This week at the Consumer Electronics Show, the Gibson Custom Shop introduced the Jimi Hendrix Psychedelic Flying V guitar, the first guitar in Gibson's new Inspired By series of guitars. The Hendrix guitar is a replica of the guitar that he used on tour in 1967 and 1968 and includes a psychedelic paint job that is reproduced from that guitar that Jimi handpainted himself. The … [Read more...]
Guitar Rigs
I recently discovered the site GuitarGeek.com. One of the cool features of GuitarGeek.com is a list of guitar rigs used by famous guitarists, including schematics of the setup. For example, you can see Steve Vai's guitar setup from 1999, Joe Satriani's setup from 2000, Eric Clapton's Bluesbreakers setup, as well as many more. If you've ever wondered what setup your favorite … [Read more...]
Paul Reed Smith – SE Series Guitars
This past December, Paul Reed Smith Guitars released several new guitars in their affordable SE series: SE Singlecut SE Custom SE Soapbar II Maple SE Standard These guitars feature a 25" scale length, and PRS designed pickups. … [Read more...]
Robert Fripp and Windows Vista
Guitarist Robert Fripp, one of the founders of King Crimson, was recently at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, WA recording new sounds for Microsoft's new operating system being released later this year, Windows Vista. Some of Fripp's session was recorded for Microsoft's Channel 9 developer Web site, where you can watch video from the session. … [Read more...]
Review: John Mayer Trio: Try!
Review: John Mayer Trio: Try! Live in Concert 4.5 out of 5 stars The latest album by John Mayer is a live album featuring John Mayer with only two other band members, Steve Jordan playing drums and Pino Palladino on the bass. This album is quite a departure from his studio recordings. Most of the music on this album is much bluesier than his studio albums. This album also more … [Read more...]