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Saturday, 30 June 2007
Guitar furniture
Designer Rick Metz has created a series of guitar influenced furniture pieces. You can get a sunburst Gibson Les Paul chair or maybe you would prefer a black Strat chair? If you don't want a guitar chair maybe you would prefer a guitar coffee table although the dimensions and shape look a bit odd?! In which case you may prefer the simplicity of a pick coffee table or pick clock. I wonder if you could get the pick table painted like the Joe Satriani signature picks?
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Amp your acoustic sweeps
Yet another great giveaway for US residents (grrr... what about those of us down-under?!). You could win a Fishman Loudbox 100 Acoustic guitar amp, a years supply of D'Addario EXP Strings, a Planet Waves leather strap, tuner and a Humidipak humidity control system!All you have to do is go to www.ampyouracoustic.com and enter your details.
P.S. if you win and you read it here you can donate the Loudbox if you like ;)
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Ibanez Dayz Summer 2007
I'm a little late on this one as this has already been running for a month (not that it even applies to me as I don't live in the US!) but Ibanez are holding "Ibanez Dayz" at various Ibanez dealers throughout the US which is also sponsored by D'Addario. Ibanez techs will be on hand to restring your acoustic or electric guitar with a set of D'Addarios and give it a free set up. More info here.0 Comments
Wednesday, 27 June 2007
Larry DiMarzio the photographer?
It seems Larry DiMarzio, yes that DiMarzio! is quite the photographer, his latest project was photographing Steve Vai's latest DVD cover and the inside artwork for his new album Sound Theories. You can also see his work in the new DiMarzio E-Zine.0 Comments
Monday, 25 June 2007
Gibson giveaways!
A few competitions for you to enter:First up how about winning an Epiphone Les Paul Ultra? Just click this link and enter your email address, easy!
Next up a chance to win Gibson's guitar of the week, click here for the entry form but hurry it closes in 5 days!
Finally how aobut winning a John Lennon revolution casino guitar? Enter this instant karma competition which is an Amnesty International campaign sponsored by Gibson.
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Sunday, 24 June 2007
Air Guitar Pro
I personally think that Air Guitar competitions are under serious threat from the potential Guitar Hero gaming competitions that I'm sure will start popping up soon around the globe, and... why not it actually has a point and you can mod real guitars to become GH controllers! But for the hardcore Air Guitar fans this gadget might just add that extra dimension that will help put you in contention for the Air Guitar World Championships!2 Comments
Win a Fernandes signed by Ozzy
Fernandes Guitars are giving away a Ravelle Elite signed by Ozzy Osborne, I didn't know Ozzy played guitar!?In other Ozzy news, the prince of darkness is to be the first induction to the Birmingham walk of fame, here is the link to the walk of fame site. Being a Brummie myself, I think this is hilarious.
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Friday, 22 June 2007
Kurt Cobain Collectables!
I saw this on the Guitar World website, why not buy you're kids a new Kurt Cobain lunchbox with optional "please don't tell my mum" and "my gran smokes 40 a day and she's 93" stickers from Fakefags.co.uk! Or maybe just get them the keychainwhich doubles as a small liquor flask. I mean Ribena flask.
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Thursday, 21 June 2007
Eric Johnson signature Strat giveaway
I wish I was a US resident, this kind of competition don't come up as often down under, but anyway ZZSounds.com are giving you the chance to win a Eric Johnson Signature Fender Stratocaster and a limited edition Fender Pro Junior 60th Anniversary Woody Amplifier in exchange for your personal details and the possibility of being spammed!0 Comments
Soundproofing your apartment
Wired.com has an interesting article called How to Soundproof an Apartment to Muffle Your Wife's Drumming, now I don't know or even need to know whether your wife play's any kind of percussion instrument but I do think that this article will translate to "How to Soundproof an Apartment to Muffle Your Guitar shredding!".0 Comments
For the budding Luthier!
Have you ever wanted to convert your acoustic to have a cutaway? Probably not or chances are you would have bought a cutaway acoustic in the first place, but just in case there are some carpentary masters who fancy it there is an article over at Instructables showing you exactly how to do it!The first step they list is get a guitar with a link to eBay, so make sure you read "Buying a guitar on eBay" on The Guitar Resource first.
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Win a Yamaha Wes Borland painted guitar
Yamaha have launched a new competition to win a hand painted RGX A2 (not the CV820 WB that I originally thought! Thanks to G L Wilson for noticing that! ) there is an example paint job on the competition form page but the small print does say that the artwork will be different, which is probably a good thing in most people's eyes! You could always sell it on eBay and buy a normal RGX A2 instead though!Labels: Crazy Guitar Designs
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Guitar that doubles as Skateboard?!
Check out this photo from Ronchy which shows a guitar that has skateboard trucks fixed to the underside, it was part of a recent exhibition in Sydney called Cut&Shut by Scott Dettrick. Apprently he hasn't used it as a skateboard however....Little hands tone & volume controls
8 ball Whammy bar
Front shot
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GuitarNoize.com is alive!!
It's been a busy week for me, first I started GuitarNoize on blogspot, then I launched GuitarLead.net and now thanks to an incredible design by my fellow Soap Colleague Ronchy I have just transfered GuitarNoize to it's final resting place, GuitarNoize.com! I hope you like the new design, it's definitely worthy of inclusion on any future 'Wicked Worn' lists by Cameron Moll! Oh and I'm using sIFR to replace the headings with nice flash headings.2 Comments
Monday, 18 June 2007
Tommy Emmanuel Interview online
I just noticed this over at Favored Nations' website, an mp3 of an interview with Tommy Emmanuel, one of my favourite guitarists."To hear Tommy Emmanuel discuss his latest CD "THE MYSTERY", his technique, touring, and more, check out the Green Arrow Radio program hosted by Mister G. at WHUS radio in Connecticut. Click here for Green Arrow Radio's website:
To hear the Tommy interview click here. "
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Sunday, 17 June 2007
Shredding Competition!
For all you shredders out there Shredacademy.com have teamed up with GHS Strings and Rocktron (also part of GHS Strings) to hold a Guitar War!"On July 1st there will be 5 backing tracks of 30-45 seconds long for anyone to download. Your job will be to record the most insanely cool guitar/bass/keyboard solo over the backing track in an attempt to win prizes. There will be 3 catagories to win, which will be announced with more info when the war begins in July! There will also be prizes for 2 runners-up in each catagory."
"For each of the 9 runners-up and winners we have a box of GHS strings (worth $107.88), stickers, catalogs... the winners of each of the 3 catagories will also win a Rocktron Distortion Stomp Box (worth $99) as well."
Head over to shredacademy.com for all the details!
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Wooden Picks
Yes, you read that correctly there is actually a company that make Wooden Picks!. To quote the site, "Exotic Hardwood Guitar Picks handcrafted to enhance tone, volume & expression for any guitar player."Check out the order page which lists the different woods used such as Honduran Rosewood, African Blackwood or Dymonwood Butterscotch!
Labels: Accessories
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Saturday, 16 June 2007
GuitarLead.net launches!
My newest personal project GuitarLead.net has just gone live. This site will feature guitar news from various sources pulled into one place. My inspiration was the Adobe MXNA News Aggregator. It is going to be undergoing constant changes to make it a better site so any suggestions are welcome, just leave a comment here or email me using the address below.Also if you have a weblog with an rss feed and want to be added email me, Jon.
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Friday, 15 June 2007
Guitritus
I just stumbled across this weblog Guitritus which has some excellent riffs, tips, lessons and general guitar stuff with clear visuals to help you learn. Apart from all the great examples there are also some funny articles like this one which I suppose will be pretty much irrelevant unless you're at least 25 years old! In the beginning, God created Slash.0 Comments
Thursday, 14 June 2007
Ampeg's see-though Bass amp
MCA (The Beastie Boys) of all people commissioned Ampeg to build a custom clear amp for him, apparently it is a customised B15R and it looks amazing, check out the pics here. Also in the same story it mentions that The Beastie Boys are set to release a new instrumental album of new material called "The Mix Up".0 Comments
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Vai Golden Ticket
In a very Wonka-esque move Steve Vai is currently giving 2500 buyer's of his new limited-edition deluxe Digipak version of Sound Theories Vol. I & II the chance to meet him by inserting a satin backstage pass inside the Digipak for his Sound Theories tour. For info on how to pre-order the digipak go to Vai.com.0 Comments
Tuesday, 12 June 2007
Win a Fender Jazzmaster Guitar signed by Elvis Costello
I somehow managed to miss this but Universal Music are giving you the chance to win a signed Fender Jazzmaster Guitar, a Fender Resonator Acoustic Guitar or his complete catalog of music from 1977-1986! click here for more details.1 Comments
Eruption on a Cello?
After seeing this on a post in the Guitar.com forums I just had to share it, thanks to Zombre for finding the link. This is Van Halen's 'Eruption' played on a distorted electric Cello and it's bloody impressive!0 Comments
Monday, 11 June 2007
Reverend Giveaway
Reverend Guitars are offering you the chance to win one of their Daredevil 290 guitars just by signing up for their newsletter email. Reverend will randomly draw a winner on Wednesday, August 1st, 2007. To join follow this link to their homepage and click on the newsletter link in the left hand nav.0 Comments
Hyrbid with an incentive
No I'm not talking about Carbon Emissions, Michael Kelly Guitars has an offer on for the month of June where you receive a free 16-Watt Michael Kelly PureCoustic Acoustic Amplifier if you buy the Hybrid, part Acoustic, part Electric guitar (think Taylor T5 & Ovation VXT).0 Comments
Dunlop Strings giveway
In their own words "Dunlop Manufacturing will be giving away one box (bass - 6 sets, electric - 12 sets, acoustic - 12 sets) per week until we just don't like feel like it anymore". Fair enough! If you want to enter and you are a US resident, go to their website for details. (At this time I can only see Acoustic Strings being given away)Labels: Accessories
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New Fender.com website
I haven't seen any news about this but Fender have just launched a new design of their website which seems to be a lot more community focussed and uses one of my personal fave tricks the lightbox overlay when you click to enlarge a guitar, try it yourself click on the enlarge image button under the guitar picture on this page. Very nice.I only wish they would update the Australian site it looks like it was designed by a 12 year old in 1994!
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Sunday, 10 June 2007
Elixir 10th Anniversary T-Shirt
My personal favourite brand of Acoustic Guitar strings Elixir are offering you the chance to get a free 10th anniversary T-Shirt simply by buying 2 sets of strings (1 set of bass strings) then filling out and sending off a claim form from their website, you can find the link to the form here.0 Comments
Saturday, 9 June 2007
Gibson Summerjam '07
Gibson have just released details of their 2nd annual Summer Jam. The even takes place on June 13-14 in Nashiville TN at the Gibson Custom Shop and will host the regional finals for the Fortune Battle Of The Corporate Bands. There will be guitar clinics and workshops, tours and live music. For all the info click here.0 Comments
Friday, 8 June 2007
1,683 guitarists play "Smoke on the water"
No that's not the total number of guitarists who can play "Smoke on the water" I imagine that would be a considerably higher value! This is the world record set on June 4 on the outfield of CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City. Read the full article here.0 Comments
Play live at Crossroads 2007!
Ernie Ball have just launched a competition to give 1 band a chance to play on the Crossroads 2007 bill alongside some of the greatest guitar players in the world, Eric Clapton (obviously), John Mayer, Buddy Guy, BB King, Jeff Beck... For a chance to be in the running go to playcrossroads.com and sign up. Bands upload mp3's which are then judged by a panel based on the top 100 voted by users.0 Comments
Thursday, 7 June 2007
EVH Gear
Eddie Van Halen emerges from rehab with a new haircut and a new tan not to mention a new guitar (well okay, a new replica of Frankenstein but this time Eddie says it's perfect!) and a new amp the EVH 5150 III although there is no mention of the amp on the site yet.Check out the article about Eddie at the Phoenix NASCAR race for more info and pictures.
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Nils Lofgren Lessons
I just saw this story on Fender.com, Nils Lofgren ("acclaimed Stratocaster master, successful solo artist, Neil Young sideman at age 18 and guitarist for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band since 1984") is offering 1 hour video lessons on his website for US$15 a pop.0 Comments
Wednesday, 6 June 2007
Guitars for girls
Daisy Rock guitars look like they have started to carve a niche market for themselves as producers of girls guitars. They have even managed to get into Cosmo! Check it out here (oh yeah and six string master John Mayer managed to get a look in too!).UPDATE: After reading this interview with Tish Ciravolo the founder of Daisy Rock guitars I was made aware of the Gibson Les Paul Vixen and Les Paul Goddess, lighter and smaller guitars more suited for female guitarists.