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Me & My Guitar: Share Your Story

Sam Davis — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:11:54 +0000

Guitar owners are asked to share their stories of “Me & My Guitar” for a new book by Alan Chesters and photographer Carole Berg. …This is a book about real people, the guitar they love and how they came together… Have you had a love affair with a special guitar? The authors of a new book, [...]

Satchurated: Live in Montreal – UK Cinema Showing

Sam Davis — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:01:47 +0000

CinemaLive is excited to announce that Joe Satriani, one of the most respected and innovative guitarists in the world today, will release his live-concert film, Satchurated: Live in Montreal. …Film will be shown in both 2D & 3D HD… Satchurated was filmed live during Satriani’s “The Wormhole Tour”, supporting his studio album Black Swans and [...]

Line 6 M9 Stompbox Modeler Review

Guitar Jar Contributors — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:29:03 +0000

This review was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Tommy Niemann I was originally looking for a delay and I was just going to go with the popular BOSS DD-20 or a Nova Delay but I felt like being different. …The M9 is technically a multi-effects pedal but it’s in a league of its own… I [...]

New Duesenberg Guitars for 2012

Sam Davis — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:50:08 +0000

Hot off the press and fresh in from Hannover, Duesenberg Guitars announce new editions to their already impressive range of electric and bass guitars. Oasis Musical Instruments are one of the UK’s leading retailers of Duesenberg Guitars. News landed in my inbox yesterday from the store regarding some of the tasty new guitars Duesenberg has lined [...]

Is it all about the thrill of the chase?

Pedals For Hire — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:36:21 +0000

This feature was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Pedals For Hire Long, long ago in a land far, far away, before council tax, Miranda Hart and X Factor (what a lovely thought), there were cavemen who roamed the wilds doing cavemen-type things. As well as hunting beasties and drawing lopsided pictures in excrement on their [...]

Build Your Own Pedalboard

Pedals For Hire — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:13:01 +0000

This feature was submitted by Guitar Jar contributor: Pedals For Hire Have you ever been tempted to build your own board? Take your mishmash collection of pedals with all their trailing cables and make a solid, glorious piece of civil engineering that would grace a third year engineering student’s final year project? Like my previous [...]

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 [...]