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Archive for August, 2008

It’s Always Tough…

Posted in Guitars, Music, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians, tagged , on August 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »

…to sell off gear.
Yesterday, I sold “Rusty,” my Gibson ES-333. I hadn’t played Rusty much for the last several months, and even though I used him on a recording recently, I just didn’t feel that attached. It was a bit of a sad occasion, but I’m looking forward to replacing him with something else. Besides, [...]

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Got a Facebook? Join The Guitar Life Group on Facebook!

Posted in Guitars, Music, guitar, guitar gear, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, inspiration, musicians, tagged , , on August 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »

If you’re a member of Facebook, I’ve just created a new group called “The Guitar Life” to share experiences of living the guitar life. This is a totally open group, and I like to invite everyone to join and share!
Click here to join!!!

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To Multi-Effect Or Not To Multi-Effect

Posted in Guitars, Music, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists on August 26, 2008 | No Comments »

…that is the question. I recently had the chance to check out the TC Electronic Nova System, Multi-Effects processor, and it has given me pause. Over the years, I’ve been a bit of purist regarding effects, and my response to multi-effects has been, shall we say, tepid at best. My thought is that a ME [...]

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What is today’s version of Rock Star style?

Posted in Music, musicians, style on August 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »

In other words, what does a rock star look like nowadays? In the late 50’s and early 60’s it was clean cut and suits with skinny ties. By the latter part of the 60’s and into the 70’s it was the “hippie” or “mod” look. By the 80’s glam hit the scene and spandex and [...]

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Where’s IG?

Posted in Guitars, Music, guitar, guitarists on August 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »

IG must be busy, because he hasn’t posted something since 8/15… Who’s IG? Why none other than Ignacio Gonzales: Guitarist, guitar writer, philosopher and teacher, and generally great guy.
IG, I NEED MY IGBLOG FIX!!!
Funny how you get the in habit of visiting certain sites. IGBLOG has been a regular, daily stop of mine [...]

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Review: BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner

Posted in Guitars, Music, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians, tagged , , , , , , on August 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

BOSS TU-2 Chromatic Tuner
Summary: Basic, no-frills chromatic tuner in a convenient stomp box that can also double as a power source.
Pros: Super-convenient stomp box makes on-stage tuning a breeze. Tuning mode automatically cuts off signal to the rest of your board for relatively “silent” tuning.
Cons: Only has 11 total LED’s, so fine adjustments aren’t possible.
Price: [...]

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New Jam Track

Posted in Guitars, Music, guitar, guitarists, jam track, songs on August 23, 2008 | No Comments »

http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=94586
Had another song idea, but thought I’d share the main riff as a Jam Track. It’s a slow ballad in A. I actually had a lot of fun with this, working between an A major scale and a F#m pentatonic then adding some diatonic runs as well. With this tempo (mm=84), you can play your [...]

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Review: Roland Cube 60 Amplifier

Posted in Guitars, Music, amps, gear, gear reviews, guitar gear, musicians, recording, tagged , , , , , on August 20, 2008 | No Comments »

Roland Cube 60 Amplifier
Summary: Built like a tank, great-sounding and versatile, the Roland Cube 60 is at home on the road and in the studio.
Pros: Built-in Roland COSM modeling technology to mimic 9 British, Vintage and Modern amps, plus an added Acoustic mode. The Cube 60 also sports Recording Out, Line Out and Speaker Outs, [...]

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Looking for: SAINT Guitar Sound Bites

Posted in Guitars, Music, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, musicians on August 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »

As you can see, I added a linked graphic to my right-hand pane that goes to an article I wrote about the SAINT Guitar Company. This is a mini-site that I’m creating to help get the word out about SAINT Guitars (and no, I’m not being compensated for this).
In any case, I know there are [...]

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Be Healthy; Play Guitar

Posted in Guitars, guitar, guitarists, health, life, tagged , , on August 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »

A few months ago, I wrote an entry about how I was developing intermittent numbness in my hands, and imagining what it would be like to not be able to play guitar (I was already starting to have trouble). For those of you who happened to read the post, I will admit this: I WAS [...]

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