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The Art of Guitar Body Paint Swirling

Sam Davis — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:06:47 +0000

Love it or hate it, the paint-swirl effect (often seen displayed on an Ibanez Jem) will catch your eye and ultimately cause you to blurt an opinion of sorts. If you’re a fan of paint swirling and fancy trying it yourself, I thoroughly recommend drawing upon the experience of DIY guitar paint-swirler-extraordinaire, Tony Gayter (TheSwirling.com). …hopefully I’ll be doing [...]

Seymour Duncan Sponsor “The Secret Room”

Sam Davis — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:05:24 +0000

Introducing the Secret Room – a website where players will have access to a vast repository of tips, tricks, and techniques — the kind of “secrets” that some musicians jealously protect. But before being admitted to this password-protected site, visitors must contribute one of their own tone secrets — the kind of hard-won musical wisdom [...]

Big Brands Line Up For Great British Guitar Show 2012

Sam Davis — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:52:32 +0000

Following an extremely busy trip to the NAMM show in early January, UK Musicshows Ltd has revealed a raft of new exhibitors for its Great British Guitar Show on 25-26 February 2012. Big names recently confirmed for the inaugural GBGS include Yamaha and Orange amplification, Paul Reed Smith Guitars, Brian May Guitars, TC Electronic, Elixir [...]

Black Cat Pedals announces the Wee Buzz

Sam Davis — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:27:24 +0000

Black Cat Pedals has just announced the Wee Buzz, the first of several new products to be released in 2012. The Black Cat Wee Buzz is a slimmed down, more affordable version of their Bee Buzz. Both pedals are based on the original Roland Bee Baa. While the Bee Buzz is still very popular, Black [...]

MacPherson Guitars – Outlaw – Guitar Review

Guitar Jar Contributors — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 08:20:53 +0000

This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Tony Jefford After being a Tele fan for so many years, I just always wanted one that was custom made to my spec. …Go seek out Dan Macpherson. You will not regret it… I know Dan Macpherson through a couple of friends, I knew he was exactly [...]

Mystery Shopper: Hickies Music Store, Reading

Sam Davis — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:41:21 +0000

The latest Guitar Jar Mystery Shopper finds us at Hickies Music Store, Reading. Hickies isn’t a full blown guitar store, it retails a range of instruments and musical accessories for a wide audience. In truth, this is the second time I visited Hickies in so many days, but despite visiting the store a couple of [...]

15 Questions with Guitarist: Simon Miller

Sam Davis — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:55:41 +0000

The latest “15 questions” feature is with guitarist Simon Miller. Simon Miller is one of the rhythm/lead guitarists from an up and coming hard rock/metal band, MG & The Juggernaut. Guitar Jar catches up with Simon to quiz him on his guitar equipment, gigging across the local circuit and plans his band has for the [...]

New GuitarTones App for iPhone Ringtones

Sam Davis — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:22:32 +0000

GuitarTones provide a unique collection of original guitar based ringtones for the iPhone. Each track has been recorded and mastered in a professional studio to create professional quality ringtones under categories that include hard rock, metal, blues and pop/rock. Unlike most other ringtone apps GuitarTones is interactive giving Users the opportunity to submit their own [...]

Seymour Duncan Inducted into Vintage Guitar Hall of Fame

Sam Davis — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 08:54:46 +0000

Prestigious music publication Vintage Guitar has announced that Seymour W. Duncan, will be the 2011 Hall of Fame inductee in the “Innovator” category. …Seymour is widely regarded as the world’s leading authority on pickups… The results will be announced in the magazine’s March, 2012 issue. Seymour is joining the ranks of such industry pioneers as [...]

eBook – New Approach to Scales

Sam Davis — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:40:00 +0000

I stumbled upon an interesting eBook from Adam Smale that promises a “revolutionary new way to learn scales on guitar with 70% less work and sound amazing doing it“. I’m often cynical when it comes to guitar playing and eBooks (and the 1000′s of them out there…) but I’m actually quite taken with this. The new [...]

Cash back offer on all Beryl Guitars

Sam Davis — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:20:15 +0000

Beryl Guitars are running a cash back offer on all their guitars from now until they open their new Beryl Guitars Showroom (Feb/Mar 2011). To show their thanks, Beryl Guitars are now offering a whopping £100 cash back on all of our Studio T and ST guitars. Get your hands on a brand new Studio [...]

The Great Tone Treasure Hunt

Sam Davis — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:16:19 +0000

Seymour Duncan has teamed up with Godin, Cort, Richmond Guitars, Schecter Guitars, Jarrell Guitars, US Music Corp, and several artists to bring you an adventurous journey full of amazing tone treasures just waiting to be discovered. “Many people have theorised through the ancient Mayan calendars that 2012 is, in fact, the end of the world. [...]

15 Questions with Guitarists: Jimmy Bradshaw and Tyler Hains

Sam Davis — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:00:38 +0000

The latest “15 questions” feature is with guitarist Jimmy Bradshaw and Tyler Hains. Jimmy and Tyler are lead guitarists from Dorset based classic/ hard rock band, Western Sand. Guitar Jar catches up with Jimmy and Tyler to quiz them on their guitar equipment, gigging across the local circuit and plans their band has for the [...]

The Return of The Hellecasters

Sam Davis — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:10:42 +0000

Legendary guitar trio Hellecasters reform to play first show in 11 years at NAMM 2012. Following an 11-year hiatus, legendary guitar trio Hellecasters – featuring the outrageous talents of Jerry Donahue, John Jorgenson and Will Ray – has reformed, and will play its comeback show as headliners of the celebrated Deke’s Guitar Geek Festival at [...]