Fender has recently added a virtual guitar builder to their website that allows you to design and customize a Stratocaster with a variety of options. Even if you're not in the market for a new guitar, it's a lot of fun just to play around with the options. … [Read more...]
Steve Vai on How to Be Successful
During a recent episode of Guitar Center Sessions, Steve Vai offers some excellent advice on how to be successful: I think his advice extends beyond playing guitar; it's good advice to follow in general. … [Read more...]
Brad Paisley – The Diary of a Player
CMT is reporting that Brad Paisley is writing a book titled The Diary of a Player about the guitarists who helped inspire him to become a musician himself. Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild is helping write the book, which is scheduled to be released in May 2011. … [Read more...]
Remembering Stevie
This Friday, August 27, marks 20 years since Stevie Ray Vaughan's tragic death. Fender has posted a nice retrospective about SRV with quotes about Stevie from his family and friends, including this quote from Double Trouble drummer Chris "Whipper" Layton: "I didn't meet him that night, but the first time I heard him play was at a place called Soap Creek Saloon in Austin, … [Read more...]
Electrified: The Guitar Revolution
I recently received an e-mail letting me know about an upcoming guitar documentary called Electrified: The Guitar Revolution that will be showing on the Smithsonian Channel on August 15. Prior to the television airing, they are offering a streaming version of the documentary on their website, which I've embedded below. It's a very interesting history of the electric guitar … [Read more...]