Posted February 12, 2011 at 9:00 am | One comment
Fender’s promotional efforts with respect to the limited-edition Crossroads Stratocaster (also known as the Antigua Strat or Sun Strat) and amp have been both generous and tasteful. In fact, the efforts have been tasteful to the extent that Fender’s said relatively little as to exactly what guitar a buyer is getting for the $30,000 Platinum Package, which includes Strat, amp, case and a variety of interesting collateral items, or the $20,000 Gold Package that includes the guitar and a similar array of value-added materials, preferring to place the emphasis on the underlying cause for which the gear is being offered – the Crossroads Centre.
Posted in: Classic Rock, Interviews, Rock Interviews
Posted January 10, 2011 at 11:00 am | One comment
Pics of the blues legend performing live in Chicago, January 2011.
Posted in: Blues, Blues Reviews, Reviews
Posted December 30, 2010 at 10:00 am | One comment
Jazz guitarist Ben Tyree epitomizes the new generation of jazz artists with his eclectic mix of styles, featuring hard percussive funk armed with arrested guitar riffs, giving his performances fitful spurts, as well as more traditional seamless melodic reveries that broaden is sonic reach.
Posted in: Interviews, Jazz, Jazz Interviews
Posted December 26, 2010 at 11:00 am | 3 comments
Session guitarist, death rock hero, western swing master, movie soundtrack instrumentalist, John 5 is a well-rounded axe master. Fender has already named two Artist Series guitars after him, a beautiful black Telecaster with a unique headstock and the new J5 acoustic guitar.
Posted in: Interviews, Modern Rock, Rock Interviews
Posted December 24, 2010 at 10:00 am | 2 comments
Kerry Livgren was a founding member, songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist for ’70s classic rockers Kansas. Though the band is easily put into the “classic” category today, primarily because of the adored hits they turned out back in the day, like “Carry On Wayward Son,” “Dust In The Wind,”
Posted in: Interviews, Prog Rock, Prog-Rock Interviews
Posted December 20, 2010 at 2:00 pm | 2 comments
Guitar International recently sat down with Jim Weider to talk Fender guitars, amps and why, at the end of the day, he’s a Tele man.
Posted in: Classic Rock, Interviews, Rock Interviews
Posted December 18, 2010 at 6:45 pm | 3 comments
Looking for that perfect guitar without breaking the bank? Check out these 5 great guitars for under $500.
Posted in: Gear Reviews, Guitars and Gear, Reviews
Posted December 16, 2010 at 2:00 pm | One comment
New Jersey based jazz guitarist B.D. Lenz is used to taking chances, as anyone who makes a living improvising would be. So it’s no surprise that his latest album, Five & Live, features Lenz and company on stage in a live situation, which is always a bit of a risk for any recording, and, alongside his originals, covering some very un-jazz like songs, such as Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” and “Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2” by classic British rockers Pink Floyd.
Posted in: Interviews, Jazz, Jazz Interviews
Posted December 10, 2010 at 4:39 pm | 15 comments
This installment of GI’s Guitar Hero series features Slowhand, Eric Clapton.
Posted in: Classic Rock
Posted November 27, 2010 at 1:00 pm | 27 comments
Born in Seattle on November 27, 1942, Johnny Allen Hendrix, better known the world over as Jimi Hendrix, was raised by his mother until his father was discharged by the military in 1945 and took custody over the future guitar legend.
Posted in: Guitar Hero Interviews, Guitar Hero Series
