Category Archives: Reviews

By Pappy

Do you like Les Pauls? Of course you do - we all do to some degree or another. To say that you don’t like Les Pauls would be like saying you don’t like the third leg of a …

James Norbert Ivanyi’s debut album “Aphasia” was a powerful onslaught of blistering metal riffs with moments of beautiful acoustic guitar, piano and violin. It was interesting, virtuosic and a significant beginning for a truly gifted young Australian musician. James went …

I first heard French guitar virtuoso Stephan Forte’s music back in 2011 when I was sent his last album ‘The Shadows Compendium‘ to review , since then Stephan has played at Jason Becker’s “Not Dead Yet” guitar festival …

Atomic Mind is the third solo album from the super talented Canadian guitarist Nick Johnston. Nick has been carving out his own style of music for years and stands head and shoulders above a crowded landscape of instrumental guitarists …

I first heard about Polyphia via my Canadian chum Nick Johnston who announced on his Facebook page that he was recording a solo on a track for the band. The track is called ‘Champagne’ and is featured on the recently …

I’ve reviewed a lot of Joe Bonamassa albums over the years including his side project bands Black Country Communion and Rock Candy Funk Party but this is the first Joe Bonamassa solo album where he has written every song on …

By Pappy

You know who rocks? Stevie Ray Vaughan. Even dead, he’s still showing people how to play and he played like a fiend. He brought electric blues to a whole new crowd that had previously been unaware of it …

By Pappy

Wall Axe is a family company here in the U.S. that specialize in making wall hangers for your guitars of varying sizes and accommodations, but they sent me one in particular, the Soloist, to review and I have …

By Pappy

When I started playing seven-string guitars, pickup options were limited. Now, there are significantly more options for these guitars, but there are still less than six-string pickups because, like it or not, the 7+ string market it still …

by Pappy

Positive Grid is a big deal to me because of the quality of their apps in the iOS world. When they first entered the fray, they did so with JamUp XT and JamUp Pro. JamUp XT was free …