The MXR Custom Badass ‘78 Distortion pedal is the first in a line from MXR that is designed to roar like a huge stack as well as sound like a worn-in vintage tube amp. MXR claim to have hot-rodded this distortion pedal for over-the-top soaring leads and rich saturated rhythms. I think they succeed. This pedal packs quite a punch!
Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and legendary guitarist Slash kicked off his solo US tour at Ram’s Head Live! in Baltimore, Maryland on May 3, 2012.
Here is a perfect example of a forgotten and underrated guitar pedal that should be an essential pedal in everyone’s board, the MXR Vintage 1974 Phase 90. If you don’t have one, you’re probably wondering what it does and how it can benefit your playing?
Composer Eduardo Morales-Caso is a rare artist of exceptional talent who for the past decade has been making a significant contribution to the classical guitar with many attractive works for solo guitar, flute and guitar, and voice and guitar among others. Morales-Caso also has an extensive catalog of compositions which include works for solo piano as well as orchestral and chamber music which has helped bring a great depth to his guitar compositions. There has been a growing demand for his music since his piece “El Jardin de Lindaraja” won first prize in the XIV Andres Segovia international composition competition for classical guitar in 2003.
Regardless of which British Invasion you prefer, The Beatles in the ’60s or the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in the early ’80s, “this pedal just might be your bag” or should I say, “should be on your pedal board”.
The face of the music industry is changing. CD sales are on the wane, and high street record stores are either closing their doors, or devoting their floor space to merchandise, DVDs, MP3 players and video games.
Primal Rock Rebellion is the brainchild of Adrian Smith, guitarist for the legendary Iron Maiden and vocalist/spoken word maestro Mikee Goodman of SikTh.
It was 1967 when an R&B band from Birmingham, England , decided their second album would be nothing like their first.
Thirty two years to the week of the release of their album Women and Children First, the mighty Van Halen brought “A Different Kind of Truth” to the nation’s capital, captivating a sell out crowd with an evening of classic hits as well as new material from their current release, A Different Kind of Truth.
A lot of guitarists have found themselves in this situation. Playing in countless cover bands, becoming frustrated with the gig situations and the music that they have to play every night to make ends meet and not feeling that their artistic side is being nurtured enough by their current performing situation. When guitarist and vocalist Ned Evett found himself in this situation he did what many of us have dreamed of doing, he smashed his Strat onstage, but instead of that being the end of the story, it is only the beginning. Evett picked up the broken guitar, removed the frets and set off on a musical journey that has led him to his entertaining and engaging 2012 release
