An article on the New York Times online reviews the Led Zeppelin show from yesterday. By all accounts, it seems to have been a big success. Jimmy Page has left the door open for a tour next year, so I'm hopeful that they'll take the show on the road. I was too young to have caught them the first time and would love to see them. … [Read more...]
Holiday Gift Ideas for Guitarists
It's two weeks until Christmas, and if you're out of gift ideas for yourself or that guitar lover in your life, I'll provide a few ideas for you. Online technical-product retailer ThinkGeek.com has a few specialty gifts for guitarists: Fender Strobe-e keychain tuner: a guitar tuner, a flashlight and a bottle-opener in one Electric Guitar Jam Lab: allows you to … [Read more...]
Frets on Fire
Frets on Fire is a cool-looking open source clone of the Guitar Hero series of games. It is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X (although the Mac version is listed as experimental). The game supports importing Guitar Hero I and Guitar Hero II songs, but perhaps more interesting is that Frets on Fire supports songs composed by the community. You can even make your own … [Read more...]
Huss & Dalton
Mark Dalton, a founder of acoustic guitar maker Huss & Dalton, recently held a workshop on guitar making at one of my favorite local guitar stores, Artisan Guitars. I had never heard of Huss & Dalton before, but it appears that they are fairly well known in bluegrass circles. They are a niche guitar maker who make high-end guitars and banjos. The workshop also featured … [Read more...]
Guitar Videos
Recently, I linked to a video of a Steve Vai satire video. I thought the video was pretty funny, and a few people agreed. Well, the person who created the video has been at it again. Now you can watch Eric Clapton shred, Santana shred, Eddie Van Halen shred, as well as other guitarists. Eric Clapton: Santana: Eddie Van Halen: … [Read more...]