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COOL GEAR ALERT: Boss RE-20 Space Echo

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:00:00 -0500

Today I interviewed Dave Wyndorf from Monster Magnet for Mixdown magazine. The interview will be in the next issue, out in the first week of August, and there'll be an extended version on I Heart Guitar a few weeks later. The conversation turned to pedals, and Wyndorf was particularly enthusiastic...

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NEWS: Reeves Gabrels tour diary for Guitar Player

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:47:00 -0500

Head on over to the Music Player forums to see Reeves Gabrels' new tour diary for Guitar Player! The first update is on now, and Reeves will write a diary entry each day of the 10-day, 10-city tour.Here's a snippet:15 July 2009 -- Greetings. This is the first report from ten shows in ten cities in...

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REVIEW: Lag Arkane AM100 and AM1000

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:38:00 -0500

For something a little different, I thought I'd post a review of two versions of the Lag Arkane: the budget-priced LM100 and the more expensive LM1000.Lag Arkane AM100French company Lag initially began as a custom shop, making high end guitars to order. In the 90s they expanded their presence with...

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NEWS: Last week to enter Guitar Player?s 2009 Guitar Superstar comp

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:16:00 -0500

QUICK! This week is the last chance for guitarists to apply to Guitar Player?s 2009 Guitar Superstar Competition. Dammit I really wanted to enter this but time got away from me and I haven't had a chance. GRR!!!Ten finalists will be chosen by Guitar Player?s editors to face off at the event in...

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Rotosound launch Nexus coated string range

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:15:07 -0500

British string manufacturer Rotosound as used by such luminaries as Guthrie Govan and Billy Sheehan have just announced a new coated string range called Nexus. Here is some information from the press release: After extensive research and development, Rotosound has developed a unique microscopic...

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Beats vs. Counts

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:00:15 -0500

In some time signatures, they’re not the same thing. Take moderate or fast 6/8 for instance. There’s six counts — six eighth notes in each measure — but only two real beats on count one and count four. This is the nature of 6/8, that lilting feel of three in each...

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Strats With Issues #3 - Where's the Lei?!

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:47:00 -0500

LOCATION-LOCATION-LOCATION!Helluva a way to pimp a Strat! This listing from Honolulu is killin' me all up in here! I'm thinkin' they could include some island extras with this Surf Green '87 Strat Plus, but then again the gods get offended when certain items leave the islands-- then bad stuff...

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NEWS: Jimi Hendrix Fan Pack - Live 1967/68 Paris/Ottawa

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:39:00 -0500

Man, sometimes I wake up to the coolest emails...Jimi Hendrix Fan Pack - Live 1967/68 Paris/OttawaIncludes:-Official Dagger Records bootleg CD not sold in stores: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live 1968 Paris/Ottawa -Woodstock t-shirt; Poster-Classic concert postcard set-Button set-iPod...

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Thursday night at Solstock

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:30:00 -0500

After we set up camp at Solstock on Thursday night, I was asked to give an impromptu performance for the 6 or 7 folks who were there. This is me, with David looking like an axe-murderer (is it just drummers?)I played for about 45 minutes, remembered most of the words to most of the songs, and the...

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Wampler Pedals Triple Recstortion and Faux Tape Echo prototypes

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:49:52 -0500

Brian Wampler runs a small shall we say “boutique” effects pedal company called Wampler Pedals and they make some great sounding pedals such as the Pinnacle 2 which is the easiest way to get Eddie Van Halen’s “brown sound” at the push of a button, and the Cranked AC...

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Riff Of The Week: Moving Cmaj9 Shapes

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:00:07 -0500

I just found this YouTube channel today. It’s now new; in fact, it’s been online for a few years, but it’s new to me. It’s Riff of the Week, hosted by Dave Weiner, a graduate of G.I.T and guitar player of 23 years. Every Wednesday, Dave posts an educational guitar video...

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Roland?s CUBE Amp Giveaway

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:21:15 -0500

If there’s one thing we’ve learned working here at Fretbase it’s that everyone loves something for free.� Giveaways are hugely popular among our readers so when we’re learned about Roland giving away CUBE amplifiers we just had to post on it. Roland’s “One in a...

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NEW GEAR DAY: DiMarzio LiquiFire and Crunch Lab pickups

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:21:00 -0500

Woohoo! Don't ya just love New Gear Days. Today the mailman arrived to bring me a brand-spankin'-new set of DiMarzio 7-string pickups - the LiquiFire 7 neck pickup and the Crunch Lab 7 bridge pickup, the new John Petrucci signature models.I'll install the new pickups into my black Ibanez RG7620...

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NGW Wednesday: Down in the Groove

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:11:16 -0500

� One of the things that's most interesting about the National Guitar Workshop�(NGW) is that new experience of finding a groove with a band.� There are four of us in the "Blues Core" course together and none of us play in a band.� So when we are able to work together on a song, especially when...

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Pearly Gates Open Up, Have You the Dineros

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:39:00 -0500

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Pearly Gates Open Up, Have You the Dinero's

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:39:00 -0500

(photo: www2.gibson.com)Not often is there a reason to feature Les Paul guitar oriented subject matter here. Anyone easily offended should close their browser now. However, I'm a huge Billy G. fan, and the occasion of a Pearly Gates limited reissue '59 LP series is a long time coming landmark...

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John Mayer Tribute Black Relic DIY Strat Auction

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:01:00 -0500

That's right. This isn't a factory John Mayer gone bad, nor is it necessarily a bad factory Strat gone John Mayer, although it could be. But before ya'll start bustin' my balls about, "Mayer is just a pop star pussy boy...", go check out the listing details and the seller info.I happen to dig the...

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NEWS: Gibson Billy Gibbons Pearly Gates Les Paul Standard

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:36:00 -0500

Okay, below is a visual approximation of what just happened to my face when I visited gibson.com:O_o >.< o_OThen I spat some coffee and got on the phone to Vegas and told them to put it all on red for me cos somehow I've now gotta come up with $25,882 quick.The Billy Gibbons ?Pearly Gates? Les Paul...

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Ronnie Wood Immortalised On Canvas

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:10:07 -0500

After the erstwhile guitarist split from his long-standing, and no doubt long-suffering, wife Jo after being spotted dallying with 21 year old waitress Ekaterina Ivanova , the former Mrs Wood?s brother has shown exactly what that side of the family think...Read More

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Finding Time to Practice

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:00:35 -0500

One of the tricks I use to keep myself motivated to practice is setting aside a time that’s practice time every day. I try to wake up early and get some practice in. Similar to Cameron Mizell’s one hour before noon rule. In short, I don’t have to find time to practice,...

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