Guitar Player articles from March 2006

Guitar Player archives from March 2006

Noise from the editor.(Editorial)
March 1, 2006... Wanna talk about failure? I've been editing and writing for gear publications since 1990, when Electronic Musician took a big chance on an arrogant pro musician/producer/studio owner who was sure that none of the guys who wrote for that mag...

Letter of the month!(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... The article on Randall Smith [December '05] was special to me. I bought an original Boogie from him in late 1977 or early 1978. Back then, it took about eight months to get an amp after you ordered it. After receiving and playing it for a few...

A separate reality.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... I can't stand reality TV, but flora the first Rockstar show to the last, I was hooked. What impressed me the most--besides the obvious talent of the contestants--was the fact that all of the judges treated the contestants with dignity and...

Lonbeck lover.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... Your recognition of Brian Lonbeck's playing in Rants & Rayes [November '05] was gratifying. Brian is truly a master of the Maphis style, and he is the last one on the planet to play like that. I feel fortunate to have seen Maphis perform when...

Intonation nation.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... Your chat with Steve Kimock on intonation was an ear-opener! I can't begin to count how many times I've hit the frustration wall over this one. Sometimes in the studio I tune the B string a couple of cents flat to bring the third fret D into...

Huh?(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... I really like the many changes you've made to your publication, such as the inclusion of "Oeuvre Easy," the removal of song transcriptions, and the Buzz artists (even though I've found many of them less-than-buzzworthy). I also really like the...

King Burton.(FEEDBACK)(Letter to the Editor)
March 1, 2006... James Burton should be getting a royalty check from every country guitar player under the age of 40! He is the king of slinky bends. If you don't believe it, check out any Rick Nelson, Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, or later Elvis. And he did it...

Oops!(FEEDBACK)(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2006... In the January 2006 Distortion Pedal Roundup, we regrettably ran the wrong phone number for Rocktron. The correct number is (269) 968-3351.

La Guitara.(RIFFS)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... "All of the women guitarists involved in La Guitara are really amazing players, and the breadth of their talents is really huge," says guitarist and singer/songwriter Patty Larkin, who masterminded the compilation album and tour bearing the...

Mike Varney's spotlight.(RIFFS)(Column)
March 1, 2006... No matter how old you are, where you live, or what style of music you play, this column offers you the potential to be recognized by your peers. If you're chosen for Spotlight, you'll receive an Ernie Ball tee shirt, customized EB picks with...

Permanent waves, 1980.(INSPIRED)
March 1, 2006... Lee notches his falsetto down a register, and the band abandons its high-concept diatribes. Lifeson serves up his baddest solo ever in "Freewill," and, on the extended ending to "Jacobs Ladder," Rush proves you can boogie in 13/8.

Moving Pictures, 1981.(INSPIRED)
March 1, 2006... Heavy riffs plus thought-provoking lyrics plus saw-toothed, odd-time grooves equal an album that both metalheads and proggers can love. Lifeson's riff to "Red Barchetta" is a clever use of natural harmonics, and his lyrical solo on "Limelight"...

Grace Under Pressure, 1984.(INSPIRED)
March 1, 2006... Assimilating the influences of The Edge, Adrian Belew, and Andy Summers, Lifeson tracks his most innovative playing yet, full of textural delay and Harmonizer-crafted soundscapes.

Chronicles, 1990.(INSPIRED)
March 1, 2006... If you only have enough space for one Rush release, this double-disc features most of the key tracks from the band's first 15 years.

Fly By Night, 1975.(REQUIRED)
March 1, 2006... The first album with the classic Lee/Lifeson/ Peart lineup is also the most focused effort from Rush's early hard rock rampage. Lifeson emerges as a melodic--if not yet terribly original--player.

Hemispheres, 1978.(REQUIRED)
March 1, 2006... The epic about a spaceship that t ravels through a black hole to unite the warring forces of Apollo and Dionysus is pretty geeky fare. Still, Lifeson provides some harmonically sophisticated chord work, and the instrumental "La Villa...

VaporTrails, 2002.(REQUIRED)
March 1, 2006... When Rush experimented with keyboards, bass pedals, and sequencers in the '80s, purists complained they'd changed their sound for the worse. When they jettisoned the electronic trappings as Lifeson beefed up his tone for this lean and mean...

R30, 2005.(REQUIRED)
March 1, 2006... This DVD/CD features a complete live concert from 2004, along with career-spanning interviews, video clips, and TV appearances. It's a must For hardcore fans, and a fine introduction for newbies.

Oeuvre easy rush.(RIFFS)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... If Rush's Alex Lifeson doesn't immediately leap to mind when you think "guitar hero," it may be because he's spent his career in the shadow of bassist Geddy Lee and drummer Neil Peart--the most technically deft rhythm section to ever throw down...

Caress of Steel, 1975.(TIRED)
March 1, 2006... "The Fountain of Lamneth" is Rush's first attempt at an epic, but they hadn't yet developed the chops to pull it off.

A Show of Hands, 1988.(TIRED)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... Rush has released no less than six live albums--a generous amount for a band that plays things pretty much like the record. This is the most keyboard-heavy of the lot, and it's rendered obsolete by R30, Rush in Rio, and Different Stages.

Roll the Bones, 1991.(TIRED)
March 1, 2006... Rush's highbrow lyric writing has produced some embarrassing moments, but the rap breakdown in the title track that rhymes "parallax" with "gluteus max" takes the cake.

At appropriately high noon on January 17th, guitar slinger extraordinaire Zakk Wylde was inducted into (or rather onto) the RockWalk--the Hollywood, California, sidewalk gallery dedicated to honoring artists who have made a significant impact on rock and roll, blues, or R&B.(Black Label Society)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... At appropriately high noon on January 17th, guitar slinger extraordinaire Zakk Wylde was inducted into [or rather onto] the RockWalk--the Hollywood, California, sidewalk gallery dedicated to honoring artists who have made a significant impact...

Son Volt's Jay Farrar.(RIFFS)
March 1, 2006... "I was having a lot of fun doing the solo-artist thing, but I started missing the whole band dynamic, and I kind of felt like Son Volt was unfinished business," says Jay Farrar, singer, songwriter, and occasionally uneasy icon of the...

Tom Peck's pedalboard primer.(RIFFS)
March 1, 2006... Guitarists sometimes dream of having an arena-worthy arsenal of effects pedals underfoot, but too often financial concerns limit us to a few stompboxes crudely attached to a plywood plank. To help better put our mettle to the pedals, we queried...

Link Wray, 1929-2005.(american guitarists)(Obituary)
March 1, 2006... The angels had better cover their ears, because Link Wray is plugging in and raising hell in heaven with his ragged, blasphemously loud caterwauls of pure feral energy. I believe this to be true, because Wray never stopped playing, and I doubt...

After receiving hundreds of phone calls, requests, and unsolicited resumes from people interested in learning the craft of guitar building and repair, Nadine and Ian Schneller, owners of Chicago's Specimen Guitar Shop, founded the Chicago School of Guitar Making.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... After receiving hundreds of phone calls, requests, and unsolicited resumes from people interested in learning the craft of guitar building and repair, Nadine and Ian Schneller, owners of Chicago's Specimen Guitar Shop, founded the Chicago...

Chris Whitley, 1960-2005.(Obituary)
March 1, 2006... Revered singer/songwriter Chris Whitley died on November 20, 2005 in Houston, Texas, at age 45 after a battle with lung cancer. Whitley was best known for his masterful steel-string guitar playing, and his raw, brooding, and powerful take on...

Close ... but no guitar.(Fatima Hoang wins 2005 US Air Guitar Championship)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... Fatima "The Rockness Monster" Hoang won the 2005 US Air Guitar Championship, held last summer in West Hollywood, California--though he failed to take top honors at the 10th Annual Air Guitar World Championship held in Oulu, Finland. Contestants...

On January 14th, the New York Guitar Festival 2006 paid tribute to Bruce Springsteen's 1982 album, Nebraska, by hosting a free concert under the glass atrium of the World Financial Center Winter Garden.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... On January 14th, the New York Guitar Festival 2006 paid tribute to Bruce Springsteen's 1982 album, Nebraska, by hosting a free concert under the glass atrium of the World Financial Center Winter Garden. Artists including Vernon Reid, Michelle...

Hudson Bell.(and his album When The Sun Is The Moon)
March 1, 2006... Even the casual listener can peg Hudson Bell's debut, When The Sun Is The Moon [Monitor], as a heady, organic blend of Crazy Horse-style guitar-whirring and Brian Wilson-esque pop melodies. What may draw extra attention from guitarists,...

The Sword.(BUZZ)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 1, 2006... "We were fed up with those 'Cookie Monster vocal' metal bands," says Kyle Shutt, guitarist for the Sword. "So the guiding principle behind this band was to be heavy as hell, but still be melodic." So by drawing on early Black Sabbath as an...

Backline Engineering.(OUT NOW!)
March 1, 2006... FH-TRACKER * 70 effect types: delay, chorus, tremolo, flanger, filter, and pitch shifter * Control effect timing or intensity via playing speed or dynamics * 50 factory/50 user presets * Full MIDI implementation * $419...

Glasstone Amplification.(OUT NOW!)
March 1, 2006... TIN CAN * Dual-channel tube preamp/direct recording box/headphone amp * Two Sovtek 12AX7WB tubes * Internal 300-volt power supply (12VDC power adapter included) * 5-band active equalizer with 18dB boost/cut per band *...

B.C. Rich guitars.(OUT NOW!)
March 1, 2006... AFTERBURNER WARLOCK * Chrome-plated, 3mm brass bridge/tailpiece * Available in onyx (gloss black) * Rosewood fretboard on maple neck * Chrome hardware * Two B.C. Rich BDSM humbuckers * $549 retail * bcrich.com...

Graph Tech/Tonepros.(OUT NOW!)
March 1, 2006... SUPERBRIDGE * Tune-o-matic locking bridge with String Saver saddles * Available in chrome, nickel, gold, or black * Available in small- or large-post versions * $94 to $99 retail * graphtech.com or tonepros.com ...

Foxx.(OUT NOW!)
March 1, 2006... FUZZ WAH VOLUME * Combines the cry of a wah with the fuzz of the Tone Machine * Fuzz-flocked casing * Available in blue, black, red, yellow, purple, or lime green * $399 retail * foxxpedals.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Tackett enterprises.(OUT NOW!)
March 1, 2006... TAKSLYD GUITAR SLIDE * Attaches to any electric or acoustic headstock * Thick-walled glass with Velcro attachment on flat surface * $21 retail * takslyd.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Demars guitars.(OUT NOW!)
March 1, 2006... VIRIDIS * Single-cutaway, chambered basswood body * Solid Englemann spruce top (optional flame maple) * Bolt-on rock maple neck with rosewood fretboard * Choice of PlanetWaves AutoTrim of Steinberger Gearless tuners * Dual...

True North Music Productions.(OUT NOW!)
March 1, 2006... DRAGONFLY PERSONAL POWERLESS PRACTICE AMP * Attaches with suction cups to the back of almost any electric guitar * No batteries, power supply, or instrument cables needed * Headset included * $24 retail *...

Fearless! Badi Assad tackles exotic music and fights a debilitating disease.(Interview)
March 1, 2006... IMAGINE AN ALBUM BURSTING WITH mouth and body percussion, heart-rending vocals, a bossa nova version of U2's "One," a folkish reading of Bjork's "Bachelorette," and oodles of slinky, sexy nylon-string parts--including a song performed on a...

Broken but unbowed: Steve Stevens breaks his wrist, but refuses to surrender his Billy Idol gig.
March 1, 2006... Excepting perhaps the brutal torture techniques unleashed daily on cable TV's "action channels," the things guitarists fear most are a broken arm, hand, or finger. Suffering such an injury just before a big gig heaps on the misery even more....

Today's Tom Sawyer after three decades, Alex Lifeson is still just a kid who wants to play thirty years.(Interview)
March 1, 2006... NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE IT, THAT'S A LONG TIME. BUT IN THE WORLD OF ROCK AND ROLL, WHERE TOMORROW'S STARS BECOME YESTERDAY'S NEWS BEFORE LUNCHTIME, IT'S AN ETERNITY. BANDS ARE LUCKY TO LAST 30 MONTHS AND, IF THEY DO, THEY'LL TYPICALLY AGE IN...

The top five: Stevie Ray Vaughan riffs of all time.(LICK LIBRARY)
March 1, 2006... If Edward Van Halen rescued rock guitar, then Stevie Ray Vaughan was surely the savior of the blues. Vaughan's bigger-than-life guitar style was forged from a vast melting pot of influences. His brother Jimmie Vaughan, Lonnie Mack, T-Bone...

Raphael Rabello: Cry, My Guitar.(AUDIO)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... Great Brazilian guitarists meld a jazzbo's grasp of syncopated rhythms and sophisticated harmonies with a classical guitarist's ability to juggle bass, chords, and melody. Raphael Rabello--who died in 1995 at the age of 33--was considered by...

Mudhoney: Under a Billion Suns.(AUDIO)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 1, 2006... Of all the bands to come out of Seattle in the '90s, Mudhoney is the least likely to be found on classic rock radio, or even VH1 Classic. So they must be doing something right, eh? Since their landmark 1991 album, Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge,...

Elliott Sharp's Terraplane: Secret Life.(AUDIO)(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
March 1, 2006... Despite his reputation as a musical polyglot on New York City's artsy downtown music scene, the young Elliott Sharp was as smitten with the blues as any other guitarist of his generation, and he arrived at the hard stuff by way of the Yardbirds...

Phish: Live at Madison Square Garden, New Year's Eve 1995.(AUDIO)
March 1, 2006... Known for its zany humor, awesome musicianship, and turn-on-a-dime improvisational abilities, the now-defunct Phish sounds like no other band. On this three-disc set (which contains more than three-and-a-half hours of material) guitarist Trey...

What's spinning in the editors' heads this month?(RANTS AND RAVES)
March 1, 2006... BARRY CLEVELAND Various Artists, Cuneiform Records Promo 3 Marc Johnson, Shades of Jade Psychodots, Terminal Blvd. DARRIN FOH T. Rex, Bolan's Zip Gun Dick Dale, King of the Surf Guitar Phoenix, United ANDY...

Various artists: Live 8 at Eden: Africa Calling.(Video Recording Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... This co-production of the Eden Project, WOMAD, and Real World Records differed from the other Live 8 concerts in that the artists were exclusively African, and the majority of them offered little "star" power outside their own continent (cameos...

Gerald Weber: Tube Guitar Amplifier Servicing & Overhaul.(Video Recording Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... This new DVD by Kendrick Amplifiers president Gerald Weber offers a ton of useful information for anyone interested in learning how to maintain and repair tube-powered amplifiers. After a thorough grounding (no pun intended) on how to stay safe...

UFO: Too Hot to Handle (1969-1993).(DVD)(Video Recording Review)
March 1, 2006... UFO fans have always been sort of a secret society, due to the fact that the banal never really attained the notoriety it seemed destined for in its late-'70s heyday. This DVD shows some great footage of the hallowed Michael Schenker era, as...

Robin Trower: Living Out of Time.(Video Recording Review)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... Rockers--especially hard rockers--never attained the timeless grace of blues, jazz, classical, and country artists who can grow old without seeming out of it. Much of this sad truth is due to the ever-youthful demands of pop culture, and has...

Tim Brookes: Guitar: An American Life.(PRINT)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2006... Just prior to his 50th birthday, careless baggage handlers destroyed the guitar author Tim Brookes had played for the previous 22 years. In this exceptionally well-written and enjoyable book, he details his unsuccessful search for a...

FAQ: Electric Guitar Care and Setup: By John LeVan.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 1, 2006... Sized and priced like a paperback mystery novel, this little reference book is packed with techniques, photos, and diagrams that show you how to keep your electric 6-string in top playing condition. Using easy-to-understand terms and a...

Taking liberties: Russell Malone details the Art of Orchestral Jazz Guitar.(MASTER CLASS)
March 1, 2006... It happens just a few times in your life--you're going about your business, playing a gig, doing a little woodshedding, trading some licks with another musician, seeing some live music, of perhaps reading GP, when ka-pow! Out of the sky, a...

How to play like ... John Frusciante.(INTERMEDIATE)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... SURE, THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS dropped a musical A-bomb on the world with their alchemy of funk, punk, metal, and rap. Too bad many of those following in guitarist John Frusciante's footsteps reduced his incendiary rock-funk hybrid to mindless...

Jazz guru Larry Carlton: the Joe Pass acid test, take 1.(ADVANCED)(Column)
March 1, 2006... I FIRST MET JOE PASS WHEN I WAS 16. I went to him for one lesson and then didn't go back for two years, because I wasn't ready. I thought I was ready--at that point I'd been playing almost ten years and gigging since I was 14--but in reality I...

Metal guru Rusty Cooley: two-note tap tactics.(ADVANCED)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... THERE ARE SO MANYWAYS TO TWEAK AND mutate standard tap licks. When you get enough options at your fingertips, you can mix, match, and mutate different techniques to make your two-handed tapping textures much more artful, unpredictable, and...

EZ street: embracing the capo.(BEGINNER)(Column)
March 1, 2006... OFTEN OVERLOOKED--AND SOMETIMES DISPARAGED--the capo is a powerful tool for creating rich, ringing guitar parts. Classical and jazz guitarists typically regard the capo as a crutch (calling it a "cheater"), but bluegrass, folk, country, blues,...

Reader's challenge: II-V-I Training Wheels.(INTERMEDIATE)
March 1, 2006... JUST AS TRAINING WHEELS CAN HELP A kid learn to ride a bike, scales can help an improviser learn to surf standard chord progressions, including turnarounds such as the II-V-I Robert Megantz of San Jose, California, gracefully navigates in the...

Production strategies: Joe Satriani's joy of letting go.(RECORDING)
March 1, 2006... Joe Satriani typically approaches his recorded works like an electrified, 18th-century composer--painstakingly crafting melodies and countermelodies, formulating and revising arrangements, continuously tweaking guitar tones, and moving timbral...

60-second buyer's guide: direct boxes.(RECORDING)(Buyers Guide)
March 1, 2006... Direct guitar tones rule! Whether you're tracking a spankin' clean part to drive a groove, ora steely snap to add some sparkle to a roar of distorted guitar layers, a good direct box is your key to a robust and pristine tone. The boxes shown...

Firebox.(STUDIO PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT)
March 1, 2006... PreSonus Now Available The FIREBOX is a professional mobile recording system with six inputs including two Class A microphone/instrument preamps, eight outputs, 24-Bit/96k sample rate, MIDI and SPDIF I/0, and Steinberg's Cubase LE...

BlueTube DP.(STUDIO PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT)
March 1, 2006... PreSonus Now Available The BlueTube DP is a two-channel microphone and instrument preamplifier with Dual Path technology enabling the ability to switch between a transparent solid state preamplifier and a rich warm vacuum tube...

Eureka.(STUDIO PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT)
March 1, 2006... PreSonus Now Available The Eureka is a professional recording channel strip featuring a discrete class A transformer-coupled microphone preamplifier, compressor, and three-band parametric equalizer great for use with all types of...

Inspire 1394.(STUDIO PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT)
March 1, 2006... PreSonus Audio Electronics Now Available 24-bit/96k four-channel FireWire recording system (daisy-chain up to 4 units). Includes two microphone/instrument inputs, phono (turntable)/line input, speaker and headphone output as well as...

The Firepod.(STUDIO PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT)
March 1, 2006... PreSonus Now Available FIREPOD is a 24-bit/96K 10x10 FireWire recording system with eight class A PreSonus microphone preamplifiers, SPDIF and MIDI I/O, and Cubase LE 48-track music production software. SRP: $799.99 ...

AudioTile.(STUDIO PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT)
March 1, 2006... Auralex Acoustics Now Available Auralex Acoustics AudioTile[TM] delivers excellent broadband absorption with unlimited design possibilities for a sophisticated, custom appearance precisely tailored to the desired acoustical...

The Prisoner.(STUDIO PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT)
March 1, 2006... Jacques Now Available "I am not a number" The Prisoner, Jacques' world only 100% pure BBD analog delay with modulation available! Studio quality analog delay with fully adjustable modulation directly flora the Meistersinger. ...

Primacoustic London Z14.(STUDIO PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT)
March 1, 2006... Studio-In-A-Box Acoustic Treatment Primacoustic Studio Acoustics Now Available 'Acoustify' your project studio with this easy-to-install, great sounding London studio kit. Includes everything you need to 'tune' a 14' x 10' room...

Central Station.(STUDIO PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT)
March 1, 2006... PreSonus Now Available The Central Station is the ultimate studio-monitoring interface featuring a purely passive signal path with five sets of stereo inputs (three analog, two digital), three sets of speaker outputs, talkback, mute,...

Artifacts: Jim Kelly amplifiers.(VINTAGE VAULT)
March 1, 2006... By the early 1980s it had become crystal clear to anyone involved in the amplifier business that Mesa/Boogie was going to be the act to follow. The rules of the game had seriously changed with the introduction of Mesa's high-gain,...

Will Ray's: eBay strategies.(VINTAGE VAULT)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2006... AUCTION ITEM '60S HARMONY/SILVERTONE H77 WINNING BID $351 As I go through life, I find myself collecting guitars that I always wanted as a kid. My parents would take the family shopping at Sears, and I can remember standing in the...

Four high-powered half-stacks.(ROUNDUP!)
March 1, 2006... In 1962, Jim Marshall designed a new 4x12 speaker cabinet that was proportioned to look right with one of his JTM 45 heads sitting atop. Within a few years, and at the behest of Pete Townshend, the cabinet was redesigned to house eight 12s....

Yamaha RGX-A2.(from Yamaha Corporation of America)
March 1, 2006... TESTED BY ART THOMPSON Yamaha constantly strives to update and improve its product line, and adding a new model to the popular RGX series is one of the company's latest efforts on the 6-string side to offer players something new. Among the...

Field test: Boss GT-8.(GEAR)
March 1, 2006... Like many guitarists with a decade or two of live shows under their belts, I've dealt with sound design via a coterie of stomp-boxes duct taped to the stage, racks of gear under MIDI control, and both professionally constructed and cobbled...

Import watch: JJ Guitars Retro Lux V.(GEAR)
March 1, 2006... Founded in 2001 by British luthier Jens Jurgen Hucke, JJ Guitars made its stateside debut at the 2004 Winter NAMM Show. The company's comparatively inexpensive handmade guitars were such excellent values that they caused a minor stir at the...

Dan Erlewine's Mod Squad.(GEAR)(Brief Article)(Column)
March 1, 2006... Recently, I asked the Mod Squad's Max Feldman to clean this '59 Gibson Les Paul "Black Beauty." A hazy film of dirt, sweat, food, drink, barroom smoke, and guitar polish besmirched the beauty of this rare guitar. "My first pass at the dirt...

Jacques Trinity.(STOMPBOX FEVER)
March 1, 2006... Filter effects may never have been so conveniently packaged as in the Trinity ($215 retail/ street N/A), a compact, simple-to-operate stompbox that features wah, envelope filter, and auto wah. Used with the included dome controller (which plugs...

Retro-Sonic Chorus Ensemble.(STOMPBOX FEVER)
March 1, 2006... The Chorus Ensemble ($325 retail/$249 street) seeks to emulate the vintage vibes of the original Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble (introduced in 1976), while addressing some of that unit's shortcomings, such as tone and level sucking, an easily...

Planet waves Solderless Pedal Board Cable Kit.(ACCESSORY FILE)
March 1, 2006... Wiring up a pedalboard can be a frustrating experience. You never seem to have the right length cables to neatly interconnect each stompbox, and a visit to the music store to solve the problem can result in serious sticker shock if you want...

DiMarzio Custom Italian Leather Acoustic Guitar Strap.(ACCESSORY FILE)(Brief Article)(Product/Service Evaluation)
March 1, 2006... Man, I'd forgotten how badass it looks slinging an acoustic on a peghead-tie strap until I saw Joaquin Phoenix evoking the iconic cool of Johnny Cash in the actor's Walk the Line portrayal. And, although the Man in Black wouldn't don the brown...

Once you learn the secret, we bet YOU will hear with Perfect Pitch.(The Learning Center: SCHOOLS & EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS)
March 1, 2006... You'll open a new door to new talents... * Name any pitch--by EAR! * Sing any desired pitch at will * Play by ear, improvise, and write music like a pro Close your eyes and play a tone--any tone. Now, without peeking at the fretboard,...