St. Vincent
I recently rediscovered this video of St. Vincent(Annie Clark) while researching various old vintage archtop guitars. This was the first encounter with St. Vincent I had, and I was pretty disappointed when I checked out her album and it didn’t really sound anything like this. Her recorded sound involves lots of layers, effects and synths, […]
Win a Complete TonePrint Pedal Board
TC Electronics has a new line of pedals called “Toneprint”. These are named for the new toneprint feature which allows the pedals to store presets which you can make yourself, or download ones made by others. TC Electronics has a number of endorsing artists who have also uploaded their own presets for you to use. […]
Rocksmith
Videogame company Ubisoft has just announced an interesting new title called “Rocksmith”. It’s basically what all the critics of games like Guitar Hero have been asking for, a game where you learn to play an actual instrument instead of a plastic ‘toy’. You don’t need any kind of ‘special’ guitar controller either. Any electric guitar […]
The Maruader Project: Part 6 – It’s Done!
Part1 Part2 Part3 Part4 Part 5 Finally! Actually I finished it back in December, but I slowly got behind in posting these updates. My other posts have centered mostly around the refinishing process, mainly because it was the most time and labor intensive part of the project. But between coats of paint drying, or being […]
Worst Band Photos Ever
Over at UGO.com there’s a a gallery, of what they are calling, the 50 worst band photos of all time. There are some of the usual suspects, like bands sporting overly-tight spandex, goofy matching outfits, mullets…There’s also the harder to explain. Credit: Rock & Roll Confidential #46-Lightning Tits “Hey! What would best accentuate the rippling […]