Looks like Joe and the boys are putting together a new record in Las Vegas. So stoked on that. They are putting up recording diaries on YouTube as well. Here is the first one.
A Strat is Born – Fender Musical
March 30th, 2012
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www.fender.com – New short film “A Strat is Born” takes you on a high-speed ride through the creation of a Fender Stratocaster guitar at Fender’s U.S. manufacturing facility in Corona, Calif., showing you every step from bare wood to onstage and set to a pulse-pounding soundtrack by Wayne Kramer.
I would have preferred to see a Telecaster getting built, but beggars can’t be choosers I guess.
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi – Jacksonville Home Studio
March 30th, 2012
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Musicians Friend posted a cool little clip giving us a small insight into Derek and Susan’s home studio.
NAMM 2012 – Carvin Announces Legacy 3
January 20th, 2012
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I love my Carvin legacy 1 amp. It is a great sounding amp. Nice an meaty, great cleans, can really get to screaming with a OD in front of it if I need it. Absolutely love the amp. When the Legacy 2 came out, I though about picking it up for the one feature of power scaling. My only real complain about the original Legacy is that from 0 to 1 on the master volume is pretty quiet. 1 to 2 is earth shattering.
I didnt get the Legacy 2 because it wasnt enough of a change to justify it. But I think I am in trouble with the legacy 3. MIDI control, channel boosting, power scaling, etc.
Yep, I think i am really in trouble. I will be owning this amp.
Carvin Steve Vai Legacy 3
Ibanez 25th Anniversary Evo Jem Reproduction
January 19th, 2012
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Ibanez is releasing a “reproduction” of Vai’s infamous Evo Jem guitar in all it’s current glory. I’m not into relic’d guitars really, they are cool to look at but something about them just seems fake. If I am going to get a beat up guitar, I will buy a beat up guitar, or just use and abuse the ones I have until they look beat up.
I’m sure they will have no problem selling 100 of these though, even at the $10k price tag.
25th Anniversary Evo Jem Reproduction
100 guitars will be produced in the Sugi Custom shop, each signed with ‘Steve Vai – 1 of 100′ by Steve himself.
Each guitar will be spec’d and relic’d as close as possible to the Vai’s personal Evo in its current state, right down to a simulated crack in the neck joint.
Each guitar will also include a dirty strap stained with Vai’s own sweat and grease.
US list price of $10370.36
Peavey AT-200 Guitar Featuring Auto-Tune For Guitar Technology
January 19th, 2012
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I’m not sure if I am into this or not. One the one hand I like the idea of compensating for the intonation problems inherent on guitars, but on the other hand it really seems like a gimmicky gizmo that guitar players are going to use to compensate for their sloppy technique.
With the simple push of a button on the Peavey AT-200, guitar players can now create music in perfect tune and pitch. The Peavey AT-200 utilizes Antares Auto-Tune for Guitar, a DSP technology that works behind the scenes to bring the clarity of perfect pitch to a quality instrument in an unobtrusive manner. No bulky, unattractive hardware weighs down the playing experience—the Peavey AT-200 looks, plays and sounds just like a conventional guitar, exactly the way it should.
If you really want to find out more about the guitar, head over to NAMM 2012 and check it out, or head over to the Peavey press release and read more.
Antares has built a dedicated website to the technology they are using in the guitar which you can view here.
Buddy Blaze & Vivian Campbell – 25th Anniversary of the Shredder
January 19th, 2012
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I always wanted one of these since I saw Vivian Campbell playing it in the WhiteSnake videos back in the late 80s/early 90s. Something about the way it looked just drew me to it. I have played a few over the years, but I have never owned one. I preferred the dot version over the lightning version. You still see them pop up on eBay once in a while, but not very often.
Buddy Blaze is building 25 of them to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Shredder (aka Kramer Nightswan) and Vivian Campbell will be at NAMM 2012 demoing the guitar.
The new ones look to have a Titanium Floyd Rose bridge installed on them. Very cool.
Matt Heafy & John Petrucci: Guitar Theater
January 19th, 2012
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A couple of cool little video with some insights from John Petrucci. It’s a bit of a weird staged setup that John is giving “lessons” to Matt, but there are some good insights in the videos.
Eddie Van Halen Donates 75 Of His Own Guitars To Public Schools
January 13th, 2012
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Very cool of Eddie to donate 75 of his personal guitars to local schools. From the video it looks like its mostly a mix of some of his Peavey guitars and maybe a few EVH guitars from looking at the headstocks in the video. With music programs getting canned left and right, hopefully this will help get students, faculty and school administrators excited about music again.
Jeff Beck Guitar Collection
January 12th, 2012
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I stumbled upon this little gem of a video where Jeff Beck is in his attic going through some of his favorite guitars and the stories behind them. Including the infamous 54 telecaster that he has had forever. Very cool video and back story on some of his guitars
