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"One" by Metallica Making Noise
2007-08-10 02:43:00 Metallica released a blurb on their website about their addition to the upcoming Guitar Hero III song list. You guessed it, "One" will be featured on Legends of Rock. Do any real guitarist even play Guitar Hero? I don't know. I personally don't have anything against the game, but I will say this, why not play "One" by Metallica for real on a real guitar? ...If you're going to spend all that time on a guitar controller anyway. Real guitars are 8-billion times more awesome. Metallica "One" Guitar Tab Power Tab Versions (must have free Power Tab software): 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 "One" Tab at FretPlay About "One" by Metallica read more More About: News , Metallica , Noise , Maki , Metallic
Roland Space Echo Reborn (RE-20) as a BOSS Digital Guitar Pedal
2007-08-09 23:44:00 Although it hasn't hit stores yet (can't even pre-order it online), BOSS has teamed up with Roland to bring you a new version of the 1973 Roland Space Echo. Can you believe the original was all analog running off spools of tape? The 1973 Echo stood the test of time, even used by 2000s artists like Radiohead and Sublime. read more More About: News , Guitar , Boss , Reborn
70's Roland Space Echo Reborn as RE-20 in 2007 as a BOSS Digital Guitar Ped
2007-08-09 23:44:00 Although it hasn't hit stores yet (can't even pre-order it online), BOSS has teamed up with Roland to bring you a new version of the 1973 Roland Space Echo. Can you believe the original was all analog running off spools of tape? The 1973 Echo stood the test of time, even used by 2000s artists like Radiohead and Sublime. read more More About: News , Guitar , Boss , Reborn
Joe Satriani "Surfing with the Alien" Private Performance
2007-08-09 01:06:00 Hey readers. If you've been following this guitar blog, you know I'm not the type to just throw up a YouTube video, but I found this awesome Joe Satriani "Surfing with the Alien " private performance while digging through YouTube archives. More About: Performance , Private
Rolling Stones' Keith Richards is an Out Right Dad-Snorting Hooligan (Confi
2007-08-08 22:08:00 Recent photo of the ragged Rolling Stones ' guitarist Keith Richards Back in April Keith Richards said he did a line of his father's ashes, then a day later it came out that the Rolling Stones guitarist said he was joking, but he just recently told NME in an interview that he actually did. Richards has finally come to terms with snorting the remains of his dad. But what does it mean? Does Keith Richards practice VooDoo? "The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow. My dad wouldn't have cared..." -Keith Richards during the interview with NME According to Richards, snorting his father's ashes was during one of the worst times he's had on drugs. 3 Possibilities Why Keith Richards is a Dad-snorting Hooligan #3. As said, Keith Richards may be a VooDoo witchdoctor #2. The Orange Unicorn told him to do it #1. He mistook his father's urn for his large vase of snow Final... More About: News
Guitar Tab You Can Hear? PROGRESSION
2007-08-08 21:26:00 Next month NotionMusic is releasing a new program that allows you to easilly create and publish guitar tab. And it's called PROGRESSION. The software will include already published tabs from B-level guitarists like Neil Zaza, the cheesy (however awesome) neo-classical guitarist. Random Nerd Alert: You call them tabs, I call them guitar tab because derived from "tablature." Before you click on the link to go buy this software in September for $149.99, you should probably know if you already don't about the free guitar tab creator that's been around on the net for a decade or more called Power Tab. While you're not getting "the same thing," it's actually better. There are literally thousands of already created power tab files of your favorite songs all over the net (see AllPowerTabs). Download the power tab files and you can play along in MIDI. Don't waste your money on this. More About: News , Guitar , Hear
Hmm New House or Best Martin Acoustic Guitar? the New History of Flight
2007-08-08 20:59:00 So you're searching for the best martin acoustic guitar. This one catches your eye. Then you read the price tag, $150,000.00. This guitar has to be specially ordered from Guitar Center, so you'd probably actually just see a poster of it in store. What makes the C.F. Martin History of Flight so special? No matter what it is, it can't be the cost of selling-my-organs-on-the-blackmarket special. Only one made. Master Larry Robinson crafted the 18 pearl inlays. The acoustic has an Adirondack Spruce top. The rest is made with Brazilian Rosewood. If you're the one with the cahones to buy the History of Flight, you get a personal tour through the Martin & Co. guitar maker buildings in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Could it be the best Martin acoustic guitar? Obviously no one's played it, so possibly, but maybe it's more of a collector's item for people like Keifer Sutherland. More About: News , House , Acoustic
A New Unique Guitar Amplifier: Crate Profiler 5 with USB Connectivity
2007-08-07 22:09:00 This week in guitar gear has been insane. First the Line 6 Pocket Pod, now perhaps the greatest small guitar amplifier of all time. It's not exactly a practice amp, not exactly a traveling amp, not even exactly a recording amp. It's all three. I'm talking about the new Crate Profiler 5 with a built in USB port for easy recording on your PC (or Mac). Mackie Tracktion 2 recording software is included with the amp. You could take your recording studio on a hike up the Himalayan Mountains. It doesn't matter. ...Because the Crate amplifier also runs off AA batteries or an AC adapter, making it the perfect travel amp, regardless of whether you're recording or not. This bad boy has built in digital effects, so you don't have to worry about hauling all your cables and pedals. Thinking about being homeless? At least be the ultimate homeless guitarist. Even more valuable, the guitar amplifier has a MP3/CD player input jack so you can practice to songs and your own recordings.... More About: News , Guitar , Unique , Connectivity , With U
Will the New Reverse Flying V become the Ultimate Guitar of tomorrow? What
2007-08-07 21:41:00 In 1958 the original Flying V Guitar took the rock-and-roll world by storm. Can you believe the design is that old? Will the new Gibson Reverse Flying V become the ultimate guitar of tomorrow? To me it looks like one of those flowers you pull out of the ground in Mario. But I think it could grow on me. Not only was the V flipped around, notice the headstock looks like it's melting. Gibson is calling the new flying v guitar "a bold new take on a groundbreaking classic." I call it, they must have been drunk. There doesn't seem to be a purpose behind the new style V. To me it doesn't seem to have the same edge as a "normal" flying v. Kind of wussy actually. Let's hear from you. What type of guitarist will be using the Reverse Flying V when it's released to the public? More About: News , Ultimate , Tomorrow
Legendary Eddie and DLR, it's Official Folks, the 2007 Van Halen Reunion To
2007-08-07 16:17:00 UPDATED: The Tour will take place in October. Rolling Stone Magazine announced yesterday that the 2007 Van Halen Reunion Tour is game again. Blessed be thy VH. And the line-up is: DLR Eddie Alex Van Halen - drums Wolfgang Van Halen - bass If you remember back in early 2006, David Lee Roth started pushing the Van Halen Reunion Tour idea to the extreme. The gang's been talking about the reunion concerts for a while now, but the tour was held off for a number of reasons. The most recent stall had to do with Eddie checking into alcohol rehab back in March of 2007. So when will the actual Van Halen Reunion Tour take place? Rolling Stone Magazine only said there would be a tour, and I guess it means it will be before the year's up. Maybe if you sell your children to a foreign slave market in time, you can afford tickets. For updates on the status of the reunion (instead of searching forever in Google), you might want to bookmark Rolling Stone Van Halen Tour Updates. read more More About: News , Official
Solo Guitar Playing Lesson
2007-08-07 00:39:00 Solo Guitar Playing: a Free Online Lesson You likely clicked on this online lesson because you don't only want to solo better, you want to burn rubber on that ax. You have a need for guitar speed. You're probably sick of slaving away for guitar speed and getting no results. I'm not a guru, but I just might be able to at least set a tree in my front yard on fire with my guitar... or something. Jason Parker here. I've been developing an easy soloing speed program since 2006. I'm going to go ahead and release a few exercises/techniques right here at ATOMIC. The following lessons work based on muscle memory in your fingers. Practice these runs slowly so that your mind can record your movements right. When you mess up on soloing technique, it actually does affect your overall solo guitar playing. You might not think it does, but your mind will record the mistakes and you'll make them over and over again. So instead of trying to fly through these riffs, runs, and rock... More About: Solo
Pocket Effects for Guitar?
More articles from this author:2007-08-06 22:05:00 Has the world gone pod crazy? Now there's a Line 6 guitar effects pedal small enough that it can be held in a single hand and it goes by the name of "Pocket Pod." Perhaps the most awesome part of this pedal is that it has over 300+ built-in effects for your guitar, dialed in directly by some of today's guitarists like Tim Mahoney of 311 and Maroon 5's James Valentine. (In other words, Line 6 decided to let the 80s cheese from any previous pedals mold and let the sound of today come blazing through.) The Pocket Pod has a USB port you can use to hook up to your computer and create custom effects. Maybe even more rad, you can download thousands more effects for your guitar and have them programmed into your Line 6 Pod. Enough effects to drive a guitarist insane, or neighbors, either one is good. Some of the normally crappy effects like phaser actually sound saturated with with a more "real" tone, rather than sounding like a bad recording of a wave crashing onto shore. See for y... More About: News , Guitar , Effects 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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