Posted in Fun Stuff on Jul 10th, 2008 No Comments »
The Gear Page has an entertaining thread in their forum asking readers to Post The UGLIEST Guitar Pix You Can Find. There are some strange ones, including the Wangcaster, The 81 Les Paul Greenburst, the Cheese Guitar and The B-Bass. One of the strangest is the Babe Guitar, which is basically an armless mannequin with [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Videos on Jun 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
“Dude, your gig is in jeopardy!” That’s what Metallica frontman James Hetfield told guitarist Kirk Hammett after bass player Robert Trujillo picked up the guitar and started riffing on some Flamenco style music. It was clearly a joke, but Robert sounded so good, it wouldnt be surpising to hear him playing some guitar parts on [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Gear on Jun 19th, 2008 2 Comments »
At a kickoff party for Summer NAMM earlier this week, the folks at the Gear Trap blog built the worlds largest pedal board, consisting of 142 guitar pedals. Here’s a video of the behemoth. Summer NAMM begins Friday, June 20 2008 in Nashville, TN.
Posted in Fun Stuff, Guitar Players on Jun 7th, 2008 No Comments »
Rolling Stone magazine has complied a list of the stage faces made by famous guitar players which they call “The Field Guide to Guitar Jam Faces“. The have given each facial expression a name. For example, the expression by C.C. Deville on the right is my favorite, it’s called “The Falling Scaffold”. Here’s the list [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Guitar Players, Videos on Jun 5th, 2008 5 Comments »
This young guitarist is named Yuto Miyazawa. He is an 8 year old guitar player from Japan, and destined to be a guitar phenom. It’s amusing watching him play a guitar that is bigger than he is. Related Post: Complaints Get 8-Year-Old Guitarist Banned From Performing in Taverns
Posted in Fun Stuff, Songs on May 30th, 2008 8 Comments »
Rolling Stone magazine recently put a list together of the top 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time. All of these songs contain “an irresistible riff; a solo or jam that takes you higher every time you hear it; the final power chord that pins you to the wall and makes you hit play again [...]
Posted in Contests, Fun Stuff, Videos on May 14th, 2008 No Comments »
The Download Festival 2008 at Donington Park in England, will be held between June 13th-15th. The show features some of the best metal artists, which this year include KISS, Judas Priest, Motorhead and Disturbed. Jackson Guitars will be hosting the Riff & Destroy II competition during the event. Attendees are invited to get up in [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, Videos on May 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Here’s a recently released video by balloon artist Addi Somekh. It shows a bass guitar he made from balloons, yes balloons, being played through effects pedals, and creating some funky loops: You can find out more about he balloon bass in these videos: How to make the Balloon Bass Balloon Bass Live in NYC Balloon [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff on Apr 4th, 2008 No Comments »
Through a promotional offer, you can get a free annual subscription to Premier Guitar magazine. This is normally a $14.95 subscription, and $60 at the newsstand. But you can get this for free by simply filling out a form and using a special promo code. If you’re not familiar with Premier Guitar, you can see [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, News, Songs on Apr 2nd, 2008 9 Comments »
A recent poll was taken among students from London music schools. They were asked to choose the greatest guitar riffs of all time. They came up with a list of mostly classic rock riffs. Of the top 25, only 7 were written in the last 20 years and there wasn’t a single riff written since [...]