Archive for October, 2009
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Or at least that’s what musician David Carroll says. Last summer Carroll was flying on United with his band Sons of Maxwell for a 1-week tour. One of the other passengers noticed that the baggage handlers were being a little rough on the guitars. In her words, “My god they’re throwing guitars out there.”
Sure enough, when Carroll arrived in Nebraska his $3,500 Taylor 710 had $1,200 worth of damage. Despite the fact that United Airlines admitted that the incident occurred, they would not reimburse Carroll for his loss. Most of us would have given up or written a letter. Not David Carroll. He went more than one step further.
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Tags: Add new tag, David Carroll, Taylor
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
We’re sure many of you have heard of the TDPRI (Telecaster Discussion Page Reissue) Forum. It’s probably the biggest forum on the web devoted to the Fender Telecaster and every T-style guitar out there. Well the fine folks that run this important resource are holding a fundraiser to keep the site going and giving out $12,000 in prizes for a few lucky winners in a drawing. Check out some of the prizes…
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Tags: Giveaway, TDPRI
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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
We’re not always fans of signature models. They are often higher priced variations of traditional guitars with a higher price tag to go along with that celebrity endorsement. Not so with the Taylor Swift Baby Taylor which was just released by Taylor Guitars. The Taylor Swift Baby Taylor is much like a Taylor’s exceptional 3/4 size travel guitar - the Baby Taylor - but with a unique rosette that includes the word “love” inscribed three times and the name of Swift’s latest album “Fearless.”
In the official announcement of the guitar, Swift described how her love of her Baby Taylor inspired the release of the TSBT. Swift recalls of her early days of touring, “I used to sit in the back seat of the rental car while I was on my radio tour at 16, writing songs on my Baby Taylor guitar.” According to Taylor, “I love the sound, and I love those memories.”
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Tags: Taylor, Taylor Swift
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Monday, October 26th, 2009
We’ve found a nice review of the Fender Classic Telecaster Deluxe Black Dove over at MusicRadar.com and we thought we’d share it. We love guitar reviews - especially ones with sound clips. We also really like the idea of P90s in a Telecaster guitar.
We did a little more searching around and found a nice video from Andy at ProGuitarShop.com giving a nice video demonstration. If you’re in the market for a very versatile guitar that will work for anything from country to indie-rock to classic rock, the Fender Telecaster Deluxe Black Dove just might be the one for you.
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Tags: Fender Telecaster, P90, Reviews
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Saturday, October 24th, 2009
We just had to share the RIFF iPhone guitar app with our readers. It has a demo video that will absolutely leave you smiling when you watch. The folks at MasterMedia Productions have put together an iPhone app that will let you play lead guitar over included jam-along tracks or any song from your music library.
But the really cool feature is creating bends and vibratos. You create bends by sliding your finger along the app or vibrators by shaking your finger on button. Check it out! We’ve even added it our Fretbase-approved list of guitar iPhone apps.
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009
The folks over at Gear-Vault.com are hosting a guitar giveaway. The guitar up for grabs is a Dean Vendetta XM, a fairly basic, entry level guitar that’s made for rocking. In the right hands, we’re sure this guitar will sound great. As a bonus they’re giving away more than just the guitar…
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Tags: Giveaway
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
When the good folks at Mixx offered to let us be part of their launch of TweetMixx Channels, well we just couldn’t resist. First and foremost, we love the product. Tweetmixx Channels allows you to use the power of Twitter to create content for your own webpage. It also lets you choose a select group of insiders who can be followed right from your own pages using Twitter.
What makes Tweetmixx unique is that it does a lot of things that can’t be done using regular Twitter interfaces - our twitter stream is hosted on our pages and the links are “unwrapped” so that you can see what you are clicking on before you click on it. In short, TweetMixx lets us create a social media hub for Fretbase and highlights other important sources of information for guitar players. And we can even include all of this functionality in a widget that you can put on your own site.
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Tags: twitter
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post from Anton Emery from RhythmStrummer.com a website that offers guitar lessons. Anton offers us the following lesson on acoustic guitar picksups. Enjoy!
Pickup technology for acoustic guitar has come along way in the past twenty years. Previously a performer just stuck a mic in front of his guitar and hoped for the best. Now you can take a recording of your actual guitar, load that into a digital effects system, and create an amplified tone based on that acoustic recording. And that is just one of the many options.
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Tags: Acoustic Guitar, pickups
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Monday, October 19th, 2009
It’s only 9:30 p.m. here in California on the day before its official release and you can already download a pre-release of Lyle Lovett’s new album “Natural Forces” from Amazon for only $3.99 $8.99. The legendary Texas singer-songwriter’s new album is already getting rave reviews. According to the Dallas Morning News, “there’s plenty to love” on the album. And the BBC says Natural Forces is a “treat from start to finish.”
After playing and re-playing the album for the last couple of hours, I have to agree. Lyle combines his own songs with those of some other great songwriters to turn out quite a gem on Natural Forces. His excellent playing of his Collings Guitars doesn’t hurt either. Two early favorites are the title track and Lyle’s version of Shawn Colvin’s “Don’t You Think I Feel it Too.” Now I’ll admit that we’re big fans of Lyle Lovett over here, but for the price of two grande lattes (or even at full price) you really have to enjoy this one. Read on for song clips.
Lyle Lovett “Natural Forces” MP3 (Amazon)
Lyle Lovett
Play Guitar Like Lyle Lovett
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Tags: Lyle Lovett
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Friday, October 16th, 2009
Gotta hand it to our mates across the pond on this one - what a cool idea. Pink Floyd, Blur, The Clash and Led Zeppelin are among some of the bands set to be featured on a new range of Royal Mail stamps.
Philately (fancy word for stamp collecting) website Norvic Philatelics has reported that next year 10 stamps will feature album artwork from a number of UK bands. Circulation will begin on January 7th.
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Tags: Blur, Led Zeppelin, pink floyd, The Clash
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