Category Archives: Reviews
Review: Feared “Refeared 2012″
Written on May 17, 2012 at 8:21 pm, by Jon
Back in 2010 I reviewed the self-titled debut album from Swedish Metal band Feared which I summed up as “…technical guitar playing by the bucketload with infectious grooves and a solid rhythm section backing up the riffs”. Since then I have been singing Feared guitarist Ola Englund’s praises as he continues to blow everyone away… continue reading
Review: Amped – The Illustrated History of the World’s Greatest Amplifiers by Dave Hunter
Written on May 10, 2012 at 9:31 am, by Jon
In this book, “Amped – The Illustrated History of the World’s Greatest Amplifiers”, Dave Hunter explores 60 of the greatest guitar amplifiers created over the past 75 years starting with the 1937 Rickenbacker MIII all the way through to the 2011 Dr.Z Carmen Ghia. Hunter understandably concentrates on amps from the 1950′s and 1960′s with… continue reading
Review: Sonic Mining Company
Written on April 12, 2012 at 8:50 am, by Jon
Back in the early 90′s I used to have a subscription to a magazine called ‘Guitar for the Practicing Musician’ and Reeves Gabrels had a column in which he explored some unconventional techniques for the experimental guitarist, I believe it was called ‘Outside Corner’. I remember one issue for instance where Reeves explained that by… continue reading
Review: Dave Weiner Sydney Guitar Clinic
Written on March 29, 2012 at 7:30 am, by Jon
On the 28th March 2012 Dave Weiner (Guitar teacher and Steve Vai’s guitarist of 13 years) held a clinic at the Guitar Factory, Gladesville, Sydney 2 days before the G3 concert rolls into town with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Steve Lukather. Many of you will know Dave Weiner from his popular YouTube channel where… continue reading
Review: Recording Techniques of the Guitar Masters by Brian Tarquin
Written on March 1, 2012 at 9:00 am, by Jon
If you’re a regular reader of Guitar Noize you may have seen Brian Tarquin’s guest posts on guitar recording techniques, if not check out the Brian Tarquin category here – http://www.guitarnoize.com/category/brian-tarquin/. Here is a quick overview of why Brian is such a great source of recording knowledge: Brian Tarquin is a Multi Emmy Award winning… continue reading
Review: Adam Ironside – Cosmology
Written on February 27, 2012 at 8:11 am, by Jon
‘Cosmology‘ is a new album from UK based guitarist Adam Ironside, the distortion aficionado (check out his site at http://www.dirtbox.net/) & Chapman Guitars endorsee. I have been following the progress of this album for some time on Adam’s YouTube Channel over the past 7 or so months so it is very cool to finally have… continue reading
Review: Chimp Spanner – All Roads Lead Here
Written on February 16, 2012 at 7:50 am, by Jon
Occasionally albums, or in this case, E.P.’s come along that are just that extra bit special ‘All Roads Lead Here‘ by Chimp Spanner definitely falls into this category. This brilliant instrumental Progressive Metal EP from 26 year old UK musician, composer and 7 and 8 string guitar virtuoso Paul Antonio Ortiz is, I believe, composed,… continue reading
Review: Paradigm – Mind Is Key
Written on February 13, 2012 at 8:00 am, by Jon
Paradigm are a Progressive Metal band from Sydney, Australia that I first heard about on the Suhr discussion forum when guitarist James Ivanyi posted the video at the bottom of this review which shows James tracking some of the guitar parts for their latest album ‘Mind Is Key‘ on a very nice Suhr Standard. As… continue reading
Review: Van Halen – A Different Kind Of Truth
Written on February 3, 2012 at 9:47 am, by Jon
One of the reasons I learned how to play guitar is because as a 12 year old I was given a VHS of Van Halen “Live Without A Net”, which is still a brilliant lesson in how to play guitar and stage presence and worth checking out even if you don’t like Sammy Hagar as… continue reading
