Guitar Blog Roundup: Week of August 30th, 2010

Sonny Landreth - Photo credit: Jack Spencer

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 30th, 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. The Guitar Channel: Two more videos of guitarist Greg Howe’s band performing at the Eddie Lang Jazz Festival in Italy on August 6th, 2010 (Howe’s band includes Gianluca Palmieri on drums, Jon Reshard on bass, and David Cook on keys)…More Greg Howe Videos from the Eddie Lang Festival
2. Truth in Shredding: Yes, you heard correctly – FINALLY a film about our beloved guitar legend is being made. ‘Perpetual Burn: The Story of Jason Becker’ is a feature length documentary film and will include interviews with Jason, his family and friends, and many of the amazing musicians he’s worked with over the years. There will be plenty of great Jason Becker performance footage from Cacophony through to his solo work, as well as tons of unseen footage and unreleased music from the Becker archives…Jason Becker: Perpetual Burn
3. Classical Guitar Blog: Real discipline is not sticking to a practice schedule or spending xx minutes on scales and xx minutes on arpeggios every day. Real discipline is also not practicing a certain number of hours each day or playing a hard section 20 times straight…Real Discipline
4. Fretterverse: I was recently listening to an audio speech on business development. Yes, every once in a while I listen to something completely unrelated to guitar. Sorry to disappoint the Fretheads! In the audio, the speaker was talking about Attitude and Knowledge. His point was that in order to be successful in what you do – in his case, business – you needed both attitude and knowledge; that you couldn’t achieve the right attitude without knowing what you are talking about, and that you couldn’t learn what you needed to know without the right desire, commitment, and passion for what you are doing…Attitude and Knowledge
5. I Heart Guitar: I first got my hands on the Framus Diablo Supreme X at NAMM earlier this year, and a very special piece of kit it was. As you may know, in addition to I Heart Guitar I write for the magazines Mixdown, Australian Musician Magazine, and Australian Guitar. Through Australian Guitar I was fortunate to once again get my hands on a Framus Diablo Supreme X, and you’ll be able to read that review in the next issue. (I can’t post it here, so as to not cross any lines or step on any toes)…Framus Diablo Supreme X Review
6. Guitar Noize: Back in September 2007 I reviewed a documentary called Strat Masters which as the title suggested focussed on Leo Fender’s Stratocaster and the players that have used them over the years. Well it doesn’t take a genius to work out what ‘Leo Fender’s Telecaster – The Original Twang’ is about, this 2 DVD documentary talks to some of the greatest guitar players in history about arguably the greatest guitar in history…Leo Fenders Telecaster The Original Twang DVD Review
7. Guitar Lifestyle: Guitar Lifestyle reader Darren M. recently alerted me to this video of Sonny Landreth and Eric Clapton playing “Promise Land” at the 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival in Chicago…Sonny Landreth and Eric Clapton Playing “Promised Land.”
8. Guitar Friendly: I got my iPhone 4 a couple months ago, and now that I’ve had it, I can’t imagine life without it. With the app store, I’m almost convinced my iPhone can do anything. However, I was a bit surprised when I found it could also act as a portable guitar effects unit as well…Griffin Guitar Connect Cable Hands-On Review
9. Gear Vault: 10 Years Interview–Gear-Vault exclusive – 10 Years’ guitarists sits down with us for a full on interview. You can listen to the 10 Years interview live or read the transcript below. Guitarists Brian Vodinh is endorsed by Taylor Guitars and plays his Taylor Standards in stock form. While Ryan Johnson (aka Tater), on the other hand, plays Gibson Les Pauls with some interesting modifications… he pulls the neck pickup to give the guitar more sustain and crunch. His humbucker pickups are custom made and hand wound…10 Years Interview with Guitarists Brian and Tater
10. Guitarkadia: There’s nothing like witnessing four great musicians with different backgrounds sitting in a tiny backstage room creating magic. At least that’s what it felt like to me. Language wasn’t a barrier. They all spoke Django…Django Reinhardt 100th Anniversary Jam