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Bad Cat Introduces The Bobcat Amplifier (9/13/2012) Irvine, CA (September 14, 2012) – “If you have ever experienced the pleasure of playing a really fine vintage single-ended, all tube amplifier then you'll know the feeling when you plug into this amplifier,” said John Thompson, president of Bad ... |
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Gibson Announces The Les Paul Traditional 12-String (9/13/2012) Nashville, TN (September 14, 2012) -- Gibson USA merges its 12-string expertise with a legendary electric for what might be the most powerful-sounding and best-playing rendition of the breed ever created: the Les Paul Traditional 12-String. Fe... |
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GJ2 Release New “Concorde” Model At Randy Rhoads Book Launch (9/13/2012) Laguna Hills, CA (September 14, 2012) – GJ2, the new guitar brand founded by Grover Jackson and Jon Gold released a new model at the prestigious Hollywood launch of a new book honoring the life of guitar icon Randy Rhoads. As many people know, t... |
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Stompboxtober Daily Pedal Giveaways Return! (9/13/2012) It's that time of the year again when Premier Guitar gears up for what will be its third annual Stompboxtober daily pedal giveaway promotion! During the month of October, PG will be giving away at least one pedal per day from 31 di |
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Win A Wechter Pathmaker Electric Guitar (9/13/2012) For September, GearNuts has a smokin’ guitar giveaway for you – a Pathmaker SB Standard PM-7310 from Wechter Guitars! What’s cool about this axe? The two onboard Wechter humbuckers feature “Triple Shot” mounting rings, which let you instantly sw... |
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Win An Earthworks Audio QTC30 Microphone (9/13/2012) Here’s our second Earthworks microphone giveaway of the week! This time, you have a chance to win an Earthworks QTC30 mic. The company bills this as a product to mic quiet sound sources, |
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Interview: Joel Hoekstra Discusses Night Ranger’s New Live Acoustic CD/DVD, '24 Strings & A Drummer' (9/13/2012) It’s not often that a guitarist grows up listening to one of his favorite bands, and then has the opportunity to become part of that band’s legacy. But Joel Hoekstra is no ordinary guitarist. His guitar wizardry has allowed him to live out his ... |
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Interview: Savage Discuss Production, Playing Techniques and Vintage Gear (9/13/2012) Rejuvenated British rock veterans Savage have made a strong comeback this year with their sixth studio album, Sons Of Malice, a solid 13-track effort that captures the vibe of Savage's classic sound but with a modern approach. I recently caught... |
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Stray Cats 'Live At Montreux 1981' Coming to DVD November 6 (9/13/2012) Eagle Rock Entertainment will release a new Stray Cats DVD, Live At Montreux 1981 on November 6. The concert, which has been restored with DTS Surround Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital Stereo, features 15 songs, almost equally divided ... |
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TC Electronic Gravy Pedal (9/13/2012) Studio-Quality TriChorus/Vibrato Pedal with TonePrint Capabilities |
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Wolfgang Van Halen Assumes Bass Duties for Tremonti Tour (9/13/2012) This week, Alter Bridge/Creed guitarist Mark Tremonti kicked off his first-ever solo tour in support of his solo debut, All I Was. As an added treat for fans, Tremonti will be joined by friend and Van Halen bassist Wolfgang Van Halen for the to... |
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Graham Parker and The Rumour Confirm First US Tour in 31 Years (9/13/2012) After more than three decades, Graham Parker and The Rumour have reunited and will tour the U.S. in November and December. Upcoming dates will support their first album together in 31 years, Three Chords Good, which will be released November 20... |
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Guitar Strength: Solving the Mysteries of Economy Picking, Shred-Style (9/13/2012) The aggressive fluidity of economy picking is a valuable technique in any guitarist’s repertoire, providing the means for maximized speed with minimal effort. There are myriad applications of this close relative of sweep picking, most notably ... |
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Win a Judas Priest Signed Limited-Edition 'Screaming for Vengeance' 30th Anniversary Print! (9/13/2012) Teaser Content: |
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Win a $1,500 Marshall JMD100 Courtesy of the Paul Gilbert Rock Guitar School! (9/13/2012) Teaser Content: |
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Jazz Guitar Corner: An Introduction to Symmetrical Scales for Guitar (9/13/2012) When learning how to play jazz guitar, or any style of guitar for that matter, we often spend a lot of time working on pentatonic, blues, major and melodic minor scales and patterns on the guitar and then practice bringing these sounds into our ... |
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Led Zeppelin Announce 'Celebration Day' Film Chronicling 2007 Reunion Show (9/13/2012) After nearly a week of speculation egged on by a mysterious countdown on the band's Facebook page, Led Zeppelin announced the official release of Celebration Day, the film capturing the band's 2007 reunion show at London’s O2 Arena. While a CD/D... |
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'200 Acoustic Licks: Guitar Licks Goldmine' DVD Features Four Hours of Lessons (9/13/2012) 200 Acoustic Licks: Guitar Licks Goldmine (Hal Leonard): A guitar licks goldmine awaits in this incredible acoustic collection. With four hours of content, this DVD is jam-packed with lead lines, phrases and riffs personally taught to you by pro... |
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Led Zeppelin to release 2007 reunion gig (9/13/2012) It's time to get the Led out once more – Led Zeppelin's 2007 reunion concert at London's O2 Arena is about to get a comprehensive multi-media release. The reunion, which was part of a tribute concert for Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, i... |
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Win An Overton Bass Amp, EMG Pickups, And KSM Bridge (9/13/2012) Today’s bass guitar giveaway is kind of a sneak-peak, first-look kind of thing. You see, a few days ago Bass Frontiers Magazine announced that they will soon announce a new giveaway. Up for grabs will be an Overton Featherweight 500 bass amp (50... |
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HARMAN’s DigiTech Introduces The Snake Charmer Tremolo For The IStomp Downloadable Pedal (9/12/2012) Salt Lake City, UT (September 13, 2012) – HARMAN’s DigiTech “Stomp-tember 2012” is in full swing with the introduction of the new Snake Charmer Tremolo for iStomp users. The Snake Charmer Tremolo delivers that classic, pulsating volume-modulated... |
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Loud Button Electronics Announces The WTF Pedal (9/12/2012) Saint Paul, MN (September 13, 2012) – The aptly named WTF pedal is now available from Loud Button Electronics. The WTF combines high gain distortion with a low frequency oscillator (LFO). While that sounds simple enough, the result is anything |
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Roland Announces The MOBILE AC Acoustic Chorus Amp & The MOBILE BA Stereo Amp (9/12/2012) Los Angeles, CA (September 13, 2012) – Roland is pleased to introduce the MOBILE AC, the latest addition to its industry-leading lineup of AC-series Acoustic Chorus Amplifiers for acoustic guitar. Ultra-compact and battery-powered, the affordabl... |
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Paradise Lost's Greg Mackintosh: Epic Kings & Idols Tour Diary No. 1 (9/12/2012) After some truly great Summer festivals with both Paradise Lost and Vallenfyre, it's time for PL to go and tour the U.S.A. and Canada. We are touring with our old mates Katatonia and our newer mates The Devin Townsend Project. The journey out fr... |
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Asking Alexandria Headlining Tourdates Announced (9/12/2012) Asking Alexandria will be headlining fourth annual Monster Energy Outbreak Festival, which kicks off in late November. Dates for the trek — which also features As I Lay Dying, Suicide Silence, Memphis May Fire and Attila — have been officially a... |
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Bob Dylan on Critics: "All Those Evil Motherf---ers Can Rot in Hell" (9/12/2012) With yesterday's release of Tempest, perhaps his darkest effort to date, Bob Dylan has shown that he's still got plenty of fire left in him. And some of that fire is being directed at critics. Dylan is featured on the latest cover of the new iss... |
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Interview: James Iha on his new solo album, guitars and The Smashing Pumpkins (9/12/2012) "I became a race car driver," says former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, lightheartedly explaining the 14-year gap between his new solo album, Look To The Sky, and his last, 1998's Let It Come Down. "Seriously, though, I don't really hav... |
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Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 4 — Steve Vai Vs. Joe Satriani (9/12/2012) Welcome to the Sweet 16 portion of our first-ever Greatest Guitarist poll! It all started a few months back, when 128 132 guitarists went head to head, round by round, in a bracketed format. We filled all but four of the slots with the names of ... |
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Exclusive: This Or The Apocalypse — "Hate the Ones You Love" Video Lesson (9/12/2012) Pennsylvania's This Or The Apocalypse are gearing up for the impending release of their upcoming new album, Dead Years, later this month. To give you a taste of what you can expect, TOTA guitarists Jack Esbenshade and Rodney Phillips recently fi... |
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Fishman Aura Spectrum D.I. (9/12/2012) With this multi-purpose modeler, acoustic guitarists can now enjoy ultra-realistic miked tones, along with additional processing, for all their unplugged instruments$507.62 MSRP, $329.95 Street |
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Total Recall: Five Essential Programmable Delay Pedals (9/12/2012) Rock guitarists — and manufacturers of effect pedals — have been obsessed with delay in its many forms since Cliff Gallup achieved that ultra-cool delayed-echo effect on the first few Gene Vincent albums in the mid-'50s. The mechanics behind ba... |
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The Complete Guitarist: The Art of Practicing (and Getting Motivated to Practice) (9/12/2012) We all know the old joke. A man is walking down the streets of Manhattan and someone approaches him for directions, asking, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" The man replies, "Practice, practice, practice." No truer words have ever been spoken... |
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Songcraft: Exploring "Chorus First" Song Structuring (9/12/2012) With this installment of Songcraft, I thought I’d discuss an option sadly underutilized in contemporary composition: "chorus first" song structuring. Before taking in The Beatles’ “She Loves You” as a stellar example of the form, let’s have a c... |
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IN PRAISE OF: Epiphone Casino (9/12/2012) Back in 1966, John Lennon and George Harrison of The Beatles were on the sniff for some new guitars to replace their shagged- out Beatlemania-era Rickenbacker and Gretsch models. As it happens, fellow Fab Paul McCartney had bought himself a '62... |
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Guitarist Wayne Krantz Announces US Fall Tour Dates (9/11/2012) Improvisational New York guitarist Wayne Krantz has announced several fall U.S. tour dates. The brief tour, which kicks off September 20 in Massachusetts, will wind up in Chicago on October 11. Krantz, who released his 10th solo album, Howie... |
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Interview: Steven Wilson on his upcoming concert film, Get All You Deserve (9/11/2012) Last September, Steven Wilson, the astonishingly nonrepetitive frontman for the progressive-rock band Porcupine Tree, released his second solo album, Grace For Drowning. Rapturously received, the record received a Grammy nomination for Best Surr... |
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Neil Young and Crazy Horse Announce Release Date for New Album, 'Psychedelic Pill' (9/11/2012) A surprisingly prolific Neil Young and Crazy Horse have announced the release details of their second album of 2012, the retro-titled Psychedelic Pill. Featuring three tracks eclipsing the 16-minute mark (one of which nears a half-hour in lengt... |
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NYC Rescue Worker and Fender Unveil Custom Stratocasters Dedicated to 9/11’s Fallen Responders (9/11/2012) Last year, in observance of the 10th anniversary of the events of 9/11, the Fender Custom Shop unveiled a trio of commemorative Stratocasters honoring the three major organizations — the New York City Police Department, the New York City Fire De... |
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Win An Earthworks SR20 Microphone (9/11/2012) For those of you who won’t accept the “good enough” sound of a piezo pickup, here’s a microphone giveaway for you. From Acoustic Guitar magazine, enter to win an Earthworks SR20 microphone. This mic sounds great on acoustic guitar, but was also... |
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The History Of The Electric Bass part 5: Solid amplification (9/11/2012) In the fifth part of our History Of The Electric Bass we look at how the development of bass amplifiers enabled electric bass players and their bands to take their shows from clubs to stadiums. The two main reasons for inventing the solid body b... |
