One thing that’s always pissed me off as a guitar player is misleading guitar marketing speak. This example comes from a pick manufacturer who has apparently figured out how to get any guitar to sound great: Tone, Tone, Big Tone. That is what the [REDACTED] Guitar Pick is all about. Giant mids, a huge,big, beefy [...]

I love guitar documentaries. Here’s another I must add to my list. …the documentary combines interviews and performance segments to chronicle how the Fender Stratocaster and the Gibson Les Paul have competed over the past half-century to be the dominant instrument in popular music. And here’s a link to the trailer.

My parents live on a lake. Do you think they’d mind if I…? Nah, forget it. Apparently this friggin’ awesome guitar boat was built by Australian guitar manufacturer Maton and is being piloted around Sydney Harbor by a singer/song-writer named Josh Pyke. I’ve never heard of Maton or Josh, but more power to you both! [...]

Angus Young is one of my favorite guitar players of all time. But, ugh, I threw up in my mouth a little when I read this story. Here’s what Brian Johnson said: “Maybe I’m just being old-fashioned, but this iTunes, God bless ‘em, it’s going to kill music if they’re not careful.” No, Brian, you’re [...]

The world needs more artists like Jonathon Coulton because humor most definitely DOES belong in music! Skullcrusher Mountain is written from the point of view of an evil genius in love: Here’s a snippet of the lyrics: I made this half-pony half-monkey monster to please you But I get the feeling that you don’t like [...]

So yesterday, I was in the city and did the usual 48th street music-store crawl. Maybe it’s just me getting older, but I wasn’t impressed with what I saw. I kept thinking, sheesh, the Guitar Center on Route 46 in Totowa, NJ is better than this. WAY better. I don’t mind the cramped feeling of [...]

This is pretty nifty. This guy is controlling the guitar with his feet, which you don’t see right away. Later, in the close ups, you can see that he’s got rods at each of the frets, which change the chords. I suppose he has them preprogrammed (mechanically, that is):

Hmm. I guess they shot this picture right after telling guitar legend and master musical inventor Les Paul that he would be honored by Ritchie Sambora and Slash.

Turns out that Todd Rundgren’s Utopia was right. This is, of course, no surprise to those of us who’ve spent years worshiping at the alter of Eddie Van Halen and his ilk, but now there are physicists who are starting to listen! “It could be that the universe is made of music,” Lewney shouted as [...]

Looks like Martin Taylor is going on tour. If you get a chance to see him live, DO. He’s one of the best players I’ve ever seen. He’s the kind of player you see that no matter how good you are, you feel like a beginner after seeing him. Here’s a sample:

Since this is a slow guitar news day, I thought I’d post a little guitar porn. The guitar on the left is a Benedetto Bravo Elite One-off and retails for a mere $18,500. So, since your retirement funds have probably tanked like everyone else’s, why not just spend what’s left on a sweet-lookin’ Benedetto?!

This post has nothing at all to do with guitars. I just think riding on a friggin’ dinosaur would R-O-C-K! Look how happy that kid is!

I was never a big fan of the “neo-classical” guitar movement, but you have to give props to the master: Yngwie Malmsteen. He’s taken a lot of crap over the years for his supposed arrogance (leaving Alcatraz high and dry, yawning while playing Eruption, etc.). Hey, I’ve never met the guy so I wouldn’t know. [...]

I’m not a big Guitar Hero fan, partly because I’m just sick of everyone talking about it, and partly because of the grotesque plastic doo-dads you have to buy to put on the Wiimote. But this thing might prompt me to finally break down and buy a version of Guitar Hero.

I can’t wait until McFarlane Toys comes out with a George Van Eps action figure! In fact, that may be one way to make the whole guitar hero thing more tolerable for guitarists: Guitar Hero: Hard Core Jazz.