Here we go again, with our second session of Take Five, where we talk about music that we have hanging around. We select five albums, DVDs, books or other media and let you know what we think of them in short bursts that you should be able to read in five minutes or less – so, “take five” and check out at least one of our quick reviews.
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.
Review of Badi Assad and Paulinho Garcia’s performance at the 2010 Chicago Guitar Festival.
This amazing concept album, All’s Well That Ends Well, a panoramic vision, was written, produced, and crafted by the incomparable, Steve Lukather.
Breakdown of five new albums that are worth checking out for a weekend listen.
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.
Video rundown of each of the new guitars and amps debuted at the 2010 Experience PRS event.
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.
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!
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.
