Check out this handy flow chart to find out! Looks like I need to buy more guitars… next one with P-90s…
Author Archives: Rob
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Otherside
Marty just posted this. Easy to learn and lots of fun to play.
Are You a Hack?
I am. So I loved this recent editorial by William Baeck in Guitar World. And I’m not necessarily suggesting that Johnny Ramone is a hack, I just like this photo.
12 Bar Blues Backing Track In D Major
I’ve started playing to some backing tracks off YouTube. Right now this one by Phil Lewis Guitar is my favorite. Super cool using my iPhone plugged into my Yamaha THR10C amp.
The Ultimate Home Studio Set Up?
Those is just so over the top and awesome… session guitarist Tim Pierce‘s home studio setup. Video by guitarjamzdotcom
Tour of the PRS Guitar Factory
My buddy David Wallens recently took a tour of the PRS factory in Stevensville, Maryland during their annual open house. He took a ton of great pics and wrote the whole thing up for Guitarkadia. Check it out!
Orange Micro Crush
What did you get for Christmas? My lovely girlfriend gave me this sweet little Orange Micro Crush. Looks awesome, right? Totally retro cool and portable 3 watt amp with a 4 inch speaker powered by a 9 volt battery. It also has a tuner. So how does it sound? You get a fairly clean sound if you leave it on clean and a very raunchy Orange distorted sound on Overdrive. And it does go fairly loud. All in all, it sounds a little less like a toy than my Fender Mini ’57 Twin amp but nowhere near as nice as my Yamaha THR10C (10 watts with two 3.15 inch speakers). So I’d say it’s still a toy–but an affordable, fun, portable toy and the tuner is a real plus. More pics after the jump!
Led Zeppelin in 1969
This was filmed on March 17, 1969 in Denmark. Led Zeppelin had just released their first album and Jimmy Page was still playing his 1959 Telecaster (a gift from Jeff Beck). Via Guitar World
Original Fuzz Guitar Strap
The guys at Original Fuzz recently sent me one of their ultra-cool guitar straps to try out. It is made of high quality cotton webbing and leather with heavy-duty stitching and metal hardware. Mine is a very classy tan color and looks great with my Inca Silver Robert Cray Strat. It is much nicer than the standard cheap nylon stuff and would make a great stocking stuffer for your guitarist pals. And if you want to go whole hog they just introduced some handwoven Peruvian straps as well. Check ’em out!
Top Ten Things You Say To Yourself When You Lose an Auction on eBay
1. Seriously?
2. I should have bid more.
3. Why didn’t I bid more?
4. The winning bidder way overpaid.
5. Damn, it would have been so cool, too.
6. I hate eBay.
7. Next time I’ll bid more.
8. Oh well, I didn’t want it anyway.
9. I’ll find something better.
10. Let’s see what’s on Craigslist.
