Sebastian Bach as Next Lead Singer of Velvet Revolver?
In this week’s Four Questions, I asked who you would pick as the next lead singer of Velvet Revolver if you were Slash. Well, according to Sebastian Bach, Slash has talked with Bach about joining Velvet Revolver. However, it’s likely the drama might be too much if he were to join the band:
Not without reservations, Bach said his potential union with Velvet Revolver would be “awkward,” explaining that he prefers his current solo work to the work of Velvet Revolver. “It would all depend on music,” Bach said. “I wouldn’t just join the band just to join the band. If we came up with some incredible new songs, then maybe I’d think about it.”
Bach also made it clear that his loyalties are to Axl Rose, who’s maintained a longstanding feud with ex- Guns N’ Roses bandmate Slash.
Say it ain’t so, Slash!
Four Questions
It’s time for another episode of Four Questions! Here are this week’s questions:
1. If you were Slash, who would you pick as the next lead singer in Velvet Revolver?
2. How many guitars do you currently own?
3. What guitar do you plan to buy next?
4. What are your five “desert island” CDs?
Here are my answers:
1. This one was easy for me since I was a Soundgarden fan in the 90s…Chris Cornell. I’d love to see how he fits in with Slash and the rest of the Velvet crew.
2. Including my bass, I currently own five guitars: 1 acoustic, 1 classical, 2 electrics, and 1 bass.
3. This changes weekly for me based on what music I’m currently listening to! 
Ultimately, I’ll probably buy a semi-hollow body at some point in the future, since I ended up returning Lucille.
4. The 5 CDs I’d want to have if I were trapped on a desert island would be: 1) Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood 2) Metallica - Master of Puppets 3) AC/DC - Back in Black 4) Led Zeppelin - IV 5) B.B. King - Live at the Regal. This list is also likely to change each week, but these five albums continue to move me every time I listen to them.
Hug Your Guitar Week
IG has declared this “Hug Your Guitar Week,” and he has requested that you send your pictures of you and your guitar to him. #
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It’s been a long week. I’m glad that Friday’s finally rolled around. I hope you all have a great weekend!
Artist News
Guitar Wiz Sonny Landreth Teams with Fellow Greats for 9th Album - New album with feature Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson, Vince Gill, Dr. John and Jimmy Buffet. Album will be released on May 20 (via Rich Murray)
Live Resolution DVD - Andy Timmons has released a DVD featuring a live performance of the complete Resolution CD (via Mark McGuigan)
They’re coming, and they are so COOL! - Joe Satriani has teamed up with Workshop Live’s Dave Martone to record some instructional videos to be released on the Workshop Live Web site starting this month
Rob Zombie Guitarist John 5 to Release ‘Requiem’ in June - The next album from country-metal shredster John 5 to be released on June 3
Guitar-Related News
Solidbodies is a Cool Guitar Film - It looks like the Solidbodies film I mentioned a few months ago is out now. JP gives it two thumbs up
Guitar Instruction
Master That Melody! 02: Steve Vai - For The Love of God - Mark McGuigan releases a new instructional video in his Master that Melody! series.
Guitar Community
Guitarists reminisce on early days - Interesting article by the Branson Daily News about guitarists in Branson. Also, read part 2 of the article (via IG)
EGR’s Great ‘Tele Relic’ Experiment: Our Guinea Pig Arrives - Cary receives the Tele he bought so that he could create his own relic. It should be interesting to see how this experiment progresses
Bass Guitar as a melody instrument - Dr. J points us to a video of the incomparable Victor Wooten
Eric Johnson on the G-DEC
Fender has recently posted a video to YouTube of Eric Johnson playing the G-DEC practice amp. EJ apparently uses the G-DEC to warm up before a show. I have a G-DEC, too, but I think I got a defective one. When I play mine, it doesn’t sound as good as Eric’s. 
Watch Eric Johnson demo the G-DEC:
FretQuiz Review
James over at GuitarMash.com has posted a review of FretQuiz.
My favorite feature in FretQuiz is the Show Answer feature that allows you to cheat
The cool part about that feature is that it shows you the right note and then all of the other places on the neck that note exists. If you study those charts you can begin to see patterns emerge. If you memorize the patterns then it’s much easier to know what notes are where.
Thanks, James!
Parlor Guitars
I was discussing music and guitars with my friend Taylor the other day, and he reminded me of blues musician Mississippi John Hurt (a fantastic guitarist, by the way). Listening to Hurt reminded me of a guitar I had about 8-9 years ago, a Seagull Coastline Grand. The Coastline Grand is a parlor-sized guitar. If you’re not familiar with parlor guitars, they have a much smaller body than standard acoustic guitars.
Parlor guitars were most popular around the turn of the 20th Century and were used by many blues musicians around that time. Parlor guitars are still somewhat popular among blues and fold musicians. In the late 90s and early 2000s, Keb Mo’ was probably one of the more famous parlor guitar users, although Michael Hedges also used a parlor guitar.
Because of their smaller body, parlor guitars definitely have a different sound than larger-bodied guitars, but it’s a very pleasing sound. I started looking around, and unfortunately there aren’t a lot of options available if you’re in the market for a parlor guitar today. The Seagull Grand is still available, and it’s quite affordable at a street price of less than $400. However, there are a few other options, such the 125th Anniversary Washburn, the Epiphone EL-00 (which is slightly larger than a traditional parlor-size guitar), and the Fender GDP100.
The local Guitar Center had the Fender in stock, and I tried it out. Surprisingly, it sounds quite good, even though it has a laminated top and laminated sides. It’s also quite inexpensive at a street price of about $200. I personally like a smaller-bodied guitar, because I play mostly sitting down and larger guitars can become very uncomfortable. If you’re the same way, you may want to check out a parlor-sized guitar.
Joe Satriani - Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock
Tomorrow, April 1, marks the release of Joe Satriani’s new album, Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock. As I mentioned last week, Joe has been releasing a podcast a day for the past week or so with samples of each song from the new album. The last podcast was released today, and now all podcasts are available online. I’ve listened to each of the podcasts, and I think this album is going to be very good; I can’t wait to hear the full songs! Hearing the stories behind the songs has brought a little extra life to the songs, although they sound great on their own. You can watch the full video for “I Just Wanna Rock” on the www.satriani.com Web site.
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It’s been a beautiful weekend here in Nashville, if a little cold. Happy Easter!
Artist News
Joe Satriani Podcast - Joe Satriani is doing a daily podcast featuring a song off his album for each day until the release of the album on April 1
Vox Satchurator - Speaking of Joe Satriani…details of his first pedal collaboration with Vox have been released. You can view a video of Joe discussing the pedal here
Allan Holdsworth - Interesting interview with Allan Holdsworth (via Rich Murray)
Liquid Tension Experiment reunion tour - It looks like prog-rock supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment will be doing a brief tour this summer. I hope this results in a new album
Free Downloadable Paul Gilbert song - Mascot Records, the European label releasing Paul Gilbert’s new album, has provided the song Bultaco Saturno as a free download on their site
Andy Timmons Band Clinic and Tour Dates - Andy Timmons will be touring Europe this Spring and will also be performing at a Mesa Boogie clinic in April
Dweezil erupting on Guitar Rig - Video of Dweezil Zappa showcasing some of the features of the software product Guitar Rig. This summer, Dweezil will be touring again as Zappa Plays Zappa
Guitar Idol - A competition to find the hottest new guitarist
General News
Celemony - Recording software that enables you to modify individual notes from chords. Watch the video to find out why this is so interesting (via David Neal)
Introducing FretQuiz!
One of the most important things you can do to improve as a guitar player is to learn all of the notes on the fretboard and where each note is located. To that end, I’m extremely excited to announce the release of FretQuiz, a software quizzing application for learning the notes of the guitar fretboard!
Some features of FretQuiz include:
- 132 Questions
- Detailed Explanations
- Question Review
- Score Reports
- Score History
- View more features
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If you have any questions about FretQuiz, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
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