
Vai’s Legacy II Amp Specs Are Out
Steve Vai said on his website that a new Carvin Legacy amp, the Legacy II, would be announced in a couple weeks at the winter NAMM show. Well, the newest Carvin catalog is available on the Carvin site via PDF, and Vai is on the cover with his Legacy II. One download later, and here’s [...]
End-Of-Year News: Becker, Vai, Lynch, GNR
Kind of a news round-up:
New Jason Becker Guitar (and more)
If you don’t know who Jason Becker is, do a Google search on him. He went from being one of the hottest six-string gunners on the planet to one of the most enlightened human beings on the planet (which would you rather be?).
The good folks at [...]
Basswood? Anyone?
Can anyone get woodytone out of a solid basswood guitar body? Or is this just the worst guitar wood ever?
Here’s my ear experience with it.
1. Not even the great EVH can get a true woodytone out of basswood, though he has come close on stage with the EVH Art Series Charvels.
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