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Here’s a really cool article from Music Radar: A free lesson by Paul Gilbert on how to play Bach’s prelude in D Major on the electric guitar. You may think it’s a bit outlandish to play classical music on the electric guitar but bear in mind that both Paul Gilbert and Yngiwe Malmsteen ( Read more... )

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Spotted via Truth in Shredding, it seems high profile magazines are chipping in these days to present their idea of who is the best in the world of guitar. This time it’s Elle, usually more concerned about catwalks than stadium stages, who’ve come up with their own list of the 12 ( Read more... )

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When I first put the Chickenfoot CD in my player, the first song that really struck to me as being above the others definitely was Soap On A Rope, so I’m really glad they’ve decided to release it as their next single.

What’s more, this video is a great amount of fun. In fact, I can’t ( Read more... )

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Short one this time. Here’s a phone interview carried out by 411mania with guitar legend Steve Vai about his up and coming projects, i.e. the new DVD and his Michael Jackson tribute in Germany

…quite uplifting to hear Steve says “nobody’s a bad player”, makes me feel happier for some ( Read more... )

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As those of you following Steve Vai on Twitter will know, the man is working on a new DVD filmed during one of his shows at Minneapolis called “Where The Wild Things Are”. I must admit to never have been fortunate enough as of yet to see Steve play live but there is still hope. Until a ( Read more... )

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Remember a few weeks ago, I mentionned the new Paul Gilbert Ibanez flanger stomp box AF2. This is one of those products that encases the signature sound of the artist, and in the case of Paul if you’ve had a few listens of Silence Followed by a Deafening Roar, you’ll know what I mean.

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Following the tragic and untimely death of Michael Jackson last week, a multitude of artists have started offering tributes to the late King of the Pop. According to Music Radar, from which the video below came from, there are rumours going around about a tribute concert similar to the ( Read more... )

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Pinged back from various sources but original from Jenn again.

That’s right Mr Big. is back and they’re coming to Europe in September. The good news is, they’re coming to the UK, the bad news, not to Scotland… in fact they seem to only do one date per country, except Spain where they do ( Read more... )

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There seems to be a variety of bands willing to pay tribute to Metallica, one of the most awesome Metal bands of all time, with instruments other than overdriven guitars, bass and drums, the result of which is something really quite cool.

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Thanks to Jenn for pointing this out.

Here’s an interesting passage:

PG: Well I had just done a couple of instrumental records. Those actually did great for me. Especially in America and Europe. When I did my first instrumental record, Get Out of My Yard, Joe Satriani took notice and ( Read more... )