I’ve found a new guitar hero and he’s not a pointy guitar wielding shredder, don’t get me wrong Josh Smith has the chops to keep up with the most seasoned fretboard gymnast but Josh plays a combination of instrumental blues, funk and jazzy pop with a kind of Hendrix feel. I was sent Josh’s new release “ Inception ” after hearing a few tracks on his MySpace page and being immediately impressed. I’m not sure I’ve ever owned a blues guitar instrumental album before, those albums
Ibanez have just posted this video on their Official YouTube Channel to coincide with the release of the Ibanez JS2400 at Winter NAMM 2010. Joe explains how Ibanez worked with him to create a cutaway that was aesthetically pleasing but gave complete access to the 24th fret and how he worked with Steve Blucher and Larry DiMarzio to select a single coil sized Humbucker that would retain the tonal qualities of the JS Series and compliment the Mo Joe. The Pickup that Joe and the Dimarzio guys
To commemorate the 77,777th Ibanez JEM sold after its 23 year long history, Ibanez and Steve Vai are holding a contest for you to design the JEM of your dreams. Only 2 of the winning guitar design will be built, one for the winner and one for Steve Vai himself! ... Check out Ibanez.com for details on how to enter ... Follow Guitar Noize on Twitter (@guitarnoize) ... This rss feed is the property of GuitarNoize.com ...
Taylor has expanded the ability for you to customize Taylor Solidbody guitars. Fans of the Classic, Standard and Custom SolidBodys can now tailor their choice of pickup configurations, colors, and have the option of a Taylor-designed tremolo, all to dial in their perfect tone and look.The company has also expanded its popular, guitar player friendly, [ ... ] ...
Here’s a new way to show off your unending passion for guitars. Fender and T-Mobile announced a new limited edition version of the myTouch 3G phone with a sunburst finish. What’s great is after you drop your phone a few times, it becomes a relic’d version of the phone.T-Mobile has signed up Eric Clapton to [ ... ] ...
The Gibson Custom Shop has recreated Jimmy Page’s famed “Number Two” Gibson Les Paul. Page, perhaps one of the most iconic Les Paul players of all time, collaborated on the limited edition model by providing Gibson access to the original guitar. Gibson and Page worked side-by-side to recreate one of the most tricked out Les [ ... ] ...
Well it has been a pretty good year for Guitar Noize, above is the visitor graph for the year which you can see has been overall pretty consistent and with a little bit of growth. Here are the final figures for 2009: ... 450,712 Visits ... 734,725 Pageviews ... That is just over double last years total and what makes me happiest is that my StumbleUpon traffic has been on a steady decline only pushing around 100 people a day to the site ... Here are some more interesting stats for you! ... The
With NAMM just around the corner there are a number of leaks going around regarding new Ibanez models for 2010 and one that perhaps many would not have expected is the release of a Joe Satriani Signature Acoustic guitar, the JSA10 pictured above is, according to Voo-du blog going to retail for €1,111 and there will be a budget version called the JSA5 for about half that price. The guitar looks very similar to Steve Vai’s signature Ibanez acoustic so nothing really groundbreaking going on
This is an Epiphone Les Paul Studio guitar with a Floyd Rose Tremolo with a locking nut. The guitar repairs my customer wants are: the locking nut removed, and then replaced with a bone nut. Very doable, the nut has to set in the end of the guitar neck at the exact correct scale length [ ... ] ...
I hope that all of you out there are having fun during this holiday season and don’t drink and drive cause it ain’t worth it!So Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Eid al-Adha(Festival of Sacrifice) and to everyone reading this blog!Keep on Jammin’ in the New YearRelated Reading:I Dreamed A DreamI Gotta FeelingGlee: The Music, Volume 2Crazy [ ... ]Related posts: Fellow Brantford guy does well Best Canadian band that you never heard My Fender Lead II ...