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Rare Find: John Frusciante Shares A Few Trade Secrets

27. September 2006

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If you haven’t checked out the latest release from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium, then I highly recommend you get off your butt and buy it ASAP–the guitar work is phenomenal. Then, afterwards, when you’re lying around your apartment wondering just how in the hell guitarist John Frusciante manages to pull off such a [...]

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Speed Linking: New Guitar Blogs

5. September 2006

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Well, I hope everybody here in the States had a good three-day weekend, and that the rest of you are off to a good start on your work week (uggh!) To get the short week off to a good start I thought I’d drop some very quick links to a few new guitar blogs that [...]

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Hear The Fender Super-Sonic 112 In Action!

6. July 2006

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Nice! Fender has finally gotten around to posting some sound-clips of their new Super-Sonic 112 tube amp in action, and it sounds seriously sweet. Just one word of warning though: if you’re a tube fanatic this one could have you busting your bank account wide open! The Super-Sonic may just be the holy-grail for guitar players like [...]

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Tutorial: Maximizing Recording Time In Logic Pro 7

6. July 2006

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If you’re using Logic Pro for your digital recording needs you might want to check out this quick tutorial from TL over at Indieguitarist. It’s titled: Maximizing your recording time in Logic Pro 7 (Sorry, Link’s Gone Dead.) With trusty new Intel MacBook Pro in hand (and a ton of free hard-drive space,) TL set out [...]

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Got Myself A New Toy! ESP’s LTD EC-400AT Archtop

5. July 2006

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Well, today I did something that just a while back I thought would never be possible… I bought a Korean made guitar! Believe me, it surprised me too, but you just can’t argue with quality, and quality is a feature that ESP’s got in spades. So exactly what is this instrument that made me slip on [...]

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Rare Find: The Guitar That Jimi Burnt

28. June 2006

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My good friends over at CybersMusic have unearthed this rare gem – the Fender Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix set ablaze at the Miami Pop Festival. The guitar was apparently given to the late, great Frank Zappa by one of Hendrix’s roadies, and is now being cared for by son Dweezil. Frank waxes poetic about his famous [...]

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Friday Fun: Gibson & Guitar Player Giving Away A Les Paul GT

16. June 2006

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Free Guitars Make For Fun Fridays Hell Yes! I know, I know, the chances of winning may be absolutely miniscule, but if you don’t mind giving away your closely-guarded e-mail address it looks like you can get in on Gibson & Guitar Player Magazine’s Les Paul GT Giveaway (Deadline Now Passed.) As far as I can tell [...]

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Rare Find: The Custom Work Of Luthier James Larsen

9. June 2006

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Friday Fun With “Girl” Brand Guitars Guitar maker James Larsen appears to be living the dream. I have no idea if he manages to make much money off his creations, but I do know that he spends his days doing something that I’ve only dreamt of – building high-quality, one of a kind electric guitars that are [...]

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