Guitar Blog Roundup: Week of August 23rd

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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 23rd, 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: 20 years ago today the guitar world lost a tremendous talent….Stevie Ray Vaughan. I really loved his playing and I will never forget when I bought “Texas Flood” on vinyl..! I was a young punk kid and got home late and night and had the first listen with headphones so I would not wake up the household… RIP Stevie Ray Vaughn
2. Classical Guitar Blog: This is a (very incomplete**) list of some of the best repertoire for beginning and early intermediate guitarists. For now, this includes mostly books/collections and etudes.…Beginner/Intermediate Repertoire List
3. Frettererse: There comes a time in every guitar player’s musical upbringing when they find that one record, that one pivotal piece of music that completely destroys any hope they had of a non-musical future career. It’s that one CD (or LP/cassette in my case) that is so moving and inspirational that you lose your mind and block out anything and everything that is not guitar-related.…The First Guitar Record that Blew You Away
4. Gear Vault: The history of Ibanez guitars is one of the most interesting ones in the guitar world. It all began in 1929 when Hoshino Gakki, a Japanese Musical Instruments company began importing and further-on, bought out the Spanish company Salvador Ibanez guitars as it was pretty much destroyed during the Spanish civil war. By 1935 Hoshino Gakki had started the production of Ibanez Salvador Spanish acoustic guitars in Nagoya, Japan.…History of Ibanez Guitars
5. Guitar Friendly: Sanyo just recently dropped a pretty interesting product called the Pedal Juice. I’ve never seen anything like it before. The Pedal Juice is a rechargeable 9V power supply for effects pedals, multi-effects units, and even portable recording devices. I just recently received a Pedal Juice to review, and here’s what I think…Sanyo Eneloop Pedal Juice Hands-On Review
6. Guitar Lifestyle: I’m excited to welcome Joe Bonamassa as a new sponsor of Guitar Lifestyle. They are offering Guitar Lifestyle readers a free download of “Blue and Evil” from Joe’s Black Rock album. To receive the free download, all you have to do is click here or click the ad in the sidebar and then select “Free MP3 Music”.…Free Joe Bonamassa Mp3 Download
7. Guitar Noize: “This is my third guitar instrumental album. It nearly drove me crazy on many occasions. Do you hear all those notes? First I had to find them, And then I had to put them all together in the right order. It literally took me Months. What a job. But I love notes, so I’m happy to show up for work. Now, let’s talk about the universe.” – From the sleeve notes of Fuzz Universe…Paul Gilbert: Fuzz Universe Review
8. Guitarkadia: Buffalo-based Babik played at the 100th anniversary of Django Reinhardt at NYC’s Joe’s Pub this past Winter. I had a few moments to spend with the two guitar players, Stuart Fuchs and Joshua Assad backstage…A Session with Babik
9. I Heart Guitar: Black Label Society’s new CD, Order Of The Black, is one of the ass-kickin-est albums of Zakk Wylde’s long career of ass-kicking. Whether with Black Label, Ozzy or Pride and Glory, Zakk’s never been one to hold back a killer riff or searing lead line, but Order of the Black has really hit it out of the park – as evidenced by its #4 Billboard debut. I caught up with Zakk on the eve of the album’s release.Zakk Wylde Interview
10. Effects Bay: Korg PitchBlack Tuner -> Boss CS-3 Compressor -> Vox Standard Wah -> Custom modded Danelectro Pastrami Overdrive -> Dunlop High Gain Volume Pedal -> Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi -> Danelectro Cool Cat Fuzz -> Boss DS-2 Turbo Distortion w/ turbo switch (beneath the dano overdrive, connected with the green cable) -> Electro Harmonix Memory Toy Analog Delay -> Boss BF-3 Flanger run in stereo to a Laney LX 20 and a Washburn BD 30 bass amp. All these pedals are powered by a Godlyke Powerall wall wart adapter with an 11 point daisychain…Pedal Line Friday