Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Nothing better than getting your guitar lesson directly from the horse’s mouth. Here’s a sweet video of John Butler teaching you how to play his song “One Way Road” from his upcoming album “April Uprising”. Butler plays the song on a National Model “D” Western tuned to Open G (DGDGBD). Check it out.
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
GearPipe is holding their first ever exclusive gear giveaway (congrats!) and up for grabs is a set of Fervor Handwound Strat pickups. These pups feature sand-cast Alnico rod magnets similar to those found in 1950’s Strats, high-quality copper wire and nickel-plated eyelets. The outputs are rated at 5.8K for the neck, 5.6K for the middle and the bridge is wound to a hot 6.4K. This set of pups would normally set you back $225.
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Bill Ruppert’s Effectology videos never cease to blow my mind. In this episode Bill recreates the beginning of Pink Floyd’s classic “Welcome to the Machine”. It’s important to note that no keyboards, samplers or MIDI guitar pickups are used in these videos. It’s just EHX pedals and mad genius Bill Ruppert. However he does use a Norelco shaver and an old dial tone from a phone…
Sunday, February 28th, 2010
It has been a little while since we have had a new Bedroom Rockstar on Fretbase and we have decided it’s time. Since it has been a little while, I’ll remind you of the qualifications. A Bedroom Rockstar is a non-professional that turns on a video camera (preferably while seated on their bed), takes a classic song and broadcasts a version of that song where the bedroom rockstar really makes that song their own. A great example is these two guys playing Pearl Jam’s Elderly Woman Behind The Counter in a Small Town. But we have a new one we’re really taken with a remarkable version of the song Rocky Raccoon by The Beatles.
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Here’s a couple of videos of Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck from the Madison Square Garden show in New York City on Feb 18th, 2010. Jeff Beck took the stage first and performed a set that featured songs off his upcoming April album. Clapton then followed with his own set that started off acoustic and then went electric and featured his classics. At the end of the show both players got on stage together to play. One song featured was Henry Mancini’s “Moon River”. Here’s a video of the band working on Moon River at sound check.
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Here’s a quick one from Monte Montgomery playing his ode to his guitar called “Six String Wooden Friend”. We wanted to share it since we’re all so passionate about our guitars and we can all probably related to what Monte is singing about. Not to mention he has a kick-ass solo at the end of the video. Check it out.
Friday, February 19th, 2010
GuitarCourses.ws, a website directory of guitar courses, is attacking the problem of guitarists with insufficient knowledge of the guitar fretboard by offering a free software application designed to teach players the basics of fretboard navigation and allow them to practice their skills with and without their guitar. Check it out.
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Surf guitar legend Dick Dale has another new signature guitar from Fender called the Malibu SCE. The new acoustic-electric was designed right along with Dick Dale himself and comes in a color described by Fender as “Surfin’ Red”. Dick Dale also has the Fender Dick Dale Signature Stratocaster.
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
We covered TourSavant back in December but to refresh your memory it’s a “Virtual Road Manager” that helps you and your band plan a tour. TourSavant has over 16,000 venues in it’s database and is integrated with Google Maps to help your build a roadmap. The good folks at TourSavant are offering a free 90-day trial of the service. If you haven’t signed up, now’s a good time to give it a try and see what you think.
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Tuned in Fretbase reader Matt sent us this video. It features John Petrucci walking through what is probably the most amazing set of guitars and gear we’ve ever seen in our lives. Seriously. This guy’s rig is amazing. You’ll have to check out the video to see what I’m talking about.
