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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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Rare Find: Hawaii’s Jake Shimabukuro & Ukulelia

24. May 2006

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I recently spent some down-time on the Big Island of Hawaii and discovered that just about everywhere you go you overhear snippets of the talented Jake Shimabukuro playing his incredibly guitar-like ukulele. His work is technically absolutely stunning, if a tad bit cheesy (in my book) – overdriven ukulele leads with hammer-ons, the whole bit. [...]

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Rare Find: Play Guitar Now

23. May 2006

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I thought I’d take a minute to point out a great FREE resource for those of you wishing to learn your way around the guitar, from basic note-reading, to 12-bar blues chording, to lead work and music theory. Play Guitar Now, written by our enigmatic friend – known only as Retired Rock Star Wannabe – contains [...]

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Rare Find: Top 20 Strangest Guitars @ Music Gadgets

8. May 2006

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Hehe, great way to start the week! The hard-working guys over at Music Gadgets have written a hilarious post with their vote for the Top 20 Strangest Guitars — and take my word for it, the Wangcaster is a true classic, as is the Jeweled Jesus [pictured here.] There’s a whole load of crazy guitars over there, [...]

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Rare Find: Blueshawk.info

3. May 2006

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A while back I wrote a post about Gibson’s very contemporary hollowbody guitar known as the Blueshawk – at the time I hadn’t heard a whole lot about the instrument, but it’s come to my attention that the “Hawk,” as it’s affectionately called, has a loyal and growing following, particularly among the Blues, R&B & [...]

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Springsteen Does Pete Seeger Does New Orleans

27. April 2006

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“Boss” Fans Take Note Bruce Springsteen has apparently released a new compilation of music inspired by legendary folk-musician/banjo-player/singer/songwriter Pete Seeger, and is now scheduled to head out on tour, beginning April 30th with a show at the Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans. CybersMusic has the full scoop, including tour dates, so if you’re a Springsteen [...]

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How To Beat Musician’s Block

26. April 2006

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That’s right – musician’s block… No, its not nearly as well-known as its popular cousin writer’s block, but I believe that most musicians who are serious about their playing will at some time or another come across a point where they no longer feel the motivation to play. Believe me, I speak from experience It happened to me [...]

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