Guitar Roundup: Week of August 16th, 2010

The weekly guitar roundup is Guitar International’s chance to spread the word about guitar related articles from around the web that we’ve enjoyed over the past seven days. Here are ten guitar articles from across the blogosphere that caught our attention during the week of August 16th, 2010.

Also, don’t forget to check out GI’s recent series of articles by HP Newquist, great reads from a great writer!

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1. 300 Guitars: If you are like me and are interested in doing a project, Mod Kits has a limited edition tube overdrive kit called “The Enticer” This tube overdrive pedal kit is based around a new-old-stock original RCA 12AU7A vacuum tube. It can get from a nice warm, clean sound with subtle overdrive all the way on up to full out compressed overdrive distortion. Only 30 of these limited edition kits will be available..!! New Mod Kits: The “Enducer” Pedal
2. Classical Guitar Blog: We’re going to step outside the normal CG realm today to talk a bit about modes and improvisation. When I first started guitar (electric), people threw around mode names and I had no clue about them. Then I looked them up and got more confused…How to Use Modes for Improvising
3. Frettererse: It’s Controversy Friday, everyone! Soon to be a national holiday (with paid days off, BBQ’s, and lots of bikini-clad women). Every once in a while ya gotta stir the pot a little and make sure all of the spicy ingredients that add some kick to the recipe don’t just sit at the bottom. They need to be mixed in real well to add flavor to the entire recipe…Guitar Heroes I Just Don’t Get
4. Gear Vault: As many know, Jackson Guitars started when the heavy metal wave was on its peak. Grover Jackson first in-scripted his name on a guitar that was designed by the late Randy Rhoads in 1980, when he was still teamed up with Charvel guitars. The reason behind this was that Jackson thought that a guitar with such design would be too shocking for the regular Charvel customers…History of Jackson Guitars
5. Guitar Friendly: We’re on a journey to learn all major guitar scale positions in all twelve keys on the guitar fretboard. Seem impossible? It’s not really that hard if you start at the beginning with your C major scale positions and go from there…Guitar Scale Lessons: Eb Major Scale Positions
6. Guitar Tone Overload: There is a lot of effects that fall under the “modulation” category on the ground that they send your tone swirling or oscillating. In this series of posts, I will try to unravel the mysteries of effects such as phaser, flanger, chorus, leslie/univibe, vibrato or tremolo. These effects, if used well, can spice up your rythm work or make your lead tone fatter to name only two of their magical powers. I will not go into too much details about the electronics behind these effects but will focus on their characters and uses for us, guitarists. Videos are included to stir up your inspiration…How to Use Modulation Effects: Part 1 The Phaser
7. Guitar Noize: There are some people in the music business that ascend to legendary status over the years, Dave Mustaine is certainly one of them albeit for more controversially than he probably would have liked. Dave Mustaine is obviously a major driving force in the Heavy Metal genre with records spanning almost 3 decades! Unfortunately Dave has not always been the best with words, especially when talking to the press and many people take a disliking to him personally due all the band “sackings”…Review-Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir
8. Guitarkadia: A big thank you to Angela for tweeting the video (she finds great music and you should be friends with her). It opened my world to Lissie and Black Cab Sessions. And this is such a beautiful, beautiful cover of Lionel Richie’s Hello…Lissie & Black Cab Sessions
9. I Heart Guitar: With the overwhelming demand for quality guitars, manufactures had to come up with ways to meet this demand. Over the years many things have changed, and guitar building had to keep up with this ever increasing hunger for quality instruments. These are some of the things that evolved both good and bad…Differences in Guitar Quality and Construction Past and Present
10. Red Dawg Guitar News: This month we are taking a look at 9 different guitar cables from 8 different manufacturers, The following companies accepted the challenge…Guitar Cable Showdown