Posted October 14, 2010 at 11:01 am | One comment
Having a strong grasp of right and left hand technique, as well as a fundamental understanding of the building blocks of music, chords-scales-arpeggios, is an essential ingredient in the development of any successful guitarist. In itself, the guitar is an innately technical instrument. One that is built on shapes (chord grips, scale patterns etc.), and that lends itself to the in-depth study of countless scale permutations, finger gymnastics and other technical aerobics.
Posted in: Book Reviews, Reviews
Posted October 11, 2010 at 1:00 pm | 2 comments
Review of Badi Assad and Paulinho Garcia’s performance at the 2010 Chicago Guitar Festival.
Posted in: Concert Reviews, Jazz, Reviews
Posted October 11, 2010 at 11:00 am | 2 comments
This amazing concept album, All’s Well That Ends Well, a panoramic vision, was written, produced, and crafted by the incomparable, Steve Lukather.
Posted in: '80s Rock, Reviews, Rock Reviews
Posted October 8, 2010 at 8:46 am | One comment
Breakdown of five new albums that are worth checking out for a weekend listen.
Posted in: Reviews, Take Five Reviews
Posted October 5, 2010 at 1:00 pm | 2 comments
Cry Tough is the latest DVD release by Nils Lofgren and is a collection of performances he did for the famous Rockpalast TV series. This DVD features live full length performances which span three different phases in this illustrious and dynamic career.
Posted in: Classic Rock, DVD Reviews, Reviews
Posted October 5, 2010 at 12:00 pm | No comments
Video rundown of each of the new guitars and amps debuted at the 2010 Experience PRS event.
Posted in: Gear Reviews, Guitars and Gear, Reviews
Posted October 1, 2010 at 11:00 am | 2 comments
In the company video below, the Eastwood Doral guitar is described as an “L5 with a few differences.” Now that’s a pretty bold statement for any guitar company to make, especially one who’s comparable guitar comes in at around 1/4 of the price of a low-end L5. What is even more remarkable about that statement is that it’s not far from the truth, at least in respect to the size, relative shape, woods used and pickup configurations are concerned.
Posted in: Gear Reviews, Guitars and Gear, Reviews
Posted October 1, 2010 at 8:00 am | 2 comments
As part of our complete and exclusive coverage of Experience PRS 2010 we’ve put together a series of photo galleries for our readers who couldn’t be there. So sit back, relax and check out some great PRS guitars!
Posted in: Guitars and Gear, Reviews
Posted September 30, 2010 at 1:00 pm | 6 comments
PRS announced the release of the new DC3 electric guitar at Experience PRS 2010. For those of you chomping at the bit waiting to see and hear this new axe, here is an overview of what the DC3 has to offer, as well as some new photos of the guitar from the XPRS event.
Posted in: Gear Reviews, Guitars and Gear, Reviews
Posted September 28, 2010 at 11:00 am | 2 comments
At 32.5 cm. (usual) string length, the violin tunes its strings an octave higher than the guitar. Antonio de Torres eventually settled on 32.5 X 2 = 65 cm for the guitar’s string length. Modern guitars range from 64 to a 66.6 or even 67 cm string length, but the 65 cm established by Torres is a often used as the standard scale length.
Posted in: Gear Reviews, Guitars and Gear, Reviews
