Thursday December 31, 2009 Happy New Year from Guitarist!
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Thursday December 24, 2009 The 20 greatest ‘Track One, Side One’ songs – part IV
The final part of our rundown. What’s number one? The answer is but a swift scroll away...
5 - All Your Love
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton (1966)
This Willie Dixon track set the stall out for English...
Wednesday December 23, 2009 The 20 greatest ‘Track One, Side One’ songs – part III
Into the Top Ten of our rundown...getting close now.
10 - Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969)
It seems incredible that this wonderful track is from way back in 1969, such is its relevance even today, but ‘tis true. From...
Real Guitar Hero Competition Winner Announced In Bristol
Bristol based Absolute Guitars who sponsored this year’s Bristol Festival have announced the winner of their Real Guitar Hero competition. Max Campbell, 24, from Bristol sweeped up the prize of the award winning Blackstar HT-5 mini stack following a high...
Higher Voltage: Heaven & Hell Confirmed For Classic Rock Festival
Tony Iommi and Ronnie James Dio are pretty much deities as far as we're concerned, so it's fantastic to see them added to July's two-day High Voltage festival in London.
Here's the full statement – note the promise of 'clean tiolets' and no booking fee on...
Tuesday December 22, 2009 But Guitarist T-Shirts, Bookazine And 2010 Calendar Online
It might be too late to buy a Christmas gift online for someone else, but it's never too late to treat yourself…
Buy them here
The 20 greatest ‘Track One, Side One’ songs – part II
Into the Top 15 we go with the second part of our rundown...
15 - We Will Rock You
Queen - News Of The World (1977)
Comprising just Freddie Mercury’s unmistakable voice and a number of overdubs featuring hand-claps and boots upon a wooden...
Katatonia Guitarist And Bassist Quit
Recent Guitarist Fretbuzz stars Katatonia have announced the departure of guitarist Fredrik ‘North’ Norrman and bassist Mattias ‘Krypt’ Norrman from the band. This comes in the wake of their recent Night Is the New Day album, one of the finest and most...
Monday December 21, 2009 The Guitarist Team's Top Five Albums Of 2009
Contrary to rumour and wild speculation, we don't sit around the Guitarist lair sweep picking on our PRSs all day while munching mince pies. We also take time to listen to music too, and it's been a great year for guitar fans in that regard.
With tastes...
The 20 greatest ‘Track One, Side One’ songs – part I
Downloading just one or two tracks from an album, making your own mp3 playlist for the car or listening to streaming audio on-line may be symptomatic of our ‘now, now, now’ society but the excitement of putting a new vinyl album onto the turntable with nary a...
Friday December 18, 2009 Fret Sizes Explained
A mega-useful feature explaining the various difference in fret size has been posted on Fender.com .
There’s not much more to say except you should click here to read it and we recommend a bookmark too.
Some frets, yesterday. But what are they...
Thursday December 17, 2009 Skullcandy For Christmas
Skullcandy, the premium headphone brand inspired by the lifestyle of action sports athletes and known for musical collaborations with artists including Metallica and Snoop Dogg are pleased to unveil new Lowrider colours and a Paul Frank Collaboration perfectly...
How To Play Metal Rhythm Guitar
Two words: like this.
Check Hetfield out around 0:46: do it like that, and you shall go to the (Headbangers) Ball
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Wednesday December 16, 2009 Guitarist Presents… 100 Guitar Heroes
100 Guitar Heroes, a special edition Guitarist bookazine, is now available to buy and it's filled to the brim with the cream of the interview crop from our interview archive.
George Harrison, David Gilmour, Hank Marvin, Keith Richards, Joe Satriani,...
