STRINGS Every time you play your guitar natural oils – as well as all sorts of grub and grime – are being transferred from your fingertips onto the strings. Over time this can create a grimey, grubby build up of dirt that will eat away at your strings, dramatically decreasing their life expectancy, and can […]
Monthly Archives: July 2017
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click to enlarge On his forthcoming album, Wall Of Sound, guitar hero Marty Friedman explores a wide range of music, offering a bit of Latin rock on “Whiteworm” and switching between electric and acoustic harmonies in “Miracle.” A former member of the speed metal group Megadeth, Friedman, who starts a headlining tour in support of the […]
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Music and beer. The two art forms have enjoyed a long, fruitful, even symbiotic relationship for what seems like an eternity. But a collaboration between a local band named The Lights Out and the Aeronaut Brewing Company in Somerville is taking the classic pairing in a novel direction. The Lights Out is releasing its new […]
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Always dreamed of getting some in-person guitar instruction from Steve Vai? Here’s your chance. At the Vai Academy, which will take place January 3 to 7, 2018, at the Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs in Palm Springs, California, you can join Vai, Steve Morse, St. Vincent, Yngwie Malmsteen and other special guests for four nights of […]
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Guitar maker par excellence, Bill Collings dies at 68 | Woodworking Network © Copyright 2017 CCI Media, LLC All Rights Reserved Welcome to our redesigned homepage! Scroll Down for more stories Source link
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Continue Reading During their show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, Saturday night, Metallica paid tribute to hometown heroes Van Halen with a brief cover of the band’s “Runnin’ with the Devil.” The band has quite a bit of fun with the cover, with Hetfield attempting to replicate David Lee Roth’s famous screams and […]
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POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Police and the coroner are investigating a fatal stabbing that witnesses say occurred while a man was playing guitar in the street in Pennsylvania. Pottstown police and the Montgomery County coroner did not immediately release additional information on the incident Monday. Police have said only that a man was stabbed about […]
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The process of recording is so different from the experience of performing. There’s a specifically human element to playing live in front of a crowd, and its absence can feel weird to a musician who isn’t used to it. That live human element brings with it little imperfections that we often try to reduce in […]
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UFO and Scorpions guitar champion Michael Schenker talked about changing strings, telling Guitarist Magazine: “Actually, I don’t know [when was the last time I changed my own strings]. “I used not to change my strings, period. “Only just lately, because I have had a string go in the middle of a lead break, I’ve kind […]
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Over the years, Gibson has shown that it’s not afraid to push the guitar technology envelope, introducing robot tuning, electric/acoustic tone merging and a recorder in a cable. Even if die-hard purists are often quite vocal in their opposition to such measures. The latest innovation out of the gate is a Gibson Custom Lightly Figured […]