The “Texas Cannonball”…
...Freddie King. Who has just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ...read the full post →
...Freddie King. Who has just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ...read the full post →
...'Superego Synth Engine'. Bill Ruppert is let loose on Electro-Harmonix new pedal the 'Superego Synth Engine'. ...read the full post →
...The Father Of Loud. Where would rock and or roll be if Jim Marshall hadn't morphed the Fender Bassman in the JTM 45? ...read the full post →
...or should that be two? A couple pieces of rock and or roll history up for sale on teh interweb this last week. Eddie Van Halen's 1982 Kramer Frankenstrat and Steve Vai's Marshall amplifier. ...read the full post →
...Blade Runner. Bill Ruppert shows us how to get more non-guitar sounds out of a guitar and some effects pedals. ...read the full post →
...thanks for the axe. Ed Roman, who died earlier this week, wasn't liked by a number out there in the guitar world but I got on with the bloke and still love the guitar that he provided the body and pickups for. ...read the full post →
...Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory. With perfect timing not matched by Toxic Web, Bill Ruppert's new video has spooky sounds for Halloween. ...read the full post →
...picks. As Eric Johnson and Joe Bonamassa attest to the Dunlop Jazz III pick is one of the greats and it's the pick I've used the most in my guitar playing days by a long distance. ...read the full post →
...the last of the great Mississippi delta bluesmen. Sad news that one of teh last links to the pre-war blues age has died aged 96. ...read the full post →
...The Ravish Sitar. Bill Ruppert has another video where he gets non-guitar sounds out of his guitar and some effects pedals. The sitar. ...read the full post →
...Paranormal Guitar. Bill Ruppert has a new video showing you how to get a paranormal soundtrack from a guitar and some Electro-Harmonix effects pedals. ...read the full post →
...tomowwow at noon. This one goes out to Leslie West, some classic Mountain tracks one of which brings back memories of a boring political programme shown by ITV on Sundays at noon. ...read the full post →
...sixteen years on. It's sixteen years ago today that one of the great guitar players died, at the age of 47, Rory Gallagher. ...read the full post →
...and 8s are the heavy strings. Premier Guitar Mag video with Billy Gibbon's guitar tech Elwood Francis shows the Rev. Willy's touring rig. Including the lightest Les Paul you'll probably ever see. ...read the full post →
...the dark art of the pedal steel. Here's the other four videos released for Maggie Björklund's début album 'Coming Home' with Mark Lanegan, Jon Auer and Rachel Flotard. ...read the full post →