Archive for December, 2009
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Some days it feels like the world is giving you lemons. But today, it feels like the world gave me lemonade. On Wednesday, January 13th, Elvis Costello will welcome Lyle Lovett, John Prine and Ray LaMontagne on this show Spectacle: Elvis Costello with… (yes, this could be the worst name ever for a show, but who cares when the musicians are this good?). The show promises an exploration of the role of the Singer/Songwriter. And who better than these three?
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Tags: Collings, elvis costello, John Prine, Lyle Lovett, Martin, Ray LaMontange
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
A new amplifier company named Grid 1 is launching a line of amplifiers powered by rechargeable lithium batteries. Their first amp is the G1 BPT212 60-watt dual channel combo with 2 x 12 Eminence “Neo” speakers. According to Grid 1 the amp can be run for up to 4-6 hours off a single charge on the batteries and the amp doesn’t weigh more than any comparable tube amp it’s size. Your days of lugging a generator to an outdoor gig are over!!
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Tags: BPT212, Grid 1
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Sunday, December 27th, 2009
Brian and I get more excited about the Apple Tablet with each advancing day. And it isn’t just because of the possibility of of watching t.v. and reading the New York Times on the device. There are plenty of devices out there that would let us do that right now. What we’re really excited about is the potential to finally have a solution for keeping all of our guitar tablature handy. Last year, we wrote an article describing our hope that the Amazon Kindle would be the solution. But it wasn’t. Read on to see why not and why we think the Apple Tablet will be different.
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Tags: apple, garageband, itunes, Tab Toolkit
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
We just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and thank you for using Fretbase. Dave and I have been hard at work adding new guitars, gear, artists and songs to our database. We’re real excited about creating the best resource guitar players on the web. We’re just starting out on that endeavor and we’re really interested to hear what you think. Your feedback will help us decide what to build next for you. To that end we’re asking for your feedback on Fretbase.
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Tags: customer feedback, survey
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
If you’re not familiar with Matsumoto-san, he is one of the Japan’s leading guitarists and a member of the popular rock band B’z who have 43 consecutive #1 singles, 23 #1 albums, and sold more than 78 million records in Japan alone making them one of Japan’s most successful groups.
Based on a design from the Gibson Custom shop, Epiphone is releasing the Tak Matsumoto DC Custom on December 25, 2009 and will be exclusive to Japan.
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Tags: Epiphone, Tak Matsumoto
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Monday, December 21st, 2009
While most of us would love to be Eric Clapton or The Edge - playing guitar for a living - the truth is that most of us need to have day jobs. Plenty of guitarists are teachers, doctors, lawyers and yes, even accountants. In short, when you play guitar that is often the most exciting thing you get to do. Unless you are also an Olympic athlete. And that is where Ben Agosto comes in.
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Tags: Gibson
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Monday, December 21st, 2009
When we first posted on the Guitar Hanger earlier this year we thought it was a handy way to save some space and at the same time have easy access to your axe when the inspiration hits. We’ve had a closer a look at the Guitar Hanger and had a chance to try it out in our own closet with our own guitars.
Overall we think the Guitar Hanger is a useful way to keep your guitar handy but it’s have some drawbacks to consider.
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Tags: guitar hanger
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
Techie magazine and blog Wired has posted a review of the Gibson Dusk Tiger guitar. They gave the guitar a 7 out of 10, praising the extensive amount of customization in an easy-to-use knob and software combo, while still maintaining the classic Gibson, analog signal. Wired panned the “cheesy looks and weird finish” and described the guitar’s name as “Ron Burgundy-esque”. They’re right, the name does conjure up thoughts of Sex Panther.
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Tags: Dusk Tiger, Gibson, Wired
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
Schecter, metal fan favorite, has released a new set of Damien Elite electric guitars that come in 6-string, 7-string and 8-string models. Yes, that’s right. An 8-string metal guitar. Awesome. While it’s not the first 8-string guitar (not even the first from Schecter), it is pretty cool to see a guitar like this for MSRP $869 USD. Street price should put that guitar in the mid-$600’s - definitely affordable for the aspiring metal gods out there.
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Tags: damien elite, Schecter
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Truefire’s master class “335 Blues” is Larry Carlton’s first instructional DVD in twenty years. But don’t let that gap make you think Mr. 335 instructional ability is rusty or lacking. I’ve been disappointed before with instructional DVDs before and found they can sometimes be difficult to use and tab booklets that were inaccurate compared to what the musician was playing. Not true with Truefire.
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Tags: 335 blues, larry carlton, truefire
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