Until now, most people (that knew about such things) believed that Martin Guitars only made 14 OM-45 models in 1930. But a new 15th guitar has materialized - and this one was owned by Roy Rogers. According to Reuters, ...
It’s a Joe Bonamassa bonanza this week on Guitar Noize, I’ve just discovered more news via Premier Guitar’s website that Joe has teamed up with Carol Ann Amplifiers to release an incredibly limited edition 100 Watt 6L6-based amp with two channels and a tube FX loop, only 10 of these amplifiers will be released over the next 12 months and Joe will play each and every one of them at a gig and then after each show Joe will sign a certificate of authenticity listing where he used the amp and
Record a riff on a Washburn Guitar that’s no longer than 35 seconds and upload to YouTube. You can then submit your video to www.riffcontest.com for others in the metal community to vote on. The contest, which ends on April 5th 2009, features the following prizes: ... Prizes (Check out http://www.riffcontest.com/english/prizes.asp for photos): ... 1st Prize: Washburn USA Custom Shop WM526B + 2 VIP Tickets for W:0:A Wacken Open Air 2009. Play your Riff live on stage ... 2nd Prize: Washburn
A friend of mine posted this great speech, and I think it’s moving and important for anyone involved with music ... The following is a welcoming address given to incoming freshmen at the Boston Conservatory of Music by Karl Paulnack, who is a pianist and director of the Conservatory’s music division.__________________“One of my parents’ deepest [ ... ] ...
Lately we’ve been writing a series on the “Downturn Guitar” - economical guitars that are relatively comparable to the higher end instruments. In these tough economic times we all have to make sacrifices and sometimes that new Martin or Gibson might have to be a new Blueridge or a new Epiphone. But for some of [ ... ] ...
... I’ve been listening to “The Ballad Of John Henry” on constant loop this week and I am totally blown away by Joe Bonamassa’s tone on every track and wanted to know just how he gets them, thanks to YouTube and MusicRadar.com this is now possible and I can safely say I will never be able to own such a rig… bugger ... I also found a whole load of other videos of Joe Bonamassa talking about his rig so here are a few more to check out, actually the more videos you watch the more it
Bonus Non-Guitar Dosage sent by the very cool @holycool. Created with Mario Paint Composer by Adolfo Baez.Like? Then check out this version of Katy Perry’s Hot n’ Cold.Share and Enjoy: ...
Having posted recently about house concerts, I’ll also point you to this great post by Steve himself on the matter: House Concert Hosting: a Beginner’s Guide. A number of recent posts have some great discussions in the comments, which are worth checking out if you haven’t seen them:Plectrums - To Pick or NotReading MusicBass Blogger Distortion [ ... ] ...
A guitar pickup is a fairly simple piece of technology. A basic pickup is a coil of insulated copper wire with a magnet in the center. We found a pretty cool do-it-yourself website called Instructables.com that provides a ton of how-to articles with anything from tattoos for your guitar to how to clean your vinyl [ ... ] ...
Chris Becker is a composer working and living in New York City ... He recently wrote his first piece for classical guitar titled Delta.Delta was commissioned by guitarist Dan Sumner and the Bloomington Classical Guitar Society and funded in part by a grant from the American Music Center ... It was premiered by Dan Sumner [ ... ] ...