My Time Machine has arrived!

Published March 3, 2009 at 5:12 a.m.
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Finally I can travel through time and space! Oh it doesn’t do that? Ah well never mind because what it does do is vintage analogue delay AND modern digital delay in one pedal, it even has a tap tempo. There are a lot of boutique pedal snobs out there that will totally overlook this pedal because it is manufactured by Vox even though the same people probably used to go on about how amazing AC30’s are before moving on to their Divided By 13 or Two Rock amps but it sounds great, I’ll post a

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Demers Guitars Revolver

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Published March 2, 2009 at 5:04 p.m.
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I’d never heard of Demers Guitars before but I stumbled upon this very fine looking guitar and was intrigued. At first I was drawn in by the Bigsby Trem and P-90 pickups but there is far more to this guitar like the AAA Flame Maple top on a Swamp Ash body, Mahogany neck with Ebony fretboard and laminated Carbon Fibre headstock with Sperzel TrimLock tuners. They also make a very nice guitar called the Voodoo which has a similar mix of retro and modern styling with top quality materials and a

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Monday Motivation: 3/2/09

Published March 2, 2009 at 1:25 p.m.

“It’s not as if composers woke up January 1, 1900 with a hangover and the terrible realization that they could no longer write romantic music”-Jeffrey WoodAn amusing quote from my analysis class this week ... Romantic music didn’t really stop at 1900 ... The term 20th century music should really just mean “post tonal music”, [ ... ] ...

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Derek Trucks CD review: Almost Free

Published March 2, 2009 at 12:43 p.m.

If you haven’t heard the new album from the Derek Trucks band, then you’re missing out one of the greatest blues albums released in the last couple of years.This CD to me is filled with a  swampy sound that really drips with emotion, while paying homage to old blues.This 12 track disc has a more [ ... ] ...

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VHT Releases “The Standard” 12 Watt Handwired Amplifier

Published March 2, 2009 at 11:49 a.m.

VHT Amplification has introduced the first handwired amplifier from “The Standard Series,” The Standard 12.   The Standard 12 amplifier is built at the VHT workshop just outside of San Francisco and put through a careful testing and burn-in process to ensure top notch quality.  The Standard 12 uses 2×12AX7 tubes on the preamp side and [ ... ] ...

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Clever Bass? Weird Bass

Published March 2, 2009 at 10:23 a.m.

The design of the bass has been pretty much set in stone since its birth. There have been one or two notable exceptions over the years, so when I saw and read about the Orchid bass, it really caught my attention.The bass was designed and built by Luthier Rich Toone. It has a 32″ neck, a Trapezoidal Neck Profile, [ ... ] ...

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Review: 21st Century Guitarist - playing and recording with Waves GTR

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Published March 1, 2009 at 4:45 p.m.
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You may have seen recently on Guitar Noize a couple of demos of Waves’ GTR Solo amp modelling software (Blues demo, Rock demo) but you may be thinking “I have no idea how to even connect my guitar to my computer let alone use this software!”. Well Waves have already thought about this potential stumbling block which may well be quite common among guitarists who spend all their time plugged into their hardware amps. Waves solution was to write an eBook called 21st Century Guitarist by Craig

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Five Amazing Guitar Licks You Never Thought Of!

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Published March 1, 2009 at 10:59 a.m.

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Ava at the Jemsite BlogForget Led Zeppelin and Metallica.  Stairway to Heaven and Enter Sandman may have been cool once, but been there, done that.  These guitar licks are hardcore and yet, somehow we’ve never thought of playing them!Take a look at the five awesome guitar licks [ ... ] ...

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What Brand of Strings to Use?

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Published Feb. 28, 2009 at 10:20 p.m.

What Tension? What do you like about them? Leave it in the comments!Random PostsAn Interview with Larry McDonald- Part 2Play LinesLinks 1/28/09Koyunbaba on LutePhrase Structures addthis_url ... = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.classicalguitarblog.net%2F2009%2F02%2Fwhat-brand-of-strings-to-use%2F'; addthis_title = 'What+Brand+of+Strings+to+Use%3F'; addthis_pub ... = ''; ...

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Are PRS Acoustics Too Expensive?

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Published Feb. 27, 2009 at 3:26 p.m.

Paul Reed Smith, one of the best known and well respected electric guitar manufacturers, entered the acoustic guitar market with two new models - the Angelus and the Tonare Grande at the Winter 2009 NAMM show.   It’s without question that these are two beautifully designed, high quality guitars made from some of finest tone woods [ ... ] ...

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