Guitar Articles

July 18 2014

Johnny Winter Passed Away

We have lost another blues legend, the blues rock giant Johnny Winter died in his hotel room in Switzerland on July 16t 2014. He was 70 years old.

He was playing his heart out until the end, and had ...

» Johnny Winter Passed Away

July 15 2014

Line 6 AMPLIFi FX100 Review

The Line 6 AMPLIFi FX100 is a small but powerful floor board, using the AMPLIFi technology. It provides a quick and fun way to get a great tone.

The tone matching feature is quite useful. You can dial up ...

» Line 6 AMPLIFi FX100 Review

July 03 2014

How To Know Where To Play a Guitar Lick

Someone asked me how to count in a song, to know exactly where to start a lick. Truth is, you need to forget about counting. You need to always know where you are in the progression, but counting j ...

» How To Know Where To Play a Guitar Lick

July 03 2014

The Best Compressor Pedal

I've never used compressor pedals much, but that has now changed. This is my favourite compressor pedal. It makes my tube amps really come alive at any volume, and it's especially awesome for the wonderful sem ...

» The best compressor pedal

July 01 2014

V-Picks Review

Here are some of my V-Picks in action. My favourite V-Picks are the blue and dark red ones - the Jalapeno and the Red Rocker. I also like the white/pink/glow-in-the-dark ones.

Give V-Picks a try and let me know wh ...

» V-Picks Review

June 28 2014

Stout Drive - Overdrive Pedal

This overdrive is powered by two vintage russian millitary MP38 transistors for silky smooth drive tones bordering on fuzz.

It's a very cool pedal, and I find the pedal works best with humbucker gui ...

» Stout Drive - Overdrive Pedal

June 13 2014

E Major Scale Diagram

To make it easy to follow the notes of the Major scale, here is a neck diagram showing you all the notes of the E Major Scale.

The indicators on the notes refer to the Intervals, or Scale Degrees. The Root n ...

» E Major Scale Diagram

June 11 2014

New Gibson ES-Les Paul Guitar

Gibson has introduced the brand new ES-Les Paul guitar. It's a marriage between the solidbody Les Paul Standard and semi-acoustic ES-335 - probably the two most famous models they have ever created. And no ...

» New Gibson ES-Les Paul Guitar

June 08 2014

Understanding Tube Amps - Review

This book by Dave Hunter provides a good insight into different kinds of tube guitar amplifiers, their differences in design and construction.

You will find many ...

» Understanding Tube Amps

May 07 2014

Toontrack Classic Amps Pack Demo

I've been playing with the Toontrack Classic Amps EZmix Pack for EZmix 2 lately, and I decided to give you a demo.

In this track, I used the Classic Amps Pack, the new EZDrummer 2 & EZKeys fr ...

» Toontrack Classic Amps Pack Demo

May 05 2014

NAMM 2014 Gear and Music Fest

I went to the NAMM show in January, and here's a late report on what I experienced.

The highlight was the music. Totally. The gear stuff you can get tired of after a while. I saw some great shows that ...

» NAMM 2014

May 01 2014

Book a hotel here

Ok, this is silly, but I have set up a site where you can book hotels through me. If you use this site to book your next stay, I may get a few peanuts in commission.

I know - it's kind of silly, but I was settin ...

» Booking a hotel

April 15 2014

Clean Water Nonprofit Partners with Taylor Guitars to Make Sweet Music

Logged Old-Growth Trees Reincarnated as Guitars to Provide Clean Water and Reforestation in Central America

April 15, 2014 - In an unprecedented part ...

» Taylor guitar from century-old Engelmann spruce

April 09 2014

Classic Amps EZmix Pack from Toontrack

Toontrack has announced the release of the Classic Amps EZmix Pack for EZmix 2.

The Classic Amps EZmix Pack presents 50 complete signal chain presets including amps, stomp boxes, speakers an ...

» Classic Amps EZmix Pack from Toontrack

March 11 2014

Epiphone Acoustic Guitar AJ-220S

If you are looking for a nice but inexpensive acoustic guitar, you will want to check out this beautiful guitar from Epiphone. Dressed in a beautiful finish, and feat ...

» Epiphone Acoustic Guitar AJ-220S

February 22 2014

New Jeff Beck Album

For much of Jeff Beck‘s career, recording has often appeared to take a lower priority than, say, working on vintage cars. However, he admits that his upcoming record — his first since 2010′s ‘Emotion & Commo ...

» New Jeff Beck Album

February 21 2014

Scuffham S-Gear Review

Using plugins and digital technology for guitar tone has been so-so for quite some time, in my opinion. I have used a variety of amp and effect packages from different vendors, and recently, I tried a product calle ...

» Scuffham S-Gear Review

January 28 2014

BIAS app - great iPad amp designer

BIAS is an amp modeler app for the iPad, or rather, an amp model designer. It gives you an enormous amount of options for tone and tweaking. BIAS is made by the same company (Positive Grid) t ...

» BIAS app - great iPad amp designer

December 18 2013

Badlands Guardian Face

This is pretty cool. I am only a few hours away from this amazing "face".

It looks like a face from a satellite's point of view. However, this formation in Alberta, Canada, is completely natural. It is ref ...

» Badlands Guardian Face

December 15 2013

Murilo Romano - Scream of Freedom Review

If you like progressive hard rock music with lots of skilled guitar playing, then you should check out this album.

I have listened to this album for a while now, and it rocks. There's onl ...

» Murilo Romano - Scream of Freedom Review

November 26 2013

Business in the City of Camrose

In this article, I will tell you a little bit about the city I live in, the City of Camrose. It's a great place to live and work - just the right size with all you need. There are actually two music stores ...

» Business in the City of Camrose

November 25 2013

Focusrite Forte - good USB audio interface

Currently $120.00 off!

The nuts and bolt of it: - the Forte is a very serious contender in a very com ...

» A good USB audio interface

October 30 2013

Rock Solid Guitar Stands Elite 6

Just wanted to mention to you that Rock Solid Guitar Stands have a new stand available now. It's called the Elite 6.

I have been enjoying my Classic 6 for years now. It's really nice. It's like th ...

» Rock Solid Guitar Stands Elite 6

September 13 2013

Onsong Chord chart manager

Onsong is an app for the iPad that I have heard a lot people talk about. It seems really useful, especially for performers and teachers. The following post was submitted to me by Benjamin Brown.

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» Onsong Chord chart manager

August 30 2013

Line 6 POD HD500x

The HD500x is an update to an already great product, the HD500. The HD500x is the HD500 with some nice improvements. Didn't like the switches ...

» HD500X - new Line 6 POD HD

July 24 2013

Guitar Footpedal to start & stop & rewind video playback

Now this is a great idea for those who use DVDs and online videos for learning guitar.

Perhaps you have run into this problem - in order to follow a video and p ...

» Guitar Foot pedal to start and stop video playback

July 22 2013

Prince Copyright Spat - I Won!

I am sure you know that Prince is the KING of DMCA takedown notices. Prince is notorious for his disdain for the Internet and for fans posting any photos, music or videos that have anything to do with him ...

» Prince Copyright Spat - I Won

June 18 2013

Reverb - Used Gear Marketplace

Just a heads up about a cool used and vintage gear website called Reverb. This is an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of used, vintage and handmade guitars and gear.

It's a really good ...

» Reverb - Used Gear Marketplace

May 16 2013

Vintage Amp Collection

If you think you have too many amps, you have to watch this video. Brent Ware has more amps than you do.

You can have a look at a 1968 Marshall Plexi that belonged to Jimi Hendrix, but now in a sad state! ...

» Vintage Amp Collection

April 29 2013

Epiphone Sorrento 50th Anniversary

The 50th Anniversary "1962" Sorrento E452TDN Outfit features a laminated maple top and body, a mahogany neck with a 1960s SlipTaper™ profile, a rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, 20 medium jumbo ...

» Epiphone Sorrento