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Smithsonian Channel Dives Deep on The Evolution of Electric Guitar (Video)

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Published Aug. 11, 2010 at 2:31 p.m.

This month the Smithsonian Channel is broadcasting a series of specials called “Inside the Music” on the “unsung visionaries and change-makers” of modern music. As part of this series, this month the Smithsonian Channel will be broadcasting “Electrified: The Guitar Revolution.” The show will detail the history of the electric guitar which the Smithsonian Channel [ ... ] ...

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New Taylor Baritone 8 String Guitar Videos

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Published July 19, 2010 at 6:40 p.m.

Lately there has been a lot of activity on Facebook about the Taylor Baritone 8 String Acoustic-Electric guitar. We’re not sure exactly why – other than the fact that this guitar has 8 strings! But we thought that this made for as good an opportunity as any to remind our readers that Fretbase is building [ ... ] ...

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In The Style Of: Eddie Van Halen Part 1 - Tremelo Picking and Wide Vibrato

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Published May 24, 2010 at 5:45 p.m.

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Today is the first in what I hope will be a series of many guitar lessons that focus on techniques of various influential guitar players. To start the series I have chosen my biggest influence when I first picked up the electric guitar back in 1988, Eddie Van Halen. Now Eddie is such a ground-breaking guitar player with a myriad of techniques that I couldn’t possibly squeeze them all into a single lesson so I have chosen to break Eddie’s techniques up into different parts, Part 1 focusses on

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An Interview with Matt Palmer

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Published May 28, 2010 at 12:48 a.m.

Fan up the Classical Guitar Blog on Facebook!Matt Palmer is a Tennessee native with an extraordinary musical gift ... He’s an electric guitarist turned classical and holds degrees from MTSU and Appalachian State; he’s currently finishing up a DMA at the University of Arizona ... Matt is known for ridiculous scale technique, which he explains [ ... ] ...

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Review: Vestbo Trio

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Published May 10, 2010 at 1:49 p.m.

The Vestbo Trio, featuring Michael Vestbo, released their first EP of five songs this past January. The Vestbo Trio is based out of Denmark and has been around for a few years making music they describe as “pure sound of the electric guitar: armed with a pop-musician’s love for melody, a jazz-player’s love for [ ... ] ...

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Gibson Introduces the Gibson Brad Paisley J-45 Acoustic-Electric Guitar

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Published May 1, 2010 at 5:05 p.m.

If awards were given out to guitar manufacturers for quickly rolling out new signature models, Gibson Guitars would already have locked in the award for 2010. Earlier this year, Gibson rolled out a Keb’ Mo’ signature blues guitar and also a John Hiatt signature. Now Gibson is back with a guitar for country-music players – [ ... ] ...

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Review: Brian Kahanek - One True Thing

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Published April 22, 2010 at 5:33 p.m.

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I hadn’t heard of Brian Kahanek until I received a press release about him saying the following: ... “Brian Kahanek and his song, “Gemini” have been catapulted into the spotlight by the amazing success of the Guitar Hero II video game. “Gemini” is featured in the coveted unlock position and is now the inspiration of many aspiring guitarists, as evidenced by the numerous postings on Youtube and the countless discussions throughout social media networking channels.” ... Well I’m

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Lick Library – Free Live Webcast with Guthrie Govan

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Published April 21, 2010 at 4:05 p.m.

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Guthrie Govan, internationally recognised guitar virtuoso, is to present the next live webcast from Lick Library. This groundbreaking interactive event with live video and chat will start on the 5th May 2010 at 19.00 (BST), 11.00 USA-PST, or 14.00 USA-EST ... Lick Library have uploaded on to their You Tube channel clips featuring some of the web lessons, performances and interviews Guthrie Govan has done for them to wet your appetite. If you follow the links you can pre-register any questions

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The greatest house painter among artists in Brisbane, Australia

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Published April 20, 2010 at 4:47 a.m.

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This Sunday we had a show in Cuba, the same club here in Pitesti where we used to play a couple of months(?) ago. We really enjoyed the show, since it was our night, nobody else played, we had the liberty to play whatever we wanted, electric, drums and everything and I could say we really rocked the night. Ok, I am free to say it, argue with me on that! ... So, this post is not about that night, but about a discussion that started during that night about a famous band in Romania, named Cargo, a

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Beautiful Custom made Electric Chrome Guitar

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Published April 24, 2010 at 11:01 p.m.

I cannot find the correct words to describe this beautifully crafted custom made chrome electric guitar. Just look at the detailed work that had to go into something like this. Did the craftsman etch out the pattern on it? Did he or she make a mold then put it into a press to create this [ ... ] ...

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