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- Back from the K-100 Relay 2007
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- Hand built 18 watt amp
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- Looking for a good but cheap guitar?
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- The F-1 Guitar Pick
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- Purchased an octave pedal and lotsa gigs
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- Played a gig at local coffee shop
- Chicken Salad pedal by Danelectro arrived
- SX Strat bridge upgraded!
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Guitar Articles
June 09 2009
Canon DM-100 Directional Stereo Microphone
I have noticed a bit of noise and unclear sound with my Canon HG-20 camera, and in order to improve on this, I bought the Canon DM-100 microphone, which is made specifically for Canon camcord ...
June 07 2009
Minimal Guitar Rig for a Gig
On Friday, Myra, Brandon, Al and I played for about an hour at Jaywalkers Jamboree in Camrose. I had brought my Michael Kelly Patriot Shadow, my Reverend Hellhound and my Pedaltrain 2 loaded with some cool ...
May 25 2009
How to lose 5 pounds in 2 weeks
I want to share with you my experience of losing 5 pounds in 2 weeks. Here's how I did it.
In order to lose weight, we need to take in fewer calories than we use. The result will lead to a loss ...
» How to lose 5 pounds in 2 weeks
May 20 2009
Best stratocaster for the money
There are many options today for getting a good Stratocaster. I am a Stratocaster guy. I have always loved these guitars, and not matter what other type of guitars I play, I always come back to the Stratoc ...
» Best stratocaster for the money
May 18 2009
Red Deer Marathon 2009
I finished in 1:14:57 and placed 2nd in the half-marathon. I am happy with that performance; it is almost 3 minutes faster than last year.
The weather for the race in Red Deer was fabulous. Perfect tempe ...
May 16 2009
8 km road race
Puffin for a Muffin
This is a local race here in Camrose that I'm involved in organizing. On May 3rd, we had an 8km race, 3km and 1km fun run/walk. There was also a Kids' Fitness Challenge, where kids were doin ...
May 08 2009
A Very Late Gig...
I just have to tell you about my latest gig. I guess we can call it "interesting". My friend Jaron and I had a gig up in place called Fox Creek, and it was a fundraiser for breast cancer, which meant only women in th ...
April 22 2009
Youtube Guitar Lessons
So, I have decided to use Youtube as the main source for my guitar lesson videos from now on. I've been using Revver for quite some time, but that ain't working to well anymore. Too many problems with Revver means ...
April 18 2009
Puffin For A Muffin
Hi, if you are a runner or walker in Alberta, here is some important info. Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary runners - everyone is welcome!
If you are interested in runnning/walking an 8k, 3k, or 1k, this is the ra ...
April 13 2009
Learn guitar fretboard
How can you best learn the notes on the fretboard?
Well, what I recommend to my guitar students, is to learn shapes and patterns. That is how I make sense of the 6 strings and all these frets. Since the f ...
March 30 2009
Marshall Line Out
The Marshall JVM410H has a speaker emulated line out that is automatically engaged when the amp is in standby mode. This is a very interesting feature. I made a short and quick test of this feature the other day.
...March 18 2009
Best Distortion Pedal?
What is the best distortion pedal? A question that may enter the mind of a guitar player from time to time. I am, like many other guitar players, interested in getting good sounding gear, and since a distortion pe ...
February 20 2009
The Guitar - Strumming Away Your Blues
This is a guest article by Holly McCarthy.
Of all the musical instruments that have been invented, the guitar is by far my favorite. I know I should have ...
» The Guitar - Strumming Away Your Blues
February 15 2009
A good distortion pedal - Cool Cat Distortion
I just got this red Cool Cat Distortion, and I had high expectations, since I just loved the FAB Distortion pedal that Danelectro put out earlier. The Cool Cat however, is a much sturdier and ...
» A good distortion pedal - Cool Cat Distortion
February 11 2009
Marshall 100 watt tube head
A 4 channel tube head with 3 modes for each channel. What is it? It's the Marshall JVM410H!
This amp is awesome. It's a fairly new offering from Marshall, and I was not expecting it would sound anyth ...
February 07 2009
Rock'n Roll Backing Track
Johnny Be Goode is a classic rock'n roll song that everyone has heard, I bet. It's a great and simple tune to play as well. My latest backing track for practicing is very much inspired by Johnny Be Goode. ...
February 03 2009
Minor jazz blues
I used GarageBand only the other night to create this minor jazz blues backing track in C Minor. I love playing minor blues, whether it's straight blues or swinging jazz.
Maybe you want to grab this jazz bac ...
February 01 2009
Sonny Landreth King Of Slide Guitar
I've been catching up on Sonny Landreth for a bit now, so I thought I'd share my thoughts on his playing. Sonny Landreth is not that well known (yet) to the general public, but many guitar players in ...
» Sonny Landreth King Of Slide Guitar
January 26 2009
Guitar players - protect your ears
So, we had a gig on Saturday. Now, 2 days later, my ears are still ringing. Sounds like a crappy old amp buzzing in my head. Man, I should have wore ear plugs!
The gig itself was fun. I play ...
» Guitar players - protect your ears
January 22 2009
I bought a Michael Kelly Patriot Shadow!
I couldn't resist any more. I bought the Michael Kelly Patriot Shadow, and I'm glad I did. It's an inexpensive guitar, but it rocks. I am still impressed, and as a Suhr owner, I know what a dece ...
» I bought a Michael Kelly Patriot Shadow
January 18 2009
Greg V - great Nashville player
I stumbled onto Greg V one day. I think it may have been because of an ad in a guitar magazine, I'm not quite sure. However, I took a look at his website and bought his album Tailgate Troubadour. It is a ...
» Greg V - great Nashville player
January 17 2009
Michael Kelly Patriot
I'm on a hunt for new guitar. You see, we had a raffle on www.thefret.net and it so happened I won the pot! I never win stuff, so I was very surprised. Now, the deal is t ...
» Michael Kelly Patriot - nice axe
January 09 2009
Guitar Backing Track - Wreck Me, Baby
Earlier this week, I sat down one evening with my MacBook Pro and GarageBand with the intention to make a blues backing track before the evening was over. I recorded 2 rhyhtm guitars and I used my SX ...
» Guitar Backing Track - Wreck Me, Baby
January 07 2009
Added a guitar solo to a friend's tune
My good old friend Mathias contacted me the other day and asked if I could add a guitar solo to a tune he recorded. Sure, I said! Mathias and I used to play together in a fusion band called Local Go ...
» Added a guitar solo to a friend's tune
January 05 2009
Music Dictionary
Have you ever wondered what Acciaccatura means? How about a Half cadence, Eclogue or a Darabukka? And what does Pianissississississimo really mean? Ever seen a Wurstfagott? Me neither.
I found this well done » Music Dictionary
January 04 2009
How to learn guitar scales
I hang out on several guitar forums and I also get a lot messages through my website. One thing that I've noticed in messages lately are ideas of "better" ways to learn scales. I want talk a bit about this. » How to learn guitar scales
December 31 2008
Disneyland and Tone Merchants
Happy New Year!
Wow, this year went fast! I have a New Year's Eve gig tonight at the Player's Club here in Camrose. I've got some new toys I'll be using tonight. Looking forward to it!
This ...
December 21 2008
Season's Guitar Greetings!
It is that time of year again, Christmas is almost upon us! I don't know about you, but I tend to get that extra need to buy guitar gear around this time of year... so, I have a little guitar Christmas presen ...
December 15 2008
Learn The Christmas Song on guitar
Soon Christmas is all over us again, so what better can I offer you than a nice Christmas tune?
I made an arrangement for the popular song, The Christmas Song, you know, "chestnuts roas ...
» Learn The Christmas Song on guitar
December 13 2008
Brossard Picks Review
You can call me picky about picks (pun intended), but I really prefer thick picks that give me a good tone. For my style of playing, thin picks just don't work. I find that the pick material is also very important f ...