The cynic in me always thinks the worst when I see anything branded with Randy Rhoads but this image is probably the best ad for a Gibson Les Paul ever. The image of Randy and his 1974 Les Paul Custom what springs to mind when I hear his name rather than the Polka dot Flying V it just suited him so perfecly, just check out the video below to see what I mean! ... It is one of the most iconic guitars in rock history: Randy Rhoads’ 1974 Les Paul Custom. The guitar that Ozzy Osbourne sideman Randy
I’ve been following Anthony from StevieSnacks.com for a while on YouTube (gr8bluesgtr) and I wanted to share the great lessons that are available. Not only does Anthony teach guitar licks lessons but he also goes into detail about concepts behind licks too such as the example above. Also Anthony teaches beyond guitar lessons such as how to get a great tone and how amplifiers work for instance check out the video titled “Tube Amps 3: Preamp And Power Tubes” for a great in-depth lesson on
The competition is in full swing with nearly 50 responses at the time of writing and that is in just 8 days! So far there have been some great entries so keep them coming and remember you can enter more than once. I thought I would post a couple of my favourites so far, not that it really matters as Andy Wood, Rick Graham and Tom Quayle are going to make the decision who the winners are ... Lyle Watt - this one came in very early in fact I think he uploaded his entry within 24 hours of the
One of my favourite pastimes is scouring YouTube for gear demos and one of my favourite channels is fearedse, run by a guitarist called Ola Englund from Stockholm in Sweden. Ola’s gear demos are not your traditional videos that show every knob and switch, instead Ola lays down brutal multitrack guitars over his own compositions. Ola demonstrates high gain amps as he is in a couple of very heavy metal bands, Feared and Scarpoint. I saw on his recent demo video above which is a track called
You can win this Electro-harmonix Big Muff Pi With Tone Wicker as part of the Blue Noize solo contest! ... This is a first for me as I’m demoing 2 pedals at once, well ok one of them isn’t actually a pedal, maybe that should have been 2 products at once… there that’s better. So first up is the Electro-harmonix Big Muff Pi with Tone Wicker for some crazy retro fuzz action and the second is the Sanyo Pedal Juice which I mentioned a little while ago on Guitar Noize and it is a
To coincide with the 11th October release of Steve Lukather’s new album “ All’s Well That Ends Well ”, Steve Lukather is offering fans a chance to buy exclusive V.I.P. tickets to his November UK tour. There are 25 V.I.P. tickets up for grab for each of the following concerts: ... London O2 Academy - Nov 18 ... The Robin 2 in Wolverhampton - Nov 19 ... The Brook in Southampton - Nov 20 ... The package includes a 30-minute meet and greet, a V.I.P. pass for early entry to the concert, a
Black Country Communion have announced that their debut album featuring Joe Bonamassa, Glenn Hughes, Jason Bonham and Derek Sherinian will be available in just over 6 weeks from now and you can already pre-order the album by heading over to the Black Country Communion online store. In the meantime while you are waiting for the album to arrive you can download the track “ One Last Soul ” taken from the album by going to the latest online Newsletter ... Learn to Play Guitar Online ... Follow
“Maybe it was inspired by YouTube, the way you can spend an hour on there and see clips of every amazing guitar player under the sun ... it just occured to me how great it would be to be able to hear a whole bunch of today’s greatest guitarists doing their thing on one album.” - Lee Ritenour on the making of 6 String Theory ... I expect most people aren’t that impressed to hear that B.B. King, Joe Bonamassa and Guthrie Govan all guested on an album because these days that process can be
Not sure how this one slipped under my radar seeing as I am a big fan of Pete Thorn and the amazing Fractal Audio Axe-Fx but this is a great demonstration of what this product can do in combination with the Fractal Audio Atomic Amp series ... Learn to Play Guitar Online ... Follow Guitar Noize on Twitter (@guitarnoize) ... This rss feed is the property of GuitarNoize.com ...
Almost every major amp company has realised that “lunchbox” portable amp heads are very popular so Diamond have taken their 22 watt Del Fuego Class A 2 channel amp and simplified it into a compact, lightweight amp head which comes with a carry bag to throw over your shoulder and uses the highest quality components and tubes. This amp is voiced for classic rock, blues etc. with a 60’s British flavour. The controls are simple, 1 tone and 1 volume. Each Positron is hand wired on a hand-built