Monday February 08, 2010 Joe Bonamassa And Gary Moore Confirmed For High Voltage Festival
Joe Bonamassa, Gary Moore, Down, Bachman-Tuner, The Answer and Magnum are the latest acts added to what is already a strong line-up for the first High Voltage festival in July.
Already topping the bill are the legendary Emerson, Lake & Palmer and ZZ...
Friday February 05, 2010 Russian Circles Announce UK Dates
Guitarist favourites Russian Circles have announced a clutch of UK dates in support of their excellent third album Geneva.
The US instrumental trio will play the following dates:
8 April – The Thekla, Bristol
10 April – Captain’s Rest, Glasgow,...
Thursday February 04, 2010 Lick Library Go Led Zep Crazy With New Releases
Here’s the full release:
Lick Library continue to grow their considerable array of guitar tuition DVDs with the release of Learn to Play Led Zeppelin Volume 1 & 2, Learn to Play Jimmy Page the Solos and Quick Licks Up Tempo Rock and Minor Blues both in...
Myles Kennedy Teams Up With Slash
As we wait with baited breath for the release of the former Guns man’s solo album ( Classic Rock magazine has the skinny...), Slash has been engaged in much spilling of beans on his MySpace page, not least...well, we’ll let the man himself tell you:
"I...
Orange Launch Rockerverb II
The Rockerverb series has long been regarded as a masterpiece of guitar amplification and Orange amps are proud to announce the launch of the new Rockerverb II , which builds on the classic proven Rockerverb formula and improves the specification and...
Wednesday February 03, 2010 Seymour Duncan Eight-string Blackouts
The Santa Barbara outfit launched a retrofit active humbucker specifically for eight-string guitars. Wooaarrgghhhh!
Here’s the full release:
When six strings seem too conventional and seven strings still just aren't enough, Seymour Duncan announces...
Tuesday February 02, 2010 Jeff Beck Rocks ‘How High The Moon’
As ever with the Grammys, a whole lotta meh was interspersed with some true guitar highlights, not least a certain Slash turning up to slay T-Pain (who?) and Jamie Foxx during a performance of pop bobbins 'Blame It'.
Best of all for us was an...
Ibanez 20th Anniversary Universe
2010 is a big year for Ibanez, not least for the fact that the company’s association with a certain Steve Vai will celebrate not one but two anniversaries.
The first is the limited release of a 20th Anniversary Ibanez Universe reissue , a seven-string...
Friday January 29, 2010 Guitar Hero vs The Real Thing: A Personal Comparison
One child of the sixties reports on a life-changing occurrence experienced in front of a massive flat screen TV, an Xbox 360 and a video game. That game was Rock Band: The Beatles and the brat in question is our Simon ‘Not Old, Just Older’ Bradley.
Can...
Wednesday January 27, 2010 Ten Signature Basses
We do get our fair share of complaints that we don’t feature enough bass gear – and, to a certain extent that’s fair enough – so here’s our choice of just ten signature basses out there that we feel deserve attention.
They’re in no particular order and are...
Monday January 25, 2010 The Scorpions To Call It ‘Ein Tag’
German metal behemoths have announced their intention to quit after the release of the next – and now final – album Sting In The Tail.
Posting on the band’s official site, guitarist Rudolf Schenker said: "Yeah, we're ending it; we’re not getting any...
Friday January 22, 2010 How To Customise A Gretsch: The Third Step
It’s now impossible to put off the first of many irreversible steps any longer, so it’s out with the sandpaper to begin the unenviable task of removing the guitar’s polyurethane lacquer.
I discovered that finding the right grade of paper was a bit trial...
Thursday January 21, 2010 Win Tickets To See Beck And Clapton With Lick Library
Fancy going to see two guitar legends play at the London 02 Arena?
Lick Library , one of the worlds leading suppliers of guitar tuition DVDs, has announced a competition to win one of two tickets to see Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck perform live at one...
Wednesday January 20, 2010 Six Super Cool Amps
Just as one man’s carefully-nurtured tone is another’s nail to the ear drum, the look of some amps can turn as many stomachs as they do heads. We’ve taken a straw poll around t’internet and corralled just five amps that we reckon mix quality tone, a wealth of...
Tuesday January 19, 2010 Davey Graham's Guitar On Ebay
Press release from Fylde guitars :
Its over a year now since the death of UK acoustic guitar legend Davey (Davy) Graham , credited by musicians ranging from Graham Coxon, Martin Carthy and Paul Simon to Bert Jansch as being the inspiration behind...
