Monday, August 24th, 2009
In connection with the release of the new documentary It Might Get Loud, Time Magazine music critic Josh Tyrangiel has published a list of the 10 best electric guitar players. From our standpoint, the only thing this list stands out for is its lack of originality. Still, we’re darn excited about seeing It Might Get Loud so we’re still going to go ahead and publish the list. Read on for the entire list.
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
On “Black Friday”, November 28th, Fender’s Custom Shop released the Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Tribute Stratocaster guitar. It’s an exact replica of Yngwie’s original Olympic White 1971 “Play Loud” Fender Stratocaster. “Play Loud” refers to a sticker on the upper horn of the Strat and if you’re wondering the tribute guitar has it too, along with every other scratch, dent and bite mark on the guitar.
Yngwie bought his original Strat in 1978 and performed the delicate “scalloping” of the neck himself. Scalloping refers to routing out the fret board between the frets to help facilitate string bending and other virtuoso guitar playing techniques like finger-tapping.
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