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Gear Review: 1987 Gibson ES-335 Custom St

Posted in es-335, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar reviews, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, tagged 1987 ES-335, es-335, GAS, gear, gear reviews, gibson es-335, guitar, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar reviews, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new gear on August 6, 2010 | 7 Comments »

1987 Gibson ES-335 Custom St (St = Standard? Studio?) Summary: A rare beauty with a natural blonde finish with classic ES-335 tone!Pros: Absolutely tip-top shape for a guitar of this age. No major dings, but has been well-played. Sounds amazing!Cons: None.Features: Mahogany neck Bound carved flame maple top and maple sides and back Bound ebony [...]

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Blues With Brains Journey Update

Posted in guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar instruction, guitar lessons, guitarists, Guitars, improvisation, inspiration, instruction, learn guitar, Music, musicians, new song, tagged blues with brains, guitar gear, guitar gear reviews, guitar lessons, guitar life, guitarists, Guitars, learn guitar, Music, musicians on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

As I’ve mentioned in the past, I purchased Chuck D’Aloia’s “Blues with Brains” series. After a month, I still haven’t moved past Volume 1, but that’s only because I’m going slowly and methodically with the process. Besides, the one thing that I found is that Chuck throws A LOT of stuff at you in a [...]

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Gear Review: Fane Medusa 150 12″ Speaker

Posted in buying gear, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, Music, musicians, speakers, tagged fane medusa, fane medusa 150, fane speakers, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, medusa 150, Music, musicians, speakers on August 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Fane Medusa 150 12″ Speaker Summary: If you’re looking for a speaker with a big bottom end, while retaining the clarity of your mids and highs, this is the speaker for you. Pros: Huge bottom end on this little beasty. Played clean, it’s very acoustic-sounding and quite pleasing. With a sensitivity rating of 103, this [...]

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The Right Hand Knoweth Not What the Left Hand Doeth

Posted in guitar, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, instruction, Music, musicians, tagged guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, play guitar, playing guitar on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This will be a pretty short entry, but it is something that it seems I’ve spoken about with various young guitarists I work with on a constant basis, so I thought I write my thoughts about it here. BTW, this is not necessarily going to be an instructional article. For that, do a search on [...]

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You Get What You Pay For…

Posted in buying gear, gear, guitar, guitar gear, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, instruction, Music, musicians, quest for tone, tagged gear, gear thoughts, guitar, guitar gear, guitar philosophy, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, Music, musicians, philosophy, thoughts on July 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Back in the late 90′s and into the turn of the century, I got swept up in the craze of Robert Kiyosaki’s “Rich Dad, Poor Dad.” I soaked up what he was saying like a sponge. It made so much sense to me! I was hooked, and proceeded to buy all his books, and two [...]

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Adventures in Groovin’ on my Strat

Posted in amplifiers, aracom amps, booster, Creation Audio Labs, GarageBand, GAS, gear, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Hardwire, inspiration, Mk.4.23, Music, musicians, new song, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, effect pedals, Effects, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, new song, pedals, Red Bear Picks, V-Picks on July 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’m normally very methodical in my approach to writing music. But sometimes, I just get carried away with playing that I’ll just create a riff, and jam over it again and again until my fingertips are numb. Writing my latest instrumental was exactly that experience. I came up with a riff, added some bass and [...]

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Getting Better… At Just About Anything

Posted in guitar, guitar lifestyle, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, instruction, Music, musicians, tagged guitar, guitarists, inspiration, learning guitar, Music, musicians on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Back in the late ’80′s to early ’90′s when getting your “personal power” was all the rage, I’ll admit, I took several of these courses designed to help me face my weaknesses, conquer my fears of success and learn to grow; gaining my own sense of personal power. Most of the ground we covered in [...]

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A Totally New Take on Guitars and Tone: Internal Combustion Guitars

Posted in buying gear, GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear find, guitar, guitar gear, guitar reviews, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, invention, Music, musicians, new gear, tagged GAS, gear, gear announcements, gear find, guitar, guitar gear, guitarists, Guitars, internal combustion guitars, Music, musicians on June 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »

In my quest for gear to review, I literally spend hours each week poring over the Internet and trade rags, looking for cool, new stuff, and I get especially excited when I come across familiar gear that’s expressed in completely new ways, such as the Quantum Drive from Acoustic Imaginearing that uses quantum tunneling to [...]

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Gear Review: Tone Freak Effects Abunai 2 Overdrive

Posted in buying gear, distortion, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar effects, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, inspiration, Music, musicians, new gear, overdrive, pedals, tagged abunai 2, effect pedals, Effects, GAS, gear, gear reviews, guitar, guitar effects, guitar gear, guitar pedals, guitarists, Guitars, Music, musicians, overdrive, pedals, Tone, tone freak, tone freak effects on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Tone Freak Effects Abunai 2 Overdrive Pedal Summary: In Japanese, “abunai” means dangerous, and this pedal’s overdrive tones are indeed dangerous – at least to your other overdrive pedals. With three switchable clipping configurations, you can dial in a myriad of overdrive characteristics that’ll suit any situation, be it live or in the studio. Pros: [...]

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Gettin’ In the Zone

Posted in amplifiers, amps, aracom amps, guitar, guitarists, Guitars, improvisation, inspiration, Music, musicians, performing, playing live, tagged amp, amplification, amplifiers, amps, aracom, aracom amps, guitar, guitar gear, guitar life, guitarists, improvisation, inspiration, Music, musicians, playing in the zone on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Ahhh… the venerable SRV in a classic guitarists pose. I used to think that was just something rock stars did for publicity shots, and that the poses were contrived. But then as I’ve delved more and more deeply into improvisation, I’ve realized it’s not contrived at all. That kind of pose or expression is all [...]

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