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Rock Prodigy:Guitar – Free for this week only
This is another iOS app that’s currently free, though it normally is only $0.99. The promotion did have it’s intended effect on me, having me download it and check it out. Basically, it’s sort of like RockSmith. With the usual stream of numbers coming down the fretboard that you have to play in sync. It [...]
Pump Up Your Practice With GuitarCardio & Scale Variator
Running scales, modes, arpeggios and all kinds of other patterns are a fact of life for guitarists. Usually the point of such practice can be to help your brain and fingers connect with where a note is on the fretboard. Or they could be methods for improving speed, accuracy or stamina. The downside of this [...]
TC Electronic Introduces Revolutionary TonePrint App for iPhone
TC Electronic hinted at their next product with a bizarre ‘teaser’ video that had most guitar fans baffled. There were guitar pickups, an iPhone and a lego robot…right. If you haven’t seen it, click – HERE. Well the product turned out to be as strange as the video. TC Electronics makes a line of pedals [...]
Win One of Ten JamUp Plugs for iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch!
Over at Gearpipe they are giving away 10 JamUp plugs, one a day till November 7th. The JamUp plug is an adapter that allows you to connect your guitar to your iOS device. Ideally, the JamUp Plugs creators, Positive Grid, hope you will use it along with their new JamUp software. JamUp is basically an [...]
Get Your Guitar Questions Answered
What are the actual notes of each natural harmonic? What do they mean by ‘This amp has alot of headroom’? What do you do when a string breaks or you drop your pick on stage? What did Petrucci mean? Guitarists have a lot of questions. And there’s tons of sites willing to try and [...]